Partial French Immersion Registration

Update for Parents

Grade 1 Partial French Immersion acceptance confirmation letters have gone home to families between February 29th to March 9th. During this time families who are on the waiting list for the Partial French Immersion program, as well as those families who applied to a non-immersion site will also receive a letter.

If by March 9th, 2012, your family registered for the Grade 1 Partial French Immersion program and you did not receive either a letter of confirmation, a letter regarding the waiting list or a letter about the program not being offered at the site you registered, please contact Dianne Kekish in Learning Services at 519-570-0003 x4267 to inquire about your registration.

Families who are still interested in registering for the Grade 1 Partial French Immersion program can do so by following the instructions below.

Registering for Grade One French Immersion:

  • The registration should only be completed by parents/guardians who have children that are Senior Kindergarten age (born in 2006) and are interested in registering their child in the French Immersion Program.

  • This information is necessary to assist in the organization of the Grade 1 French Immersion classes for September 2012.

  • Registration forms may be submitted beginning at 8:00 a.m., Thursday, January 12, 2012

  • Schools that are marked with an (*) asterisk (Baden PS, Clemens Mill PS, Edna Staebler, Elgin PS, Empire PS, Highland PS, John Mahood PS, Keatsway PS, Laurelwood PS, Lester B. Pearson PS, Sandhills PS and W.T. Townshend PS) require students from within their residential boundary to open a class. These sites require 18 students from within the school boundary to open a class.

  • Students who live within the residential boundary of the French Immersion site will be given preference on a first-come, first-served basis up to midnight of January 31, 2012. Thereafter, all applicants are considered on a first-come, first-served basis.

  • Grade one registrations with a sibling at the selected French Immersion site may register as an in boundary student and be given preference until January 31, 2012.

  • Transportation to and from the school will be the responsibility of the parent/guardian.

  • On the application there are 2 options:

Option A : select this option if you wish to have your child considered for French Immersion only within the residential boundary

Option B: select this option if you wish to have your child considered for French Immersion in the school within your residential boundary and/or would like your child considered for French Immersion at a site outside of the residential boundary

  • Existing French Immersion schools that meet the required enrolment criteria of 20 grade one registered students will offer the French Immersion program.

  • Schools that do not presently offer French Immersion may be considered for a French Immersion grade one class if the class attains the enrolment of 20 registered students for September 2012.

  • The French Immersion school administrator will contact all parents/guardians of children who have submitted registrations regarding the status of their enrolment in late March or early April.

If you have any questions regarding the Partial French Immersion program, please contact your school or the Education Centre at 519-570-0003 x 4277.

Link to French Immersion Registration Form

If you wish to view a sample of the registration form, you can view a sample Registration Form here.