French Immersion

Greater Victoria School District is pleased to offer both Early and Late French Immersion. The aim of both programs is to provide students with the opportunity to become functionally bilingual by graduation while, at the same time, achieving the learning outcomes of the BC curriculum. Students graduating from Early or Late Immersion receive a Bilingual Dogwood in recognition of their completion of the French Immersion program.

Students can enter Early French Immersion in Kindergarten or in Grade 1, and Late French Immersion in Grade 6.

Contact: Sean Powell – ph. 250-475-4156

Early French Immersion Elementary Schools:

Campus View, Doncaster, George Jay, Margaret Jenkins, Marigold, Macaulay, Quadra, Sir James Douglas, Willows

French Immersion Middle Schools offering Early Immersion:

Arbutus, Cedar Hill, Central, Lansdowne, Shoreline

French Immersion Middle Schools offering Late Immersion:

Arbutus, Central, Lansdowne, Shoreline

French Immersion Secondary Schools:

Esquimalt, Reynolds, Oak Bay, Victoria High

Distributed Learning

Home Learners’ Link and The Link is a distributed learning school located at S J Burnside Education Centre. Home Learners’ Link offers a hybrid approach to distributed learning for students from Kindergarten through grade 8 and The Link is the secondary site for students in grade 10 – 12. The Link and HLL supports the student achievement of learning outcomes through a combination of online and/or paper-based courses. Teachers maintain communication with students and their families by skype, email, telephone and through face-to-face meetings. Teachers are responsible for the development of learning plans for each student and for assessing and reporting on student achievement.

Contact: Leah Moreau – ph. 250-360-4300