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French Immersion overview

  • The most common point of entry is Kindergarten.  Students may enter in Grade 1 if space is available.
  • Registration for 2012/2013 will be accepted during office hours (9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.) between November 1, 2011 and January 31, 2012. 
  • Registration forms are to be picked up and submitted to the French Immersion elementary school in the applicant's catchment area, beginning November 1.  To locate your French Immersion catchment school, please refer to French Immersion School Boundaries in the Schools section. Late applicants, please refer to the 2012/13 FAQs above.

Do you have a question about the VSB's French Immersion program? Read through our 2012/13 FAQ

Please note:  
Tuesday, November 8, 2011:  District French Immersion Information Session for Parents held at 7:00 p.m. at Tupper Secondary School (419 E. 24th Ave), in the Auditorium.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012:  Information sessions for parents/students interested in early and/or late French Immersion will be held at all elementary French Immersion schools.

Because the information at each site will be similar, parents are encouraged to attend the sessions at their French Immersion neighbourhood school. 

Note following exceptions:

1. Jules Quesnel and Queen Elizabeth Annex will hold a common information session at Queen Elizabeth Annex.

2. There will be no information session at Sir James Douglas (French Immersion program is Grade 4-7).

At the end of the registration period, if there are insufficient spaces to allow for the in-catchment students, a draw will be held for entry. The in-catchment draw will be supervised by the Principal, parent representatives from the school Parent Advisory Committee and/or the Canadian Parents for French (CPF) during the first week of February. 

2012/13 French Immersion Registration Process 

Date

Activity

Tue, Nov 1, 2011

Registration opens at 9:00 a.m.

Tue, Nov 8, 2011

District French Immersion Information Session for parents held at 7:00 p.m. at Tupper Secondary School (419 E. 24th Ave) in the Auditorium.

Wed, Jan 11, 2012

Information sessions held at 7:00 p.m. at all Elementary French Immersion sites including Late French Immersion.  Note following two exceptions:

  1. Jules Quesnel and Queen Elizabeth Annex will hold a common information session at Queen Elizabeth Annex.
  2. There will be no information session at Sir James Douglas (French Immersion program is Grade 4-7).

Tue, Jan  31, 2012

Registration closes at 3:00 p.m.

Week of Feb 7, 2012

If applicable, an in-catchment draw will be held for French Immersion Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 6 Late Immersion.  Schools send out French Immersion letters to parents.

Week of Feb 13, 2012

Families receive notification in writing of their status: an offer of a space in Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 6 Late Immersion or the child’s position on the school waitlist.

Mon, Feb 20, 2012

Families have until 3:00 p.m. to confirm their acceptance of the space in French Immersion Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 6 Late Immersion.

Tue, Feb 21, 2012

French Immersion schools to inform English catchment schools of accepted French Immersion students in French Immersion Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 6 Late French Immersion and that these students will forfeit their spot at any other school.
Wed, Feb 22, 2012Unclaimed spaces are offered to those on the school in-catchment French Immersion waitlists.

Mon, April 2, 2012


District draw held for Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Late Immersion Grade 6 registrants who indicated on the registration form their willingness to consider an alternate French Immersion school. Parents to contact in-catchment school for results of the district draw.

Fri, Sept 21, 2012

Grade 6 Late French Immersion waitlists, District French Immersion Kindergarten and District Grade 1 waitlists are dissolved.

Fri, Sept 28, 2012

Grade 1 in-catchment waitlists are dissolved.

Completed registrations must be accompanied by verification of the student's original birth certificate, immunization records, parents' immigration/citizenship documentation and proof of catchment area residency.  Children who turn 5 years old by December 31 of the year of entry are eligible to enter Kindergarten.

Priority is given in the following order:

a) Siblings of catchment students who are currently enrolled AND who will continue in the French Immersion program at the same school the following year.  Siblings must be registered by the January 31, 2012 deadline or will be placed on the wait list.


b) Catchment residents.  Priority is given to catchment area students over non catchment students.


c) Non-Catchment area residents


d) Non-Vancouver residents.

Please note:  Transportation to the French Immersion school of choice is the parents' responsibility.

Students who were born outside Canada, please refer to the District Reception and Placement Centre page 


Please note that K-12 French Immersion applicants currently enrolled in French Immersion in another district will only be offered a placement if space is available at the appropriate Grade level.

Late French Immersion:   Students in Grade 5 may apply for admission to Grade 6 French Immersion. Registration procedures are the same as for the early French Immersion program. In addition, a copy of the most recent Grade 5 report cards and a statement of commitment from the student must be attached.  Please note that due to the nature and pace of the program, students will not be admitted to the Late French Immersion program after the second week of instruction.