Apply to STMC

Thank you for your interest in joining our school community for the 2024-2025 school year. Our online application process makes it easier to gather important information and documentation essential in determining your child’s admission to St. Thomas More Collegiate. 

Open House: Tuesday, Dec 12, 2023 @ 6:00 p.m.

Application deadline: Monday, January 15, 2024

2024-2025 Application Process

St. Thomas More Collegiate is looking for students and families who are able to help further the aims of the Essential Elements of an Edmund Rice Christian Brother Education – students and families who will positively contribute to our school and the STMC community.  If you think you have the Knight Stuff, we invite you to apply to become a part of something special!

We are now accepting applications for students entering Grades 8-12 for the 2024-2025 school year.  STMC will be extending offers of admission to approximately 135 new Grade 8 students for the fall of 2024. The “Class of 2029” will be our 65th class of incoming Knights.

We typically have a few spaces available in Grade 9-12 each year and the amount of spaces varies annually. Offers of admission for Grades 9-12 placements will take place following our re-registration process for current students in early spring 2024.

Families wishing to apply for admission to the current school year should note that we generally run at full capacity, and are typically unable to accommodate students for immediate enrollment. Please contact the Registrar at 604-521-1801 x2100 for further information in this regard.

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How to Apply

Required Documentation Checklist (As Applicable)

Application Information Form

☑ Student Information
☑ Family Information
☑ Medical Information

Citizenship Documentation Form

☑ Applicant’s birth certificate
☑ Applicants who are:

• Canadian Citizens require:
  •  applicant’s birth certificate or citizenship certificate
• Permanent Residents require:
  • applicant’s permanent resident card or record of landing
• Foreign Nationals require:
  • applicant’s passport pages clearly showing the passport number, dates of issue and expiry, name and date of birth. If presently in Canada, also include the stamp made by Canadian authorities of your child’s most recent entry into Canada PLUS their most current immigration document.

Faith Documentation Form

☑ Applicants who are:

• Catholic require:
  • Baptismal Certificate
  • Letter of Support from Parish Priest (Click Here To Download Form A)
    NOTE: Students currently attending Grade 7 (i) at Our Lady of Mercy, St. Francis de Sales, or St. Michael’s, or (ii) who are registered in one of the following parishes – Our Lady of Mercy, St. Francis de Sales, or St. Michael’s DO NOT require a Letter of Support from their Parish Priest
• non-Catholic applicants require:
  •  Letter of Support from Worship Leader if applicable (Click Here To Download Form A)

Recommended Documentation Form

☑ Reference letters from current or former teachers
☑ Reference letters from athletic coaches, arts instructors, club leaders, volunteer leaders, alumni of St. Thomas More Collegiate, or parents of present St. Thomas More Collegiate students.
☑ Relevant medical information
☑ Individual Education Plans (IEP) and/or Case Management Plans (CMP)
☑ For applicants of First Nations heritage, details of Band Name and Ministry Band Code.

Student Documention

☑ Applicant’s most recent Report Cards (June 2023 & December 2023)
☑ Recent Photo (School Photo is preferred)
☑ Students’ Personal Response:
This year, students are required to upload and submit a 250-500 word personal response to ONE of the following questions:

1. At St. Thomas More Collegiate, we value the tenets of servant-leadership. Servant-leadership asks that individuals put others before themselves, lead by example, help others grow, and stand in solidarity with those marginalized and oppressed by injustice. In 250-500 words, discuss what servant-leadership means to you, how you have acted as a servant-leader either at school or in your community, and how you plan to act as a servant-leader at St. Thomas More Collegiate.

OR

1. At St. Thomas More Collegiate, the Knights’ Cross is an illustration of STMC’s holistic approach to faith based teaching and learning. The points of the cross depict the interaction between the development of mind, body and spirit and the call to serve. The cross shows that our students can swing between areas of focus while representing the connections between each arm of the cross. In 250-500 words, describe how parts of the Knights’ Cross have helped shape you as an individual and how you plan to live the Knights’ Cross at St. Thomas More Collegiate.

For more information on applying for admission to St. Thomas More Collegiate, please contact our Registrar:

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