Families who have recently moved into the Devon Gardens catchment area mid-year, can come to the school to complete a registration form. Registration and acceptance is based on available space at our school.
French Immersion Kindergarten Enrolment Process
There is an Enrolment Process by which families need to proceed if interested to register a child in a French Immersion Program. An application form needs to first be completed and submitted by the deadline of each year, which demonstrates a commitment by the families to register their child in the designated program if their child is accepted and to understand that there is a commitment for the child to stay in the French Immersion program until Grade 12, where families understand that their support and encouragement will be very important throughout the child’s journey of learning in the French Immersion program.
It is very important that parents attend a French Immersion Parent Information Meeting.
How to Apply to French Immersion
- Parents apply online by entering their details, their child’s details (one application per child), indicate their French Immersion school choices in order of preference and submit their application by the appropriate deadline (which will be on the Delta School District Website)
Early French Immersion (Kindergarten-Grade 12) - An e-mail communication to each applicant will be automatically generated once the application form has been completed. If you have not received the e-mail Confirmation of Application then you have not successfully applied.
- If applications exceed space available, six priorities are used to select students:
I. Students living in Delta or attending a Delta school within the immersion school’s French program attendance area, and who have siblings in the District’s French Immersion program.
II. Students living in Delta or attending a Delta school within the immersion school’s French program attendance area, and who do not have siblings in the District’s French Immersion program.
III. Students living in Delta or attending a Delta school outside the immersion school’s French program attendance area, and who have siblings in the District’s French Immersion program.
IV. Students living in Delta or attending a Delta school outside the immersion school’s French program attendance area, and who do not have siblings in the District’s French Immersion program.
V. Students living outside Delta and not attending a Delta school, who have siblings in the District’s French Immersion program.
VI. Students living outside Delta and not attending a Delta school, who do not have siblings in the District’s French Immersion program. - Where applications exceed places available in any priority, placement will be determined on the basis of a draw, that is not determined by order of application. The draw will take place 3 weeks after the application deadline.
- Successful applicants will be placed at a French Immersion school. All other applicants will be placed on a waitlist.
- Successful applicants will have to register at the French Immersion School they have been accepted to and will need to provide the following documents at time of registration:
• Proof of birth date (Original birth certificate or passport)
• Proof of citizenship for both the parent and the student (Canadian birth certificate, citizenship card, passport, landed immigrant document, permanent resident card)
• Care Card, medical and emergency contact information
• Proof of Residency (Property Taxes- current receipt, purchase/rental agreement or rental receipt with address)
More information can be found at Delta School District French Immersion page
Parents are strongly encouraged to attend the Early French Immersion (EFI) Parent Information Night.
Application forms are available at the French Immersion Parent Information Meetings and at any Delta elementary schools the first day back in January of each year. Please note that applications differ from the registration form. Filling out an application form does not guarantee your child a spot in French Immersion. Once approved, applicants will be notified and offered a spot to register.
Once the EFI K APPLICATION Deadline is determined, please submit these forms to your catchment school by the deadline. Applications received after the deadline will only be considered, space permitting, in the order in which they are received. Applications are reviewed and parents will be notified before the registration date as to the status of the application.
REGISTRATION is separate, and a concluding step, after the Application process and will take place shortly after applicants have been notified of the status of their applications (typically in February). If accepted to Devon Gardens Elementary, attend our registration date.
Montessori
Registration Forms are available on the registration date only. Delta residents can register in two ways (non-district applicants should follow the procedures listed on the district web page):
As a resident of Delta, attend the registration day at your nearest “catchment” Delta Elementary School (a “non-catchment form” is NOT required for Montessori Kindergarten). Please ask them to note you wish to attend Devon Gardens and the Montessori program. Check the Delta School District website for each school’s individual registration date (typically registration day is in the month of February).
Delta School District Montessori