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*École Massey School (K-8) OTHER LANGUAGE (306) 791-8504 INSTRUCTION OPTIONS SECOND École Elsie Mironuck Community School (K-8) (306) 791-8486 LANGUAGE École Dr. A.E. Perry School (K-5) CREE (306) 791-8476 LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION CHOICES École Wascana Plains School (K-8) Cree is offered at the following Regina Public IN elementary schools: (306) 523-3770 REGINA *École Wilfrid Walker School (K-8) Albert Community School - (306) 791-8539 Coronation Park Community School - (306) 791-8570 (306) 791-8531 PUBLIC Kitchener Community School - (306) 791-8516 Rosemont Community School - (306) 791-8466 SCHOOLS *French Centre (single-track French Immersion Seven Stones Community School - (306) 523-3740 (2020-21) school) Thomson Community School - (306) 791-8460 SECONDARY SCHOOLS Cree is offered at the following Regina Public high schools: Campbell Collegiate (9-12) Balfour Collegiate - (306) 523-3200 (306) 523-3250 Scott Collegiate at the mâmawêyatitân centre - (306) 523-3500 Associate Elementary Schools: Connaught, W.S. Hawrylak, Massey, SPANISH Dr. A.E. Perry, Wascana Plains, Wilfrid Walker LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION Spanish is offered at the following Regina Public high Thom Collegiate (9-12) schools: (306) 523-3600 Campbell Collegiate - (306) 523-3250 Associate Elementary Schools: Winston Knoll Collegiate - (306) 523-3400 Centennial and Elsie Mironuck Regina Public School Division Office 1600-4th Avenue, Regina, SK S4R 8C8 Tel: (306) 523-3000 Fax: (306) 523-3031 Email: [email protected] Web: www.reginapublicschools.ca #3160-20 January 2020 Committed to Continuous Improvement FRENCH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION OPTIONS LANGUAGE Regina Public Schools provides two options for • The French Immersion program offers CHOICES IN French language instruction: instruction predominantly in French all week 1 FRENCH IMMERSION long. In the first three years of school (K-2), REGINA PUBLIC 2 CORE FRENCH students learn to understand, speak, read and write in French by being taught only in French. SCHOOLS SIMILARITIES • Students in French Immersion do not begin English Language Arts until Grade 3. Their • Both programs offer French language English reading and writing skills usually catch Regina Public Schools provides the following instruction: up within two to three years after beginning language options: - French Immersion: Grades K-12 English instruction. • Cree - Core French: Grades 1-12 • Core French in elementary school focuses • French • Students understand and appreciate • Spanish mainly on oral communication. French Francophone culture. Immersion develops the written, as well as oral, • English language proficiency in reading and aspects of the language. writing are enhanced by learning a second language. FOR MORE INFORMATION • It is not necessary for French to be spoken in ABOUT FRENCH IMMERSION, LANGUAGE the home for children to experience success in PLEASE VISIT WWW.REGINAPUBLICSCHOOLS.CA CHOICES FOR learning a second language. FRENCH IMMERSION SITES KINDERGARTEN DIFFERENCES • French Immersion allows students to become ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Kindergarten is a year filled with discovery! In functionally bilingual. Core French does not Regina Public Schools we provide a safe and caring produce the same level of bilingualism but *École Centennial Community School (K-8) environment where your child can learn and grow gives a solid foundation for post-secondary (306) 791-8559 confidently during an important year of school — study that can lead to more fluency. École Connaught Community School (K-8) the first. Each Kindergarten student has the • Core French is a mandatory subject from (306) 523-3750 opportunity to enrol in the English or the French Grades 1 to 8 and is optional in high school. It École W.S. Hawrylak School (K-8) Immersion program. is taught for 90 to 120 minutes weekly, (306) 791-8445 depending on the grade..