Welcome to the 2025-26 college 12 months!

Families,

Welcome to the 2025-26 college 12 months! We hope you might be as excited as we’re for the educational forward.

This 12 months, we’ll welcome greater than 60,000 college students throughout our 136 faculties. Tomorrow and the times to come back can be busy and full of new experiences for employees and pupil alike. 

Important info

• Looking for schedule or class info? PowerSchool Parent Portal will open to households immediately, September 3, at 3 p.m.
• The first day of faculty is tomorrow, September 4.
• If you haven’t already, you’ll hear out of your baby(ren)’s college earlier than the primary day with school-specific info.
• Please ensure that to notice all different vital dates in our faculty calendar, which could be discovered right here.
• It’s vital that every one college students have the instruments they should be taught and succeed. If your baby(ren) want provides, they are going to be offered. Please attain out to your college for confidential assist.
• If your baby takes the bus, assessment their bus cease instances and areas by means of the BusPlanner Parent Portal. If you have got any questions, contact HRCE’s Transportation Team at transportation@hrce.ca or 902-431-4723.
• All HRCE college students in Grades 7 to 12, no matter HRCE transportation eligibility, will obtain a free Halifax Transit go this college 12 months. You can discover solutions to frequent questions here. Students eligible for HRCE transportation are nonetheless capable of experience the varsity bus. If you do not need your baby to obtain a go, please join together with your Principal. Please be aware: 2024-25 passes are legitimate till September 12, 2025.

Please be affected person through the first few weeks as we develop new routines. There could also be changes to lessons to accommodate new registrations and meet class cap pointers by the top of September.

Something new 

HRCE is devoted to making sure the security, privateness, and well-being of its group. After gathering suggestions from households, college students, employees, and the group within the spring, we have now modified how employees contact info is displayed on-line resulting from rising considerations about cyber safety and privateness.

Staff directories are not listed on college web sites. Going ahead, you possibly can entry trainer and employees contact info within the PowerSchool Parent Portal. Click here for directions on the way to discover this info in PowerSchool. More info may also be discovered by logging in to the PowerSchool Parent Portal and clicking “Parent Tutorial.” As at all times, households can attain out to the varsity immediately any time.

Need Assistance? If you have got any questions or considerations about your baby, please contact their trainer first after which, if wanted, the varsity principal. For additional assist, attain out to our Family Navigators at join@hrce.ca or 902-464-2000. Our workforce is right here to assist you and your loved ones.

Wishing you all a incredible new college 12 months!

All one of the best,

Steve Gallagher
Regional Executive Director
Halifax Regional Centre for Education