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We are committed to supporting the Ontario Ministry of Education's vision for French as a Second Language Programs:

Students in English-language school boards have the confidence and ability to use French effectively in their daily lives.

French programs

At the Durham Catholic District School Board we offer the following French language programs:

  • Core French- Begins in Grade 4 and available to all students.
  • French Immersion - Students must be entering Grade 1 to register for this program.

Our French Immersion boundaries include a bigger geographical area and differ from your regular home school boundaries. Click here to view our French Immersion school listing and boundary maps by municipality.

Pathways to French Proficiency

There are multiple pathways to achieving French Proficiency. Please see the poster below for further details.

poster with French pathways available at DCDSB

Opening Doors to Opportunities

As a Board, we value the learning of French and recognize the many benefits that French language-skills provide students.  Our French language programs open doors to opportunities! Watch the video below to learn more about what our elementary and secondary students have to share about learning French.

 

French Immersion Schools 

We offer French Immersion at the following Durham Catholic schools.

Ajax

  • St. James Catholic School (Grades 1-8)
  • St. Patrick Catholic School (French Immersion Centre - Grades 1-8) 
  • Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School (Grades 9-12)

Brooklin 

  • St. Leo Catholic School (Grades 1-8)

Oshawa 

  • St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic School (Grades 1-6)
  • St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School (Grades 1-8)
  • Monsignor Paul Dwyer Catholic High School (Grade 9 as of September 2024)

Pickering 

  • St. Isaac Jogues Catholic School (Grades 1-8)
  • St. Monica Catholic School (Grades 1-8)
  • St. Mary Catholic Secondary School (Grades 9-12)

Uxbridge

  • St. Joseph Catholic School (Grades 1-8)

Whitby

  • St. John the Evangelist Catholic School (Grades 1-8)
  • St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic School (Grades 1-8)
  • Father Leo J. Austin Catholic Secondary School (Grades 9-12)

DCDSB French as a Second Language Action Plan

DCDSB French as a Second Language Plan for 2021-2024 

 Please see below for an infographic on the DCDSB's French as a Second Language 3 Year Plan:

Infographic with DCDSB 3 Year French

Contact Us

To learn more about our French programs email us at French as a Second Language. 

We also invite you to follow us on Instagram.

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