French Immersion

We recognize the world is a complex, multilingual global village and the future workplace of most Canadian graduates. School District 64 is a leader in creating programs to meet the changing needs of students, among these language programs such as Late Immersion. Canada is respected worldwide for its official bilingualism and is a world leader in the design of language immersion programs. Other countries like Australia are now implementing second language programs while students in the European Union have a minimum of three languages at graduation.

In Canada, young people are leading the way: British Columbia continues to set records in the numbers of students enrolling in French Immersion. Gulf Islands School District offers a Late French Immersion Program which begins at Grade 6 at Salt Spring Island Middle School and continues with the Grades 9-12 program at Gulf Islands Secondary School.