Information
sessions for the French Immersion (FI) program will take place at French
Immersion schools on January 19, 2017 at 7 p.m. Please visit YRDSB’s website in
January 2017 (http://www.yrdsb.ca/Programs/fi/Pages/Program-Locations.aspx) to find the FI
program location for your elementary school location. FI registration will
begin January 20, 2017. Parents or guardians of Senior Kindergarten students
entering Grade 1 in 2017, and wishing to enrol in the FI
Program, can visit or call the school
office and request an Office Index Card -
short version. The Office Index Card must be signed by the
principal of the home school. Parents or guardians then take this form, along with one piece of
identification showing their address to the designated FI program location to
register between January 20 and February 10, 2017. This eliminates the need to
provide duplicate enrollment information or to pre-register.
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. 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.
