As real estate agents who know a whole lot about schools, our Catholic clients ask us about French Immersion programs in Markham at times. Our clients feel that French Immersion schools provide a “better education”, based on EQAO stats through recent years. However, in our opinion, this only seems to be true for public French Immersion in Oakville, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, and Markham. Catholic French Immersion learning seems to be generally equal to regular-track learning in all of our service areas on this website. We do not rank Catholic French Immersion schools in Markham.
Should I put my own child into Catholic French Immersion?
Naturally, this is a personal choice. Perhaps this article and this article can help you with your decision.
Where can I find information on Catholic French Immersion in Markham?
Here’s a bit…
In Markham, Catholic French Immersion starts in Grade One. And up until and including Grade 3, the children spend 85% of their day learning subjects in French and 15% learning in English. Beginning in Grade 4, the learning in each language is 50/50 (50% learning in English, 50% learning in French), until Grade 8. the program is then continued at select Catholic secondary schools in York Region.
Getting into the French Immersion program at the Grade One level in Markham is automatic IF you apply by the deadline AND there is space. But if the program is too popular that year and there aren’t enough spaces for everybody, there MAY be a lottery to determine who gets in. If you apply PAST the deadline (usually late-January), you may not get in if there isn’t any space available.
For a fuller breakdown of the Catholic French Immersion program in Markham, please visit the York Region Catholic School Board’s FI web-page HERE.
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