Our students, much like the youth living elsewhere in North America, are immersed in a predominantly English language environment – everywhere except in schools offering a French-language education and perhaps in their home or in targeted institutions. Most children understand and speak English prior to starting Kindergarten in our schools. For this reason, we believe that true « French immersion » is to be fully immersed in a French as a First language setting.
Our classroom road to sustainable bilingualism offers a comprehensive setting where your child will not only « function » in French but will « think » in French and will be able to live in French. In our schools, teachers are native speakers of French and fully master the language. Their responsibility goes beyond the teaching of basic communication skills – he or she creates a strong and motivating learning environment which increases your child’s ability to fully master the language, understand and appreciate the Francophone culture and develop a high-level of sustainable bilingualism from Kindergarten through grade 12.
Further, in order to ensure fluent bilingualism, your child will follow an English Language Arts program from grades 4 through 12 using the same English curriculum as the one delivered in English language schools.
We also offer special programs and services designed specifically to meet the needs of all of our students. Our French Language Acquisition Program (Programme d’actualisation de la langue française) allows students to develop and improve their proficiency in French in order to succeed academically. Based on your child’s proficiency in French, your child may be offered an individualized program designed to enhance his or her linguistic competencies.
