French Immersion Schools
*Baden, Baden
Brigadoon, Kitchener
*Clemens Mill, Cambridge
Crestview, Kitchener
Driftwood Park, Kitchener
Elgin, Cambridge
Elizabeth Ziegler, Waterloo
*Empire, Waterloo
Franklin, Kitchener
Hespeler, Cambridge
Highland, Cambridge
John Mahood, Elmira
Keatsway, Waterloo
*Laurelwood, Waterloo
*Lester B. Pearson, Waterloo
Mary Johnston, Waterloo
N.A. MacEachern, Waterloo
Sandhills, Kitchener
Sandowne, Waterloo
Sheppard, Kitchener
Southridge, Kitchener
Suddaby, Kitchener
Westmount,Kitchener
Westvale, Kitchener
*W.T. Townshend
NOTE: Schools that are marked with an (*) asterisk beside them will accept students from within the
residential boundary only. They will not accept any out of area students.
All registration forms that are received at the Education Centre will be processed within 48 hours upon
receipt. If you are mailing this registration form by Canada Post please send it to:
Ian Mann
Co-ordinator of Learning Services
The Waterloo Region District School Board
51 Ardelt Avenue
Kitchener, ON N2C 2R5
French Immersion Registration Deadlines
January 10, 2008 ( at 8am sharp) – January 31, 2008
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French Immersion registration begins on the WRDSB website: www.wrdsb.on.ca
Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis
February 2008
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Classes are finalized and approved
March – April 2008
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Parents are notified by the immersion school regarding the enrollment status of their child
Core French and French Immersion
What is the Core French Program?
What is the French Immersion Program?
 An optional French program made available to
 The regular French program offered to students
the school through Federal and Provincial
in grade 1 to grade 9
grants
 The Ministry mandates a minimum of 600
 Non-mandated by the Ministry
hours of Core French by the end of grade 8
 Emphasis placed on the acquisition of oral
 Strong emphasis on oral communication
communication and literacy skills in French
(reading and writing skills are taught right
 Less emphasis on reading and writing (these
away, in grade 1)
skills are emphasized starting in grade 6)
 Other areas of the Ministry curriculum taught
through French immersion
How much French instruction do students
How much French instruction do students
experience?
experience?
The WDRSB Core French program consists of:
 A minimum of 140 minutes per week in
grades 1-8 (French Language taught in French
for 3 periods a week)
 One compulsory grade 9 credit for secondary
graduation diploma
 Optional credits offered in grades 10, 11, and
12
What level of proficiency might students attain
by the end of the grade 12 year?
The WDRSB French Immersion program consists
of:
 Half day of instruction in French in grades 16 (French Language, Mathematics, Social
Studies and Visual Arts all taught in French for
15 periods a week)
 Minimum of 120 minutes up to 150 minutes
of instruction in French daily in grades 7-8
(French Language and Social Studies only
taught in French)
 Extended immersion at 6 Secondary Schools (7
secondary credits)
 Immersion at KCI only (10 secondary credits)
What level of proficiency might students attain
by the end of the grade 12 year?
The level of proficiency attained is unique to each
individual, however, most students will:
 Be able to express themselves in a variety of
familiar situations
 Have a working understanding of information
heard and read
Will my child require transportation:
The level of proficiency attained is unique to each
individual, however, most students will:
 Be functionally bilingual
 Able to communicate in a French milieu
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Core French is offered at all elementary schools
in the Waterloo District
No extra transportation is required
Will my child require transportation:
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Immersion programs are offered in designated
schools in Waterloo (20 students need to be
enrolled by February of 2008 in order to begin
a grade 1 class)
Transportation is not provided
Parents are required to arrange for
transportation if necessary