Language Programs
The Winnipeg School Division recognizes the diversity of the division's population by providing a rich and varied offering of language programming. The Division provides the opportunity for language programs provided that:
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The language program has a curriculum approved by Manitoba Education
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the enrollment in the first year of the program is 23 at the elementary level, 20 at the
Grade 7 level and 18 at the Grade 10 level.
When a program is accepted as a school offering, the language sequences in elementary, junior
or senior high will be provided as long as enrollment numbers are reasonable.
Busing is provided for K-4 students in the language and alternative programs subject to the
distance requirement of 1.6 kilometres. Nursery students attending one of the Division’s three
French immersion milieu schools are also bused subject to distance requirements.
Currently the Division offers the following language programs:
French
Primary French
Offered in a number of elementary schools depending on the availability of qualified
staff and expressed parent interest. The program begins in either kindergarten or Grade 1 and leads into the Basic French program at the Grade 4 level. The goal of the program is to have students gain an appreciation of learning French, gain basic vocabulary and master simple phrases.
The Primary French program is offered in the following schools: Earl Grey, Gladstone,
Grosvenor, Harrow, Lord Roberts, Meadows West, Mulvey, River Elm, Rockwood, Sister
MacNamara, Victoria-Albert, Glenelm, J.B. Mitchell, Kent Road, Montrose, Queenston,
Riverview, Robert H. Smith and Robertson.
Basic French
Optional program, beginning at Grade 4, also optional at the secondary level.
French Immersion
The method used for teaching is one where all communication in the classroom between teachers and students occurs in French, with the exception of English language arts.
Early French Immersion: Begins in nursery (LaVérendrye, Lansdowne and Sacré-Coeur),
kindergarten or Grade 1. Kindergarten is 100% French instruction and approximately 75% of
Grade 1-6 students’ time is spent studying the regular curriculum in the French language.
Beginning in Grade 1, English language arts is taught for approximately one hour per day in
English.
Late Entry Immersion: Begins in Grade 7 at École River Heights. Students in this program receive a minimum of 60% of their instruction in the French language.
Immersion Programs
Students have a choice of immersion “milieu” or immersion dual track schools. The milieu
schools are where the French immersion program is the only program taught in the school.
The dual track school is one where the regular English program is also taught.
The immersion program option is offered in the following elementary and secondary immersion
schools:
Dual Track Settings
École secondaire Kelvin High School (Grades 9-12)
École Laura Secord School (N-6)
École River Heights School (7-8)
École Riverview School (N-6)
École Robert H. Smith School (N-6)
Sisler High School (Grades 9-12)
École Stanley Knowles School (N-8)
Please note that French Immersion starts in Kindergarten in Dual Track settings.
Milieu Settings
École Lansdowne (N-8)
École LaVérendrye (N-6)
École Sacré-Coeur (N-8)
Collège Churchill (7-12)
Please note that French Immersion starts in Nursery in Milieu;
English-Ukrainian Bilingual
Offered at Ralph Brown School (K-8); 50% of instruction is in English and 50% in Ukrainian.
English-Hebrew Bilingual
Offered at Brock Corydon School (K-6); 50% of instruction is in English and 50% in Hebrew.
Heritage and Ancestral Languages
Cree—Children of the Earth, Niji Mahkwa
Filipino—Tyndall Park, Daniel McIntyre
Japanese—Kelvin
Ojibwe—Children of the Earth, Niji Mahkwa
Portuguese—Daniel McIntyre
Spanish—River Heights, Kelvin, College Churchill
Ukrainian—Robertson, Sisler
