Enrolment for the 2020-2021 school year opens February 1st, 2020 for returning RCOA families and March 2nd for new families.

Payment of a face-to-face registration fee ($100 for your first child, $75 for the second, and $50 each additional child) is required before learners are placed on face-to-face lists. Early bird rate: $75 for the first child, $50 for the second child and $25 for the third and subsequent child if paid on or before May 31st, 2020.

Fees are charged for RCOA Registered and non-RCOA Learners. For details on cost and priority placement click here.

Apply at www.rcoa.ca

NOTE: If you are enrolling or re-enrolling with RCOA, your Community Class registration form is built into your application. There is no need to fill in a separate registration form for Community Classes, but you do need to pay your face-to-face registration fee to secure your child's spot in the program. Once your documentation is verified by our admissions advisors, payment instructions will be emailed to you via our online billing and payment platform called TUIO. If you are not with RCOA you may request a registration form from the Assistant Director of Community Classes, Kevin Laser (klaser@rcoa.ca).

Are you curious about our Community Class program? Come join us at a CC Open House!

Click below to see dates and locations.

Mainland Info Sessions and Open Houses

Island Info Sessions and Open Houses

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Classes for Kindergarten to Grade 7 Learners

RCOA Community Classes are a unique and important part of the RCOA experience. They create an environment for group learning, promote community between families and with the school, and provide opportunities for specialized instruction. Classes occur throughout the year and are provided without cost to RCOA enrolled learners. Other learners can participate for a fee if there is space available.

Learners meet one day a week for 21 sessions within their community. These classes have proven very popular, and almost all of our learners participate. We have community classes running throughout the Lower Mainland and Southern Vancouver Island, each location serving between 30 and 180 students of varying grade levels.

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Outdoor Explorations

Outdoor Explorations is a place-based, outdoor, observation and play, Creation-stewardship Community Class alternative. We are excited to build and grow this program next year by offering it in two locations on the island and seeking to offer a second location on the mainland. We launched a successful program in Langley this year. Have a peek into what that location was up to in the fall by reading this blog article.

If you are interested in Outdoor Explorations as an alternative to Community Classes, you will have an opportunity to express your interest in your re-enrollment form. There is a $100 supplies and serves fee for this option. Stay tuned for details on locations and days/times.

Middle School Outdoor Program Gr 6-9 - Building on the success of our K-5 and 10-12 Outdoor Programs we have plans to have Outdoor programming K-12, to facilitate this we are offering a short term introduction initiative–– proposed for Vancouver Island in Mill Bay in Fall of 2020, which could lead to half or full year program the next year.

2020/21 Calendar

Term 1 Sept 16 - Nov 9 (No classes Oct 14-18)
Term 2 Jan 13 - March 6 (No classes Feb 11-14)
Term 3 March 30 - May 25 (No classes April 10-17)

Community Class Dates and Locations
Location	Monday		Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Mainland		Burnaby (BCC)	Chilliwack (CCC)	Langley (LCC) Ridge Meadows (RMCC)	Abbotsford (ACC)	Surrey (SCC)

Island		Nanaimo (NCC)	Westshore (WCC)	Victoria (VCC)	Duncan (DCC) Saanich Peninsula (SPCC)

If you have questions please contact, me, Kevin Laser (klaser@rcoa.ca).

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