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Canada, Waterloo
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2. Schedule a campus visit or attend an Open House to tour the school and meet faculty.
3. Submit a formal application for the appropriate programme: Primary Years (JK-Grade 6), Middle Years (Grades 7-10), Diploma (Grades 11-12), or Boarding (Grades 9-12). Day and boarding students follow separate application processes.
4. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis starting in August the year before entry, with first offers typically extended in mid-October. Admission is competitive and not all qualified applicants can be accommodated.
5. Pay the registration fee: CAD 3,000 for day students or CAD 5,000 for boarding and international day students, plus the applicable tuition deposit.
Admission is competitive and space availability can be very limited in some grades. The school cannot accommodate all qualified applicants.
Financial assistance is available through the Affording SJK programme. The school is committed to ensuring access to students of merit regardless of means.
St. John's-Kilmarnock School is an independent, co-educational, not-for-profit IB Continuum school on a 40-acre campus in Breslau, Ontario, within the Waterloo Region. Founded in 1972, SJK is one of only a few IB Continuum schools in Canada, offering the Primary Years Programme (JK-Grade 6), Middle Years Programme (Grades 7-10), and Diploma Programme (Grades 11-12). The school has an average class size of 17 and achieves a 100% post-secondary admission rate. A boarding programme for Grades 9-12 operates in partnership with St. Jerome's University on the University of Waterloo campus. The campus features Newton House with a Learning Commons and Dining Hall, a Chapel, Athletics Centre with a double gymnasium, the Boathouse, an Art, Design and Media Centre, and an OmniCourt. SJK holds accreditation from CAIS, CIS Ontario, and the IBO.
