Please note: The Notify Me subscriber list is deleted after the end of each school year. If you are a school community member interested in receiving AVRCE school cancellation notices in the 2025-2026 school year, please sign up for Notify Me after September 1, 2025.
If you are a school community member (such as a grandparent, childcare provider, or AVRCE staff member), you can sign up for Notify Me to receive AVRCE school cancellation notices by text message and/or email. To sign up, fill out the information below, check the "I'm not a robot" box, and then click on the Notify Me button.
If you are a parent/guardian of an AVRCE student, do not complete this form. Parents/guardians do not need to sign up for Notify Me. Schools and AVRCE send notices to parents/guardians using SchoolMessenger and the contact information you provide to your school. For details, visit avrce.ca/schoolmessenger. 
If you want to get notifications via text message:
Step 1: Provide your mobile number below
Step 2: Send a text with YES or Y to 978338, from the same mobile number that you provide to us. This step is required to "opt in" to text notifications! Please make sure you complete Step 2 after you provide your mobile number below.
If you wish to receive notifications via email:
Step 1: Provide your email address below
Please note: The opt-in text from our service provider could be delayed by up to a week after you sign up for Notify Me. Subscriptions are valid for the current school year only.
Notify Me messages will be sent as close to 6:30 am as possible. AVRCE does not charge for this service; text message or data charges will depend on your mobile service plan.
Technology does not always work as expected, so we share cancellation announcements in a variety of ways and we recommend checking multiple information sources:
- Download the free BusPlanner Delays app wherever you access apps for your mobile device. This app allows you to receive notices of school cancellations, driver discretion days, as well as late/cancelled buses, depending on your preferences
- AVRCE website, www.avrce.ca
- @avrce_ns on Instagram
- Local radio stations
- AVRCE Regional Office phone line (for early morning cancellations, 902-538-4600/1-800-850-3887)
Please provide at least one of the following:
We will automatically send you notices when all schools are cancelled.
OPTIONAL: When cancellations affect only specific schools, we can notify you based on your preferences. Please select specific schools for which you would like to receive notices. If you do not select specific schools, by default you will only be signed up for notices that affect the entire region (i.e., all AVRCE schools are closed). If you would like to be notified of announcements for specific counties/municipality (Annapolis County, Kings County, West Hants Regional Municipality), please select at least one school in that county/municipality. This will ensure your contact information is added to the appropriate distribution list. A list of schools by county/municipality is
available here.
