Dear Parents/Guardians of Senior Kindergarten students:
If you are interested in Grade
1 French Immersion Information Sessions and Registration, carefully
read the below information.
What is
French Immersion?
·
In French Immersion, students receive instruction in French in a
variety of subjects from a teacher who speaks French fluently.
·
The French Immersion program begins in Grade 1 and is designed for
children whose first language is not French.
·
In Grades 1, 2 and 3, all subjects are taught in French. Starting
in Grade 4, time is shared equally between French and English
instruction.
·
The French Immersion program continues in high school.
· Secondary
school students must earn at least 10 French Immersion credits to qualify for
the French Immersion Certificate upon graduation.
Important
Considerations
·
For the first few months of Grade 1, the children do not acquire
skills identical to those learned by children in an English program as the
focus is on learning in French.
·
There may be certain lags in English Language Arts skills in the
first few years of the program, but by the end of the elementary grades,
successful French Immersion students perform as well as their peers in a
regular English program.
·
Communication with parents/guardians is in English including, but
not limited to, report cards, newsletters and parent-teacher interviews.
·
Reading to a child at home in a child's native language can
strengthen literacy skills. Research studies confirm that children achieve
greater academic success when parents read frequently (daily) to them.
·
There is only one entry point into French immersion in YRDSB;
Grade 1.
Information Sessions
This year our Information session
for Grade 1 entry into the French Immersion (FI) program will take place
virtually on January 14, 2021. A link will be shared with you via email
where you will be able to view a pre-recorded information session which includes
commonly asked questions and answers.
Registration
FI registration will begin on
January 15, 2021. Parents or guardians of Senior Kindergarten students entering
Grade 1 in 2021, and wishing to enrol in the FI Program, can email or call
their home school office and indicate their intention to enrol. The home
school will notify the French Immersion school, and the French Immersion school
will contact you by phone or email to collect any necessary information.
You are asked to register by February 5, 2021. Registration during this
period is not first come, first served.
Late Registrations
Late registrations are those
submitted after February 5, 2021. Late registrations will be treated on a
first- come, first-served basis and will be considered subsequent to
registrations received during the registration period should overflow be
necessary.
Accommodation Plan
YRDSB’s FI Accommodation Plan
provides long-term consistency and equity of access to all students in York
Region and will enable YRDSB to continue to offer the FI program to all who
wish to enrol. The FI program will be offered in Dual Track or Single Track
settings, in a variety of configurations. In order to meet community needs and
optimize available space in our schools, a community's Grade 1-8 FI program may
be provided over more than one school during the course of a student's FI
education. Space requirements at some schools may mean that siblings are in
different schools for primary dual track French Immersion programs due to
differing grade structures. Like any of our schools across the Board, changes
to school boundaries, and/or the accommodation model for the French Immersion
program may need to be considered when new schools open, a school experiences
enrolment growth, and program changes occur. This will allow flexibility in
addressing community needs and the opportunity to use existing space in
schools.
More information is available on
the Board’s website: www.yrdsb.ca.
Please note: Some of the FI accommodation plans will require facility
modifications or the development of new schools and will require short-term
transition plans that might include overflow while we work toward the long-term
vision. Overflow refers to situations in which the Board directs students to
attend a school other than their community school or optional program for a
specific period of time, as defined in Policy #108.
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