Table 1A. BC FSL Programs by District 2012/2013

Table 1A. BC FSL Programs by District 2012/2013 BC School District 5 - Southeast Kootenay 6 Rocky Mountain 8 Kootenay Lake Early Immersion (K- 12) (K- 12) Late Immersion (4 or 5-6- 12) Intensive French No Registration Dates for Sept 2014 d5.bc.ca/abo ut/register/ Jan- Feb annually No (6-12) Feb 15 to March 30 10 Arrow No No No Lakes 19 Revelstoke No No No 20 Kootenay- Columbia d8.bc.ca/frim mers/fiapplic ationprocessl etter.pdf No (6-12) No d20.bc.ca/fre nch- immersion.ht ml 22 Vernon (K- 12) (6-12) No Feb 4-8 d22.bc.ca/kin Program Capping first come first serve within catchment Grandfathering Policy No French Advisory Committee - Diane Casault Diane.Casault @fc.sd5.bc.ca - lottery No - Andy Leathwood aleathwood@ sd8.bc.ca (no contact information) Modern Languages Advisory Committee

23 Central Okanagan 27 Cariboo- Chilcotin dergarten_fi. html (K- 12) No No Feb 4 March 7 d23.bc.ca/dis trictinfo/scho olregistration /Documents/ School%20Re gistration%20 Advertisemen t.pdf (K- 12) No No Jan 29 Mar 15 first come, first serve No No d27.bc.ca/pro grams- and- services/scho ol- choice 28 - Quesnel (K- 12) No No Feb 12 Mar 15 No No, priority based on registration date suziegagnon @sd28.bc.ca d28.bc.ca/par ents/earlylear ning.html 33 - Chilliwack No (6-12) No February

d33.bc.ca/pro grams/french- immersion/co ntact 34 - Abbotsford (K- 12) (6-12) No January 21 35 - Langley (K or 1-12) d34.bc.ca/sch ools/registrati on/kindergart en (6-12) No Before Jan 1 36 - Surrey (K- 12) (6-12) EFI: Jan 16, 5 PM LFI: Jan 28, 8 AM offers are made in the following order: 1. Siblings of currently enrolled students at the school 2. Siblings of currently enrolled students in the program at any site in the district 3. Non- siblings who live in the district, in order of application 4. Non- siblings who live out of the district, in order of application first come, first serve - priority is given but a spot is not guaranteed - priority is given but a spot is not guaranteed Eliza Carlson carlson_e@su rreyschools.ca https://www. surreyschools

.ca/departme nts/edsc/cho iceprograms/ Languages/Pa ges/default.as px 37 - Delta (K- 12) (6-12) No EFI: Before Feb 1 (based on LFI: Before Feb 8 (based on http://web.de ltasd.bc.ca/co ntent/schools /studentregist ration/frenchi mmersionreg, students are prioritized in the following order: I. Students living within the immersion school s French program attendance area who have siblings in the District s French Immersion program. II. Students living within the immersion school s French program attendance area who do not have siblings in the District s French Immersion program. - priority is given but a spot is not guaranteed No III. Students living outside the immersion school s French program attendance area who have siblings in the District s French Immersion program. IV. Students living outside the immersion school s French program attendance area who do not have siblings in the District s French Immersion program. V. Students living outside Delta who have siblings in

the District s French Immersion program. VI. Students living outside Delta who do not have siblings in the District s French Immersion program. 38 - Richmond (K- 12) (6-12) No Jan 14 to Feb 4 Where applications exceed places in any priority, placement will be determined on the basis of a draw. sibling priority then lottery - priority is given but a spot is not guaranteed d38.bc.ca/sch ools/regdocs /RegDates 39 - Vancouver (K- 12) (6-12) Nov 1, 2013 to Jan 31, 2014 (based on 2013 dates) http://www.v sb.bc.ca/scho ol- registration - Priority is given in the following order: a) Siblings of catchment students who are currently enrolled AND who will continue in the French Immersion program at the same school the following year. Siblings must be registered by the deadline or will be placed on the wait list. - priority is given but a spot is not guaranteed learnfrench@vs b.bc.ca b) Catchment residents. Priority is given to catchment area students

over non catchment students. c) Non- Catchment area residents 40 New Westminster (K- 12) (6-12) No As soon as the child has a birth certificate (i.e. several years before program entry) http://district.sd40.bc.ca/si tes/default/fil es/applicatio n%20process %20Revised% 202013-03- 14.pdf d) Non- Vancouver residents., priority is given in the following order: 1. A child with a sibling in the program in that particular school in the same year that the younger child enters the program. If the older child is in grade 5 in the spring, a Kindergarten child would not have a sibling preference in the fall, because the older child would no longer be there. 2. In- district students who in New Westminster and can provide two proofs of residency. - priority is given but a spot is not guaranteed Kate Copley kcopley@sd4 0.bc.ca or Sandra Pace space@sd40. bc.ca 41 - Burnaby (K- 12) (6-12) No http://sd41.b c.ca/schools/r egistration/ 3. Out- of- district students. Provided application deadlines are met, students are given priority in the following order: Siblings of continuing students who are attending the site - priority is given but a spot is not guaranteed

where the district program is located, and whose residence is within the district s catchment area for that program; Students whose residence is within the district's catchment area for that program; Siblings of continuing students in the district program whose residence is in Burnaby but outside the district's catchment area for that program; Students who are registered in and attending before and/or after school childcare at a licensed childcare within the district catchment area for that elementary school program; Students whose residence is in Burnaby but outside the district's catchment area for that program; Siblings of a continuing student in the program whose residence is outside of the Burnaby School District; and Students whose residence is outside of

the Burnaby School District. 42 Maple Ridge- Pitt Meadows (K- 12) (6-12) No EFI: January 21-24 (siblings), Jan 28 Feb 1 (non- siblings) based on 2013 dates In the event of more applicants than program spaces available, a lottery will determine the order of applicants within each priority category, and remaining applicants will be placed in priority order on the district program waiting list., based on registration date registration priority - joanne_rowe n@sd42.ca d42.ca/kinder garten- registration LFI: March 4, 8 AM (based on 2013 dates) http://studen ts.sd42.ca/m megoertz/ge _LFI/Informati on_meeting_ %26_Registra tion.html

43 - Coquitlam (K- 12) (6-12) No Jan 18-25 priority to siblings and then first come first serve for LFI priority for LFI 44 North Vancouver Ms. Sophie Bergeron - 604.937.6392 (K- 12) (6-12) No Early Immersion: Nov 1 to Dec 21 ; Late Immersion: Jan 21 to Mar 8 lottery for non- siblings Joanne Robertson jrobertson@n vsd44.bc.ca 45 West Vancouver http://www.n vsd44.bc.ca/s chools/stude ntregistration /2013%20201 4.aspx (K- 12) (6-12) No Early Immersion: Oct 15 Nov 30 ; Late Immersion Oct 15 Mar 1 lottery and priority: 1. In- catchment students 2. Out- of- catchment, in- district students with siblings in the same program or school 3. Out- of- catchment, in- priority for out- of- catchment students with siblings Gary Kern gkern@sd45. bc.ca

d45.bc.ca/ps/l ate- french/index. html district students 4. Out- of- district students 46 Sunshine Coast 47 Powell River No No No (K- 2) Middle Immersion (3-5) (6-7) No Jan 3 Apr 2 d47.bc.ca/sch ools/pages/re gistration.asp x 48 Sea to Sky No (5-12) No first come first serve 49 Central Coast 50 Haida Gwaii No No No (until Gr 6) 51 - Boundary No No No 52 Prince Rupert Mid February until all 24 spots are filled (K- 12) No No Start Feb 1 Andree Michaud 250-624 6757 subcommitte e of school PAC - first come first serve No No No, students are given priority in the following order: a) Students who reside within School District No. 52 and have a sibling or siblings in the Early French Immersion Program. b) Students who reside within School District No. priority

52 and have a sibling or siblings attending the school in which the Early French Immersion Program is located. 53 Okanagan Similkameen 54 Bulkley Valley 57 Prince George No No No (K- 7) No No Feb 18 (based on past date) (K- 12) No No Feb 6 (based on c) Students who reside within School District No. 52 but do not have a sibling in the Early French Immersion Program or in the school in which the program is located. The Superintendent, or designate will adjudicate whenever the above criteria fails to produce a decision. students are given the following priority: priority a) A sibling of a school district child who, in the previous year, attended the school in question and who will be attending the school in the following year. b) A school district child. c) A non- school district child. d) If there are more students in a priority category than can be accommodated in any program, priority will be

established based on the date and time of registration. 58 Nicola- Similkameen (K- 12) No No Mar 4-15 59 Peace River South (K- 12 ) d58.bc.ca/dis trict/kinderga rten.html No No Begins Jan 30, students are given the following priority: (1) A catchment area child who, in the previous school year, attended the school at which the educational program is made available;, priority after catchment area children (2) A catchment area child who is returning to or new to the school; (3) A non- catchment child who is new to the school and has a sibling currently enrolled in the school, and the sibling has been in attendance during the previous school year (4) A non- catchment area child (5) A non- school district child

60 Peace River North (K- 12) (6-12) No Anytime after Jan ; students are given the following priority: a. Students in the catchment area of a French Immersion program; priority after catchment area students b. Siblings of students attending a French Immersion program; c. Other school district students who have been in attendance at a French Immersion Program; d. Other school district students applying to attend 61 Greater Victoria (K- 12) (6-12) No Jan 28 to Feb 1 d61.bc.ca/ear lyfireg.aspx e. Students from outside the district applying to attend. ; first come, first served and according to the following priorities: student is in the Immersion catchment and has a sibling at the school student is in the Immersion catchment student is out of catchment or out of district and has a sibling at the school student is out of catchment but unable to access his/her, priority Simon Burgers sburgers@sd6 1.bc.ca

62 - Sooke (K- 12) (6-12) No Jan 28 to Feb 1 63 - Saanich (K- 12) No No 64 Gulf Islands 67 Okanagan Skaha No (6-12) No d62.bc.ca/sch ools/schoolre gistration.asp x No (6-12) No Jan 14 to Feb 1 d67.bc.ca/fre nchimmersion.asp catchment school student is out of catchment student is out of district ; students are given the following priority: a) a catchment area child whose sibling is a continuing student at the school in the French Immersion program; b) a catchment area child; c) a non- catchment area child whose sibling is a continuing student at the school in the French Immersion program; d) a non- catchment area child; e) a non- school district child., priority No No

68 Nanaimo- Ladysmith (K- 12) No No Jan 7 to Jan 18 d68.bc.ca/edu cation/fi.asp ; priority is granted in the following order: Siblings of students already enrolled for 2013 will have first priority for a space at that school. Parents still must apply by the deadline., priority, Peter Hewitt PHewitt@sd6 8.bc.ca Once the sibling spaces are confirmed, the remaining spaces will be determined. A random lottery draw will be held at 6 p.m. on January 31 in Meeting Room A at NDSS. The draw is open to the public. 69 Qualicum (K- 12) No No 1 st week of Feb for siblings, 3 rd week of Feb for non- siblings Mary Beil - mbeil@sd69. bc.ca, first come first serve after sibling priority, priority registration 70 - Alberni (K- 12) (6-12) No d70.bc.ca/pro grams/french Immersion/Pa ges/default.as px 71 Comox (K- 12) (6-12) No Feb 15 No registration - Marg

Valley siblings; Feb 16-17 non- siblings 2011 dates) priority Brimacombe mckbri@telus.net 72 Campbell River https://sites.g oogle.com/a/ online.sd71.b c.ca/french- immersion/co urse- feedback (K- 12) (6-12) No Feb 18-22, Jan 23- Mar 1 for cross- boundary No 73 Kamloops/ Thompson d72.bc.ca/sch ools/registrati on/pages/def ault.aspx (K- 12) No No Feb 25-27 74 Gold Trail No No No 75 - Mission (K- 12) No Feb 4-8 (according to priority No No 78 Fraser Cascade No No No http://www. mpsd.ca/prog rams/kinderg arten.aspx

79 Cowichan Valley (K- 12) No No Jan 28 to Feb 1, students are given priority in the following order: First preference for registrations will be given to those children who reside in the school catchment. Second preference goes to those families who have siblings already attending the school for the 2012-13 school year. Out of attendance area requests will be considered once space and resource availability have been determined. Parents are advised to register at their neighbourhood school while waiting for out of area applications to be considered., priority after in- catchment students 81 Fort Nelson 82 Coast Mountains No No No (K- 12) Jan 14 to Apr 12 http://cmsd.b c.ca/registrati on- procedures- for-

83 North Okanagan- Shuswap kindergarten- 2/ (K- 12) (6-12) No EFI - April 3, sibling pre- registration and then first come first serve, pre- registration form due by Feb 22 LFI - Early March 84 Vancouver No No No Island West 85 Vancouver No No No Island North 87 Stikine No No No 91 Nechako (K- 7) Lakes 92 Nisga a No No No d83.bc.ca/par ents%20and% 20Students/Fr ench%20imm ersion

Table 1.1A. Yukon FSL Programs Early Immersion Late Immersion Intensive French Extensive French (K- 12) (6-12) (Social Studies) Registration Dates for Sept 2014 EFI: February 11, based on 2013 date; LFI: May June based on 2013 dates http://www.education.g ov.yk.ca/kindergarten.ht ml Program Capping EFI:, first come first serve LFI: interviews take place after registration and priority is given to highly motivated students Grandfathering Policy French Advisory Committee Yann Herry Yann.Herry@gov.yk.ca