Sites and Program Schedule

The application for the 2026 Get Ready for School™ program will launch on Monday, November 3rd, 2025 at 10am.

Eligibility for Waterloo Region: The program is FREE for children born in 2022 who live in Waterloo Region, which includes Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and the surrounding townships of Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich).

(Please note that while applications from all Waterloo Region residents will be considered, priority will be given to families from neighbourhoods supported by our program sites.)

Eligibility for St. Basil’s C.S. in Owen Sound: The program is offered for children born in 2021 who will be attending St. Basil’s C.S. in Owen Sound for Year 1 of Kindergarten. (This instance of the Get Ready for School program is fully sponsored and funded by the Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board.)

Program Dates:

Tuesday/Thursday programs: January 14, 2025 – June 14, 2025

Monday/Wednesday/Friday programs: February 3, 2025 – June 6, 2025

Site Map

Site Directory

To get started, pleases select from the list below to view participating sites.

Bill Gies Recreational Centre - T/TH mornings	Wellesley	519-743-9578 ext. 112
Bridgeport Community Centre - M/W/F mornings	Kitchener	519-741-2271
Centreville-Chicopee Community Centre - M/W/F mornings	Kitchener	519-741-2490
Chandler Mowat Community Centre - M/W/F mornings	Kitchener	519-741-2733
Country Hills Community Centre - M/W/F afternoons	Kitchener	519-741-2596
Downtown Community Centre - T/TH mornings	Kitchener	519-741-2501
Forest Heights Community Centre - T/TH afternoons	Kitchener	519-741-2621
Forest Heights Community Centre - T/TH mornings	Kitchener	519-741-2621
Grand View P.S. - M/W/F afternoons	Cambridge	519-653-3611
Huron Community Centre - M/W/F afternoons	Kitchener	519-741-2478
Kinbridge Community Centre - T/TH mornings	Cambridge	519-624-3855
Kingsdale Community Centre - M/W/F mornings	Kitchener	519-741-2540
Langs - M/W/F mornings	Cambridge	519-743-9578 ext 114
Preston Heights Community Group - M/W/F mornings	Cambridge	519-741-2540
St. Basil's C.E.S., Owen Sound - T/TH mornings	Owen Sound	519-376-9370
Stanley Park Community Centre - M/W/F afternoons	Kitchener	519-741-2504
Victoria Hills Community Centre - M/W/F afternoons	Kitchener	519-741-2717
Victoria Hills Community Centre - T/TH afternoons	Kitchener	519-741-2717
Waterloo Public Library, McCormick Branch - T/TH mornings	Waterloo	519-886-1310 ext. 213
Williamsburg Community Centre - M/W/F afternoons	Kitchener	519-741-2240
Wilmot Family Resource Centre - T/TH afternoons	New Hamburg	519-662-2731
Woolwich Memorial Rec Centre - T/TH mornings	Elmira	519-743-9578 ext 110