News Release – November 30, 2009

Parents of Grade 1-8 students asked to participate in on-line French Program Survey
Survey available on-line at www.hdsb.ca from December 1-18, 2009

Parents with children in the Halton District School Board are invited to participate in a survey regarding French programs. The survey is available on-line at the following link: French Program Survey, from December 1st from December 1st to 18th, 2009.

The survey asks Grade 1-8 parents to provide feedback about issues related to French official language programs – both the Core French and French Immersion programs. The French Advisory Committee will use this feedback when making recommendations to the Halton District School board on the delivery of French programs in Halton.

Beginning December 1, 2009 the survey can be accessed through the Halton Board’s website at www.hdsb.ca and can be completed wherever Internet access is available – home or work. Parents without access to the Internet may make arrangements through their child’s school.

Although the survey is anonymous, to gain access to the on-line survey parents must have their child’s Ontario Education Number (OEN). This number is located at the top of the student’s Provincial Report Card.

The survey gathers information on possible entry points for French Immersion and Core French, possible reasons for demission from the French Immersion program, alignment of subjects across the board, delivery models (percentage of time spent in target language), and school environment. In addition to the information gathered through this elementary survey, secondary student focus groups will be conducted and this data will also be considered in developing the recommendations.

Note: Input will be collected from parents of kindergarten-age students later in this school year.

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For more information contact:

Anne-Marie Sienna, System Principal (French Programs)
Halton District School Board
(905) 631-6120 ext 426

Students entering French Immersion programs, do so in Grade 1 or Grade 7 only.

The Halton District School Board takes pride in offering Immersion and Extended French programs for students beginning in Grade 1 (Early) and Grade 7 (Extended). In these bilingual programs, students attend a Halton District School Board elementary school designated as a French Centre, where they receive half their instruction in English and half in French. This provides students with the opportunity to achieve a working command of French and simultaneously acquire the personal growth, knowledge and skills expected in the regular program.

Registration forms for the French Immersion program are available at any school within the Halton District School Board, including the French Centres listed below. Applications should be returned to the student’s home school by January 15, 2010.

In preparation for the 2010 school year, information evenings will be held at the following French Immersion Centres:

Oakville

• Forest Trail Public School, 1406 Pine Glen Rd. – Thu, Jan 7, 6:30 p.m.
• Linbrook Public School, 1079 Linbrook Rd.  – Tue, Dec 8, 6:30 p.m.
• Munn’s Public School, 1511 Sixth Line – Tue, Jan 12, 6:30 p.m.
• Palermo community at Lorne Skuce Public School, 150 Ridge Dr. - Thu, Jan 7, 6:30 p.m.
• Pine Grove Public School, 529 Fourth Line - Wed, Jan 6, 6:30 p.m.
• Sunningdale Public School, 1434 Oxford Ave. – Thu, Jan 7, 7:00 p.m.

Regional

• Sir E. MacMillan Public School, 1350 Headon Rd., Burlington - Thu, Jan 14, 6:30 p.m., Late Immersion Program Only (Grade 7 Entry)

Acton

• Robert Little Public School, 41 School Lane – Wed, Jan 6, 6:30 p.m.

Burlington

• Alexander’s Public School, 2223 Sutton Dr. – Wed, Jan 6, 6:30 p.m.
• B.T. Lindley Public School, 2510 Cavendish Dr. – Tue, Jan 12, 7:00 p.m.
• Charles. R. Beaudoin Public School, 4313 Clubview Dr. – Wed, Jan 13, 7:00 p.m.
• Clarksdale Public School, 2399 Mountainside Dr. – Wed, Jan 6, 7:00 p.m.
• Maplehurst Public School, 481 Plains Rd. E. – Thu, Jan 7, 6:30 p.m.
• Orchard Park Public School, 5151 Dryden Ave., Burlington – Thu, Jan 7, 6:30 p.m.
• Pineland Public School, 5121 Meadowhill Rd. – Thu, Jan 7, 6:30 p.m.
• Tom Thomson Public School, 2171 Prospect St. – Wed, Jan 6, 6:30 p.m.

Georgetown

• George Kennedy Public School, 75 Weber Dr. – Thu, Jan 7, 6:30 p.m.

Milton

• E.W. Foster Public School, 320 Coxe Blvd. – Wed, Jan 6, 6:30 p.m.
• Martin Street Public School, 184 Martin St. – Thu, Jan 7, 7:00 p.m.
• P.L. Robertson Public School, 840 Scott Blvd. – Wed, Jan 13, 6:30 p.m.
• Robert Baldwin Public School, 180 Wilson Dr. – Thu, Jan 14, 6:30 p.m.

Parents with questions about the Halton District School Board’s French Immersion program can contact Renée B. Meloche, Acting FSL Coordinator at the New Street Education Centre, 3250 New Street, Burlington, 905 631-6120, extension 437.

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One of these days I’ll be organised enough to blog regularly – and if you believe that….

I’ve been busy embroidering and sewing bags for sale, but I think a stream of bags would make a pretty dull blog, so that’s partly why I’ve been MIA. I photograph them all and upload them to Flickr so if anyone is desperate to see yet more embroidered bags you can find them here.

I’ve also been experimenting with FSL (or free-standing lace for those not familiar with machine embroidery lingo). I’ve made a few Christmas decorations that I’m thinking of giving to the boys’ teachers as Christmas gifts. I usually make them something but this year I have more people to make for so I need to make gifts that don’t require loads of time and effort. Son number two attends the school nursery now and that means gifts for his teacher and key worker, plus the three I have for son number one (two teachers and his SLT). One of the teachers is male which is an added complication because I don’t think he’d appreciate an embroidered bag like the ones I made in the summer.

So here are my attempts at FSL:

FSL Christmas Decoration, "Poinsettia"

FSL Christmas Decoration, "Star"

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