Who should register?

Students in Grades 3 - 7 with a passion for the arts can register to attend our workshop being held in March. The workshop will be in person. Grade 3's attend 2 days, higher grades attend 1 day.

Students will participate in Music, Visual Art, Dance and Drama at the workshop and be observed and evaluated based on their participation in these areas.  Registration to attend the workshop closes January 31 each year. 

We offer 56 Grade 3 students the option to attend starting September.  The higher grades are placed on a waiting list and if we have a student leave our school, the first person on the waitlist will be offered the place in the respective grade.  Students who are placed on the waitlist stay on the waitlist until the completion of the following years Selection Workshop.

Is there a cost?

The workshop costs $60 and the link for payment will be emailed to those that register with the Google Form. 

About Our School 

Pearson runs on a 6-day cycle and a slightly longer day so we can rotate through the enriched Arts programming as well as our regular curriculum.  Our school hours are 9:35 am - 4:05 pm. 

We have 5 buses that cover most of the city. Busing cost is parent paid and not part of mybigyellowbus.  Bus rides may be slightly longer and the walk to the stop may be further than usual in some cases.  There is an option to pay monthly through SchoolCashOnline and this year's fee was $1250 (or $125/10months).