École Avalon School has a very special status in southwest Edmonton with a long history of providing French Immersion programming. The first students to continue their French Immersion Programming at the Jr High level started at École Avalon in September of 1981. Today École Avalon has the largest Jr High French Immersion Program in Edmonton Public Schools.
All programs establish high expectations for students, and Avalon students consistently achieve Provincial Achievement Test results above District and Provincial levels. In academic core subjects of Language Arts, Science, Mathematics and Social Studies, Avalon offers more time than Alberta Education's minimum requirements.