Information sessions for the French
Immersion (FI) program will take place at French Immersion schools on January
14, 2016 at 7 p.m. Our designated FI school is Michaëlle Jean Public School,
320 Shirley Drive, Richmond Hill. Please
visit YRDSB’s website in January 2016 for any additional information (http://www.yrdsb.ca/Programs/fi/Pages/Program-Locations.aspx).
FI registration will begin January 15,
2016, after 8:30 am. Parents or guardians of Senior Kindergarten students
entering Grade 1 in September 2016, and wishing to enrol in the FI Program, can visit or call the current school office and request an
Office Index Card - short version. The Office Index
Card must be signed by the principal of the home school where your child
attends Senior Kindergarten. Parents or
guardians then take this form, along with one piece of
identification showing their address to Michaëlle Jean Public School to
register between January 15 and February 12, 2016. 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.
