Information Sessions
Information sessions for Grade 1
entry into the French Immersion (FI) program will take place at French
Immersion schools that have a Grade 1 program on January 18, 2018 at 7 p.m.
Please visit YRDSB’s website in
January 2018 http://www.yrdsb.ca/Programs/fi/Pages/Program-Locations.aspx) to find
the FI program location for your elementary school location.
The FI program location for Johnsview Village P.S. is Yorkhill Elementary School.
Registration
FI registration will begin on
January 19, 2018. Parents or guardians of Senior Kindergarten students entering
Grade 1 in 2018, and wishing to enrol in the FI Program, can visit or call
their home school office and request an Office Index Card - short version.
This 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 19 and February 9, 2018. Registration during this period
is not first come, first served.
Late Registrations
Late registrations are those
submitted after February 9, 2018. Late registrations will be treated on a
first- come, first-served basis and will be considered subsequent to
registrations received during the registration period should overflow be
necessary.
Accommodation Plan
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. Space requirements at some schools may mean that siblings are in
different schools for primary dual track French Immersion programs due to
differing grade structures. Like any of our schools across the Board, changes
to school boundaries, and/or the accommodation model for the French Immersion
program may need to be considered when new schools open, a school experiences
enrolment growth, and program changes occur. 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.
