Registration Updates

Updated – Sept. 25/24

Registration for Elementary K-7 is now closed for the 2024/25 school year.

Registration for online courses is open to students who are ordinarily residents of British Columbia.  You will receive a confirmation of your registration once it has been processed.

* Registration for Grade 8 and 9 Full-Time students is currently open for the 2024-2025 school year.

• See below in Step 1.

* Registration is open for Grade 10-12 courses.

• See below in Step 2.

In order to register in an online course, you must first withdraw from the requested course at your home school if it is on your schedule for the 2024/2025 school year.  Registration for online courses is open to students who are ordinarily residents of British Columbia.

GRADUATED ADULT STUDENTS (19+)

As of September 1, 2017, the Ministry of Education provides funding for the following courses to school districts for tuition-free upgrading for adults who already hold a high school diploma.

If you have graduated and plan to upgrade any of the following courses there is no fee for the course.

English Studies 12
Foundations of Math 12
Pre-Calculus 12
Anatomy and Human Physiology 12
Chemistry 12
Physics 12 

Please be aware that a $550.00 fee will have to be paid for any course not listed above, once all registration information is submitted.

Burnaby Online accepts registrations from the following students:

• Full-time Grades 8-12 (must not be attending any other school and do not have to live in district)
• Part-time secondary school students who wish to take grade 10, 11 or 12 courses (secondary students who want to take extra courses – they do not have to live in district)
• Registration is open to residents of British Columbia
• Adults (19 years old or over) and ungraduated (Click here for Adult Grad Information)
• Adults who have graduated must pay a fee for any course not listed above. The current fee is $550 plus a $100 book deposit, if applicable. If you are graduated and were born before July 1, 2004, you will have to pay the fee.
  
• International students with a valid secondary school Study Permit, attending Burnaby schools, must pay the international student fee, which is currently $1000 per course (plus a $100 book deposit, if applicable).  NOTE*We are unable to enrol students who hold post secondary study permits.

Students in the following categories can register but there are systematic requirements:

• Students who attend a Burnaby public school and wish to take a Grade 8 or 9 course:  Speak to your counsellor at your home school for permission to take a course at Burnaby Online – permission will only be granted in exceptional circumstances.

If you have questions, please call us at 604.296.6940, ext. 0

Register in 3 easy steps

** Please do not register for courses until you are ready to start working in them. There is an expectation that a certain amount of work be completed and submitted within 30 days of enrolling. If it is not submitted, you may be withdrawn from the course.

STEP 1:

• Registration is now closed for K-Grade 7 for the 2024/2025 School Year:

• Registration for Grade 8 and 9 full-time students for the 2024/2025 School Year:

Grade 8 and 9 Full-Time students – Parents/Guardians must first contact the Burnaby Online Academic Advisor, Monika Dhillon at monika.dhillon@burnabyschools.ca  to discuss the student plan, and to receive the registration passcode. Registrations without this discussion with the counsellor, will be rejected. 

• Gr 10 – 12 Courses

     Skip to Step 2

STEP 2:

Collect all required supporting documents if you are registering to be a full-time Gr 8-12 Burnaby Online student or you are registering for a partial program and you are not currently registered in a Burnaby Public School. (Required supporting documentation)

STEP 3:

Burnaby Online Registration for Gr 8-12 courses:

Click on the following link:  Register Now

Keep in mind that registration acceptance only moves the registrant to the review stage, it does not guarantee entrance into our program.  We advise adding burnabyschools.ca to your safe senders list in your email to avoid having our emails to you go into your SPAM or Junk folder.

Final approval and entrance will be granted: once our counsellor and team review all pertinent documents & paperwork, and if the student learning style fits the online learning profile, and once any applicable course fees are paid.