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Welcome to Mission Public Schools! Our teachers and staff look forward to meeting students and families in September.

Student Registration During Summer

Our registration system will be closed during summer break. Please take note of important dates, registration procedures, and instructions for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year. Find your catchment school here.

If you are just arriving to the school district over the Summer, please review the registration information and contact the District Board Office if you have any questions. The Board office staff will direct your forms/contact to the appropriate school contacts, so they can get in touch with you when schools reopen later in August.

Notice: Parent and Student Portal (MyEd) will be closed from July 31 to a date in September TBA.

All parent and student accounts are set to expire on July 31 and will be reset in September at a date when all schools are ready to reopen the Portal.

Notice: Parent and Student Portal (MyEd) will be closed from July 31 to a date in September TBA.

School Calendar

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Sep

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Sep 30, 2025

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Holiday

STUDENTS AND STAFF NOT IN SESSION

Nov

Remembrance Day STUDENTS & STAFF NOT IN SESSION

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Remembrance Day STUDENTS & STAFF NOT IN SESSION

Family Day - ALL STUDENTS & STAFF NOT IN SESSION

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Family Day - ALL STUDENTS & STAFF NOT IN SESSION

International Mother Language Day

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International Mother Language Day

Feb 21, 2026

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Did you know?

There are 25 different languages spoken in the Mission Public Schools community:

Albanian, Arabic, Cantonese, Dari, Punjabi, Spanish, Halq'emeylem, Hindi, Persian (Farsi), Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Malayalam, Persian, Filipino, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese.

International Mother Language Day is celebrated on February 21st each year, and is a day dedicated to promoting linguistic diversity and raising awareness about the importance of preserving and revitalizing indigenous languages around the world.

International Mother Language Day Act

Unesco definition of International Mother Language Day

May

Moose Hide Campaign Day

All Day

Moose Hide Campaign Day

May 21, 2026

All Day

Moose Hide Campaign Day is a day of ceremony where all Canadians are called to join together to take a stand against violence towards women and children and to take practical steps for our collective journey of reconciliation.
For further information please click here

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News & Announcements

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2023-2026 Accessibility Plan

July 05, 2024

In September 2021, in response to the province launching Bill 6 – 2021 Accessible BC Act, Mission Public Schools began raising awareness, building staff capacity, and gathering information to...

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Bell Schedule

Welcome Bell 8:25 am
Class Instruction 8:30 am
Recess 10:05 am - 10:20 am
Lunch 11:55 am - 12:35 pm
Class Instruction 12:40 pm
Dismissal 2:23 pm

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Code of Conduct

Our school's code of conduct is designed as a tool to help students make socially responsible decisions in a variety of situations. This code was developed by staff and students.