Registration to French-language catholic schools

With 30 elementary schools and 8 high schools, the Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l'Est ontarien (CSDCEO) has a school and a daycare centre located near you.

French-language catholic schools offer programs aimed at the success of all students, both at the elementary and secondary levels. With the best start in our daycare centres and learning centres, our students acquire catholic values, an excellent mastery of French, and a high level of bilingualism.

We offer full-time JK and SK programs in all our schools!

Come and discover why the CSDCEO is the largest francophone school network in Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry, Prescott and Russell! 

Just like our students, we are bilingual. Call us for details.

Who can attend French-language catholic school?

CSDCEO schools welcome pupils who are eligible for French-language education pursuant to Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Education Act, and its statutory regulations. Thus, CSDCEO schools admit students who meet the following criteria:

The father or mother must satisfy one of the following linguistic criteria:
- The first language learned and still understood is French;
- He or she received instruction, at the elementary level, in French in Canada;
- He or she is the parent of a child who has received or is receiving instruction, at the elementary or secondary level, in French in Canada.

In order to be admitted to an elementary school, the pupil must:
- Have attained the age of 4 years by December 31 of the current school year to be registered in junior kindergarten;
- Have attained the age of 5 years by December 31 of the current school year to be registered in kindergarten;
- Have attained the age of 6 years by December 31 of the current school year to be registered in Grade 1.

Registrations at CSDCEO elementary and secondary schools are accepted at all times

Contact your local school for all the details.

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