MACC Application

Applications will open October 7, 2024 – November 7, 2024

MACC FAQ

Application Process:

Read all of this page for important details about the application process, cognitive assessment, and selection process.
Inform your child’s current school that you are applying to the MACC Program so that they can complete the required supporting documentation outlined below.

*NOTE: Unless a student currently in the MACC Program leaves the program, there will not be space available in the grades 5, 6, or 7 classes.
We are still accepting applications for all grades and requiring all supporting documentation.

NOTE: All supporting documentation must be received by Friday, November 10, 2023 for applications to be considered.

*BOTH Forms need to be completed. (*They do not have to be done in the same session.)

APPLICATION MUST INCLUDE:

Three most recent report cards
Copy of IEP or psycho-educational assessment, only if applicable
Bring student to the in-person portions of the application, which will be assigned upon receipt of all documentation (please see below under cognitive assessment)
All supporting documentation (copies of the three two report cards, IEP reports, psycho-educational assessment) should be uploaded to your child’s application, so please have the documents ready before you begin completing the application.

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT:

Parents will be notified of their child’s assessment date after the application deadline and upon receipt of all documentation required.

Children who attend school in Burnaby (SD41) will be assessed at their current homeschool sometime between November 25th – December 13th, 2024.
Children who attend a school outside of Burnaby (SD41) will be notified about the date, time and location of the assessment. Preliminary planning has the assessment set for late November. Parents are responsible for transportation to and from the testing site. Due to space limitations, we ask that parents wait for their children at an off-site location.

The purpose of the screening assessment is to gain information regarding each candidate’s cognitive profile. This gives a snapshot of the student’s cognitive profile but is not a full psycho-educational assessment and the results should not be interpreted as such. We will be looking at the results as a screening tool in conjunction with information from the application package. No one criteria will determine a student’s admittance into the program.

SELECTION COMMITTEE:

Application materials will be reviewed by a selection committee composed of school-based and district staff.

The selection process will be completed in two rounds.

Round 1:

All student applications will be reviewed during Round 1.
Students who are selected to proceed to Round 2 will be notified by email by January 24, 2025.
Students not successful will also be notified by email January 24, 2025.

Round 2:

At the completion of Round 2, students will be notified by email February 27, 2025, regarding their status in the program
Students will be assigned a school or placed on a waitlist.

*DO NOT APPLY FOR CROSS CATCHMENT SCHOOL TRANSFER. Upon acceptance into a MACC Program, the student will automatically be granted a school transfer. Siblings of accepted students, will need to apply for cross district transfer (closing on February 28th, 2025).