Elementary Regional Learning Choice Programs 2024

The parent representatives of the We Rise Together Community Advisory Council and the Peel District School Board would like to extend an invitation to parents/guardians of PDSB African, Black, and Afro-Caribbean students to an upcoming information session on elementary Regional Learning Choices Programs.

Speakers:  Gord Gallimore, Black Excellence Guidance Resource Teacher

Tamer Kamel, Coordinating Principal for Student Success and Pathways Programming

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• Actively in Motion (AIM)
• Arts
• Arts and Technology
• International Business and Technology (IBT)
• International Baccalaureate -Middle Years Program
• SciTech

The Regional Learning Choices Programs are open to all students. Students who are interested in applying to any of the RLCP programs will be required to meet the eligibility criteria that is specific to the program of interest. Please attend the parent information night to learn more about the program(s) of your choice and how to apply.

Please ensure that your email address is accurate as this is the main communication method between the school and the applicant.

Once you have successfully applied to a Regional Learning Choices program, you will receive a confirmation email within minutes of submitting your application online. If you do not receive an email confirming your application has been received, please wait 24 hours before contacting the school. Schools will only be able to view your application after 24 hours.

Please note that International Visa students are not eligible to apply for Regional Learning Choices Programs. Those here on work or study permits may apply.

Applicants are offered space in a Regional Learning Choices Program based on a two-step process:

1. Once a student applies, there will be a review of their report cards. For elementary: Final Grade 4 Report Cards and Grade 5 Progress and Term 1 report cards will be used to review students’ elementary RLCP applications. For grade 6 students who live south of the 401 and are applying to the Arts program at Queen Elizabeth Sr. Public School, Final grade 5 Report Cards and grade 6 Progress and Term 1 Reports will be reviewed. If a student meets the application criteria, they will move on to the second step in the process.
2. In the second step, if the student meets the application criteria, their application will be entered into the random selection process for each program. In the random selection process, a computer will randomly assign a number to each applicant who has successfully met the application criteria for each program and spaces for the programs will be offered. Please note that the random selection process is completed centrally at the board level and not at the school level.

Once students have been offered all available spaces in a specific Regional Learning Choices Program, the remaining students will be placed on the school’s waitlist. Each school has its own waitlist.
Self-identification process

The Peel District School Board has a commitment to equity and inclusion for all. As such, based on a process of self-identification, admission to regional programs will reflect the need to address historically and statistically significant disproportionalities in enrollment as per student census data, ensuring equitable representation of African, Black, Afro-Caribbean, First Nations, Inuit and Métis students.

African, Black, Afro-Caribbean, First Nations, Inuit and Métis students who self-identify and meet the criteria for admission will be accepted into the program without participating in the random selection process.

Students who are in an elementary regional program and interested in a secondary regional program will need to self-identify again when applying for secondary RLCP since it is a separate process and students do not automatically gain admittance to the program.