Enrolment Process

If you missed our 2010/2011 enrolment and are interested in a spot in a class, For enrolment inquiries, please contact: dmppp.enrolment@gmail.com

Open house is on Sunday January 9, 2011 from 10am-12pm in the preschool on the lower level of Dunbar Community Centre.
Registration will be the following week on Saturday January 15, 2011 at 9am in the lobby of the community centre.
Please note that you must attend the January 9th Open House to be eligible to register your child on January 15th for the 2011/12 preschool year.

Registration priority at Dunbar Memorial Preschool is as follows:

1- Families currently enrolled in the school are guaranteed a place in the following class.

2- Families currently enrolled in the school wanting to take a place for siblings.

3- Non-registered Executive alumni, then non registered alumni. These families must inform the enrolment chair by Friday, January 7, 2011 in order to secure a place ahead of the general public.

4- Registration for the general public will begin on Saturday, January 15, 2011 in the lobby of the Dunbar Community Centre at 9 a.m. New families must attend the Open House on Sunday, January 9th to be eligible. Please see below for details on how to register.

DMPPP is a great fit for our stars and it could be for yours too. We have fun and challenging programs for 2’s, 3’s and 4’s. To ensure that DMPPP is right for you and your child, we invite all prospective parents to come to our January 9th Open House. If you like what you see, then we have a fairly simple and straightforward process to register your child or children.

Step 1: Attend our Open House on Sunday, January 9th 2011 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Before completing the enrolment forms for DMPPP, parents or caregivers are asked to either attend our Open House (children welcome at Open House) and/or to observe a class (adults only on observation day please) to experience first-hand our learning environment and what is involved in a parent participation preschool. One of the enrolment team will be available to explain some of the concepts around parental duty days, clean ups, jobs and general meetings. Parents and caregivers will also get an opportunity to observe how the teachers and children interact and to tour the facilities.

Step 2: Come to Open Registration - Saturday January 15th at 9am. with initial registration package forms completed. An initial registration package consists of the following forms and can be obtained from one of the enrolment team members or by downloading and printing out the forms.

• registration form -- 2’s class, 3’s class, 4’s class
• parent agreement form (2 copies) -- 2’s class, 3’s and 4’s class
• parent job list
• Don't forget your deposit cheque (registration fee and last month’s tuition)

Step 3: Complete outstanding registration forms and submit them as you begin completing orientation hours (see below).
The following forms can be obtained by downloading and printing out the forms. They should be returned to a member of the enrolment team.

• interest information form
• certification of immunization (does not need to be filled out for returning children)
• childcare facilities registration form
• emergency consent form
• doctor’s letter (required for 3’s and 4’s class only)
• If people other than the child’s parents will be the duty parents, then they must undertake a criminal record check.

Step 4: Complete orientation hours
In order to participate in the preschool and be a duty parent, it is necessary to complete 5 hours of orientation for 2's duty parents or 10 hours of orientation for 3’s and 4’s duty parents. The required hours are obtained by attending the following events:

• attendance at Open house in January (1.5 hours each)
• attendance at classroom observation (after registration) (1.5 or 2.5 hours depending on class)
• attendance at Annual General Meeting in June (2.5 hours)
• attendance at Orientation in September (3 hours)
• attendance at General Meetings (3 hours each)
• read and review parental educational material (as necessary to make up hours)