Welcome to the 2025/26 School Year!
Here's some helpful information below to get your child's school year off to a great start!
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Start Registration Now
Are you new or returning to Niagara and looking to register? If your answer is, “YES, please!”, then please click this link to begin. We encourage you to begin the registration process before the first day of the school. Tip: make sure to have ID to verify your child's birthdate (i.e., child's birth certificate, birth registration or baptismal certificate) and home address (i.e., recent utility bill like hydro, water, etc.).
Register Online: dsbn.org/register
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Finding Your Child's Home School: If you’re not sure what your child’s home school is, we’ve got you covered. Visit our Home School Finder to enter your address and the finder will do the rest.
Moving within Niagara and Need to Change Schools? If you are already in the DSBN family, and you are moving and need to change schools, please do not use the registration link above. If you need to change your address, please contact your current school when offices open on Monday, August 25, and they will support you.
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New to Niagara and Canada?
Our Welcome Centre is happy to serve your family if you’re new to the District School Board of Niagara and your child was born outside of Canada. If this is the case for your child, please contact us by phone or email:
If you’re not sure what your home school is – no worries! Visit our Home School Finder to enter your address and the finder will do the rest.
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Starting Kindergarten
Kindergarten is a big milestone for your family, and we know how important it is. If you're brand new to Kindergarten, here are some great questions that parents like you asked us last year and we answered. You may find these helpful!
For more in-depth information about Kindergarten at the DSBN, visit our Kindergarten website.
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General Information for Returning Families and Students:
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School Year Planning
Our Elementary School Year Calendar is a handy reference that has all the cycle-days, holidays, and PD days listed, plus a link to the Days of Significance Calendar and resources.
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Transportation
NSTS has updated the Parent Portal to provide a more secure, accurate, and user-friendly experience. You can now log in to view preliminary transportation details for the 2025-2026 school year, including:
- School and grade
- Home and pick-up/drop-off addresses (if applicable)
- Option to Opt-in or Opt-out of transportation
Final transportation details will be available on Thursday, August 28, 2025
Staff at NSTS also understand you may want to contact them so here are a few suggestions:
- Sign-in to the NSTS parent portal and view the transportation arrangements made for your child(ren) is a great way to start
- Send an email to general@nsts.ca – a convenient way to contact them and reduces playing phone tag.
- Call NSTS at 905-357-6787 to speak with a representative
Visit http://www.nsts.ca for more helpful information, including the:
🆕 New Portal Launched: June 2025 – Discover what's changed and how it improves your experience.
📘 NSTS Portal User Guide – Step-by-step instructions to support your use of the new portal.
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Remote Learning
For more information about elementary remote learning options in 2025-2026, please contact your home school principal the week of August 25.
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Have a Question? We’d like to hear from you!
Please visit our Contact Us Webpage that has some questions and answers that may be helpful for you AND where you can also send us an email.