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Upcoming Information Session
French Immersion Registration
Jan. 17, 2024
6-7:30 p.m.
Trinity Baptist Church
22550 Township Rd. 530
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EIPS French Immersion Vision

Elk Island Public Schools’ French Immersion program offers robust, high-quality, linguistically and culturally rich learning environments where students, K-12, are engaged in becoming highly proficient in Canada’s two official languages. Students who graduate from the program are well-prepared to be active and engaged citizens in today’s bilingual and multicultural Canada.

French Immersion Registration Information Session

Date: Jan. 17, 2024
Time: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Trinity Baptist Church, 22550 Township Rd. 530

Learn more about French Immersion programming within EIPS. 

  • Beginning immersion: Considering French immersion for your child entering kindergarten or Grade 1 this fall? Join us to learn more about the program.
  • Continuing immersion: Learn about the program at the secondary level—grades 7-12—including curriculum, instruction, diploma requirements, related career paths and optional course offerings. In addition, families will have a chance to ask questions from representatives of all French Immersion schools, and learn about post-secondary options at the University of Alberta’s Campus Saint-Jean.

French Immersion Registration Information Night Presentation 
French Immersion Registration FAQs

Parents do not have to speak French for their children to enjoy and be successful in French Immersion

The French Immersion program aims to prepare functionally bilingual students—giving them excellent English skills and the ability to comfortably speak and write in French. Students complete the regular Alberta Education curriculum (Language Learning, Math, Science, Social Studies, Phys. Ed., Music, Health and Art) in French, as well as a regular English Language Arts program.

French Immersion is offered at the following EIPS schools:

School boundary maps outlining the designated French Immersion areas for elementary, junior high and senior high are available on our maps page. Parents can also find their designated French Immersion school under the advanced search within the Find My Designated School tool.