Admissions — Tuition/Financial Support

Your child has been diagnosed with a hearing loss. Here's how to take the first steps to helping your child learn to listen and speak…

STEP 1

  • Call the VOC at 604-437-0255
  • Our trained staff will be pleased to talk with you about your child. We have many years of experience working with families with babies, toddlers and young children with hearing loss and are here to help you make the right choices for your child.

STEP 2

  • Tour our school, and meet our Principal and teachers of the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
  • We are here to answer any questions you have.
  • Talk to our on-site paediatric Audiologist and Auditory-Verbal therapist.

STEP 3

  • Let us walk you through the options available to ensure your child receives the best possible early education.
  • We can arrange testing in order to advise on an appropriate hearing device for your child.

School Tuition

The VOC is an independent non-profit school partially funded through tuition fees.  A deaf or hard of hearing child  requesting enrollment at the VOC may be eligible for a tuition bursary. In some cases, based on need, this may be up to 100%. Bursaries are renewable annually according to available funds.

Monthly fees September 2007 to June 2008* 

Teeny Butterflies Parent/Infant Programme (no fee charged for children birth to 3 years)**
Little Butterflies Pre-school       ½ day programme   $350
Butterflies Primary School Programme   Full day $375 Pre-K to Gr. 3

Before and After School Care*** $14 per day
Before School Care $6 per day
After School Care $8

For Itinerant Teacher of the Deaf Services, please contact Marjorie MacLean, Principal.

Financial Support

The VOC maintains a policy that all deaf and hard-of-hearing children, regardless of  a family's ability to pay fees, may be eligible for access to our programmes.** To make this possible, the VOC conducts fundraising activities throughout the year to secure support for bursaries. Scholarships and bursaries are available for qualifying families including Canadian citizens or landed immigrants and resident non-citizens holding work permits or student visas. Please inquire for further details.


*2008 – 2009 fees are subject to change

**This is made possible through the support of the VOC  Bursary Programme

*** Available for children enrolled in any VOC full day programmes

see Admissions — Priorities, Criteria and Waiting Lists