ng 7 A12 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday,. November 15, 2006 French immersion By DUSTIN QUEZADA _ THE COAST Mountains School District has appointed a Kitimat-based principal to better coordinate. the French immer- sion programs it offers in ‘Terrace, Kiti- > mat and Hazelton. .The move comes two months before * the board will make a decision on cre- ating a kindergarten to Grade 7: French ~ immersion school here. “Obviously, the board has timelines,” » said Brent Speidel; a district administra- tor, in reference to the proposed shuf- fling .of two southside schools that will be looked in January: Based on enrolment numbers at Kiti a, ’Shan Primary and Cassie Hall El- ’.°. ementary on Dec. 30, the board. will de- termine whether the French immersion numbers justify making the change that . would, if approved, be in Place: for the . 2007- 08 school year.. ' Kiti K’Shan would become the all- \ . French school kindergarten to Grade 7. *..... School and Cassie Hall the all-English . oe kindergarten’ to Grade 7 school if the soe, plan came together. ee ' .. Right now Kiti K’Shan offers French ~ and English kindergarten to Grade 3.and ° Cassie ‘Hall French and. English Grade 4 ‘to: Grade 7. 8 that numbers remain strong at the prima- ry level before the steady drop begins i in the elementary level: Grade 1, 21-Grade 2 and 18 Grade 3 im- oI mersion students. . Cassie Hall, meanwhile has 25 stu, dents ina Grade 4-5 split class and 17 in a Grade 5-6-7 three-way. split i immersion -\class.. . a Those’ figures have the board facing She eae SEE Chamber of Commerce (nfocentre Coast Hotel _Copperside Foods (Ail) ‘Cyber Scream Cafe | Denny's | Husky KFC oT McDonalds a CE eS - «French immersion : ‘enrolment num- .: bers at both schools as of last week show, Kiti'K’ Shan has 20 kindergarten, 26 . ck up your free copy at these locations '- George Little House House of Sim-Oi-Ghets ‘Lucky Garden focus being changed . -a difficult decision, says chair: Lorrie Gowen. “There’s a financial cost because” French immersion class sizes are way below the average but you still.need the teachers,” Gowen said. Previous boards agreed that the lan- guage program of choice wouldn’t be : subsidized by the district, added Gow- en. - ‘Smaller class sizes also mean schools i are forced to run larger ones in accor- | dance with Bill 33 that limits, the number of students in classes. . Agnes. Casgrain, principal of Kildala Elementary, has been asked to coordi- nate the French immersion programs, with supervisory help from Speidel. The move was promoted by the school superintendent Rob:.Greenwood_ as a way to formalize the structure of the language offering. ‘The ‘district’s plan also includes a _change in strategy for the use of federal / monies ~ up to $80,000 yearly — that the district receives for the rejuvenation and support of French. immersion. pro- - grams. out to the individual ‘schools but will ‘now be used in‘a more coordinated ba- sis, said Speidel. ‘ “How do we coordinate ‘school dis- trict resources. and staff development instead of the individual schools fending © for themselves?” Speidel said. ‘A district French immersion advisory committee, comprising a parent, teach-. er, administrator from each community, along with Casgrain and Speidel will be. _revived and will meet for the first t time’ . Nov. 23: It. will allow for district: wide discus- sions rather than thosé i in separate com- ‘Mmunities, adds Speidel. 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