Trustees and division administration with Holy Trinity Catholic School Division are thrilled that student enrolment is more than three-per-cent higher this year than originally projected.
Administration presented a preliminary student enrolment report at the Sept. 19 board meeting, which showed 2,323 students in pre-kindergarten to Grade 12 in the division’s nine schools and home-based school program as of Sept. 9.
The division office had projected last June that there would be 2,252 students sitting in classrooms this fall. Therefore, enrolment is up by 71 students or 3.15 per cent.
The report shows there are — so far — 65 pre-kindergarten students, 145 kindergarten students, 130 students in Grade 1, 157 pupils in Grade 2, 140 youths in Grade 3, 145 students in Grade 4, 139 pupils in Grade 5, 149 youths in Grade 6, 146 students in Grade 7, 135 pupils in Grade 8, 122 students in Grade 9, 97 pupils in Grade 10, 119 youths in Grade 11 and 151 students in Grade 12.
“Student numbers are very important to us … ,” said education director Ward Strueby, explaining that the division office will monitor enrolment numbers throughout September and submit the final enrolment figure to the Ministry of Education on Sept. 30.
“(This is) a really, really good news story in terms of where we sit … . If we take a look at where we were on June 24, 2022, we are up 94 students (from 2,229),” he continued. “So, a school division our size, these numbers are quite encouraging, especially our Grade 9 numbers at Vanier.”
Strueby added that CFO Curt Vany Parys would produce a report for the October meeting showing the final numbers.
“It’s great news,” agreed Van Parys.
The next Holy Trinity board meeting is Monday, Oct. 24.
