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CELEBRATE 15 YEARS

his year, the Association des | PCDF school will receive copies. The
T parents francophnes de la __ brochureismadetopromotetheschools,
Colombie-Britannique cel- to give them a francophone name and
ebrates his 15th anniversary. To mark on top ofall to allow them to get more
the event, a promotional brochure has __ exposure all over the province.
been produced. Since May, parents, Ourhopeisthat the brochure will be
teachers and students from 26 school dis- _ the first step towards the future when
trictwhoofferProgrammecadredefrangais school will be the heart beat of the
have contributed to the contents of the | community.
brochure. To share this idealistic also means
Pictures, logos, ideas, drawings, and _ to make the social and cultural life of
wishes have been received by the As- the community lively and interest-
sociation. All these partners have also ing in the shcool itself. That way
sent their vision of the future, school mis- school will be the crossroad to talent,
sionandmany souvenirsrelatedtothestart and ideas and open to all generations.
of the program in their region.
The brochure will be launched during
the Congress inOctober. After that, every

CULTURE IN THE
CLASSROOM

WORKING
TOWARDS
PARTNER-
SHIP: COM-
MUNITY,
HOME AND
SCHOOL

Ist, parents, teachers and Participants established that culture
youths participated in an im- in a classroom is made for the learn-
portant training session on defining what ers and is continous and most im-
is the francophone culture in British portant it involves the whole com-
Columbia and how we can apply it in the munity. This is a process where the
classroom to make it shine. parents, the schools and the com-
The meeting was organized by the munity work together to offer an
Consortium en éducation francophone education of quality to francophone
(Association des parents francophone, children.
Conseil jeunesse francophone et la

F rom September 29 to October Société éducative Educacentre).

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Dear Parent!

Your child is in Francophone school and
you would like to learn French or improve it.
You are interested in following your child’s
progress and providing encouragement. You
would like to meet parents with children in
French school and who are in the same situa-
tion.

The “Consorium en _ éducation
francophone de la Colombie-Britannique” is
offering workshops to help you improve your
French and familiarize you with the content of
the school program of your child. For more
information, contact your local “Educacentre”
office. Registration fees: $30 for 20 hours.

Educacentre: Courtenay - 338-4001,
Maillardville - 936-0039, Nanaimo - 754-5766,
Powell River - 483-3841, Prince George - 561-
2565, Victoria - 388-7350, Vancouver - 736-
6112

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In 1910, many francophones arrived from
Eastern Canada. The first French
catholic school of Maillardville,

Notre-Dame de Lourdes school,

opened its doors to francophone

children from the community.

In 1946, Notre-Dame de Fatima school

opened its doors. It is the second

French catholic school in

Maillardville.

In 1951, the two French catholic school of

Maillardville close their doors to
protest against the provincial
governement who refuse to pay for
transportation and medical services
as welll as to give tax exemption to
these schools.

In 1967, British Columbia Premier , W.A.C.
Bennett, said that there will never
be French public schools in the
province. However he conceded
that school districts could offer
classes in French if they wish. (Le
Devoir October 21st 1967)

In 1979, the Programme cadre de francais
starts with 232 registered students
in nine school districts.

In 1980, |’ Association des parents du
Programme cadre de frangais
(A.P.P.C.F.) was born.