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Teaching Canada's other official language to more than 92,000 students is an important challenge for the Toronto Catholic District School Board. The Board has several programs for teaching French as a Second Language in its 200 schools.
The Core French program is offered from Grades 1 to 8. Classes are 30 minutes long. By the end of Grade 8, students will have received a minimum of 600 hours of French instruction. Options vary in the secondary schools, but a student must earn at least one credit in French to obtain an Ontario Secondary School Diploma.
French Immersion was established in 1982 for Senior Kindergarten and has been extended by one grade each year. Instruction is entirely in French until the end of Grade 2; English-language arts are added in Grade 3. From Grade 5 to Grade 8, instruction is given 50 per cent in French and 50 per cent in English.
French Immersion is offered beginning in Junior Kindergarten at the following sites:
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Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
8 Seasons Dr. Scarborough
416-393-5456
Open House: Jan. 16, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.
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Cardinal Leger
600 Morrish Rd. West Hill
416-393-5419
Open House: Jan. 14, 2020 at 6 p.m.
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Holy Name
690 Carlaw Avenue
416-393-5215
Open House: Jan. 22, 2020 at 6 p.m.
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Holy Rosary
308 Tweedsmuir Ave. Toronto
416-393-5225
Open House: Jan. 22, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.
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James Culnan
605 Willard Ave. Toronto
416-393-5325
Open House: Jan. 8, 2020 at 5:45 p.m.
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Our Lady of Peace
70 Mattice Ave. Islington,
416-393-5253
Open House: Jan. 9, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.
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Our Lady of Wisdom
10 Japonica Rd. Scarborough
416-393-5273
Open House: Jan. 15, 2020 at 6 p.m.
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St. Agatha
49 Cathedral Bluffs Dr. Scarborough
416-393-5302
Open House: Jan. 8, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.
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St. Alphonsus
60 Atlas Ave.
416-393-5326
Open House: Jan. 16, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.
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St. Benedict
2202 Kipling Ave. Rexdale
416-393-5267
Open House: Dec. 11, 2019 at 7 p.m.
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St. Brigid
50 Woodmount Ave.
416-393-5235
Open House: Jan. 8, 2020 at 6 p.m.
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St. Cecilia
355 Annette Str. Toronto
416-393-5218
Open House: Dec. 4, 2019 at 7 p.m.
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St. Cyril
18 Kempford Blvd. Willowdale
416-393-5270
Open House: Jan. 9, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.
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St. Eugene
30 West Royal Rd. Weston
416-393-5337
Open House: Jan. 8, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.
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St. Gerald
200 Old Sheppard Ave. Willowdale
416-393-5319
Open House: Dec. 16, 2020 at 7 p.m.
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St. Jerome
111 Sharpecroft Blvd, Downsview
416-393-5294
Open House: Jan. 16, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.
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St. Leo
165 Stanley Ave. Toronto
416-393-5333
Open House: Jan. 7, 2020 at 6 p.m.
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St. Louis
11 Morgan Ave.
416-393-5331
Open House: Jan. 15, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.
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St. Mary 20 Portugal Sq.
416-393-5205
Open House: Dec. 11, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.
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For registration information, visit our
Admissions and Registration page.
French Immersion (Secondary)
The Secondary French Immersion program, a continuation of the Elementary French Immersion program, (Senior Kindergarten to Grade 8) is being offered at Bishop Allen Academy and Senator O'Connor since September 1995.
Beginning in 1996, the Immersion French credit is being granted to students who have studied French, and other subjects taught in French, for an accumulated total of at least 5,000 hours of instruction, and have completed the requirements for the Immersion French.
It should be noted that upon graduation, students who have completed a minimum of 10 French Immersion courses, according to Ministry criteria, are eligible for the Immersion French Certificate of the Toronto Catholic District School Board.
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721 Royal York Rd., Etobicoke
416-393-5549 |
Senator O'Connor
60 Rowena Dr., North York
416-393-5505 |
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For further information about TCDSB French as a Second Language programs, contact your child's French-language teacher, the nearest French Immersion or Extended French Centre, the French as a Second Language department at 416-222-8282, extension 2540
For information on Extended French, visit:
Extended French Program.
If you would like to register your child in the French Immersion or Extended French program, please contact the school nearest you, which offers the program.