École À la Découverte

École À la Découverte

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Address
13410 - 119 Street NW
Edmonton, Alberta, T5E 5N1
Canada
Coordinates 53°35′43″N 113°31′39″W / 53.59517°N 113.52746°W / 53.59517; -113.52746Coordinates: 53°35′43″N 113°31′39″W / 53.59517°N 113.52746°W / 53.59517; -113.52746
Information
School type Public francophone
Founded 2007
School board Conseil scolaire Centre-Nord
Superintendent Henri Lemire
Principal Nancy Roy
Grades K-6
Enrollment 72[1] (September 2012)
Language French
Website www.ld.centrenord.ab.ca

École À la Découverte is an elementary school in the Kensington community of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It provides public francophone education to students from Kindergarten to grade 6.

School history

In 2007, Conseil scolaire Centre-Nord (Greater North Central Francophone Education Region No. 2) opened its 12th school, École publique du Nord, the Authority’s second francophone public school in Edmonton. For four years, the school operated in lease space at St. Patrick School (Edmonton Catholic Schools). In March 2009, the school was renamed École À la Découverte. In Fall 2011, the school was relocated in lease space at Kensington School (Edmonton Public Schools).[2]

Francophone schools

According to Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, parents whose first language is French have a constitutional right to have their child educated in French where there are enough students to warrant it. They also have the right to govern these schools.[3] There are four francophone school authorities operating 34 schools in Alberta.[4]

The educational needs of francophone students, of their families and their communities, the expected outcomes for francophone education and the conditions that must be met to ensure these outcomes are achieved, are found in the Alberta Education's document Affirming Francophone Education (link in External links section).

Academic program

Alberta Education develops the Program of Studies (link in External links section) in French for Kindergarten to Grade 12 students in Francophone programs. All courses, except for English language arts beginning in grade 3, are offered entirely in French.[5]

Students who satisfy the requirements of the Alberta High School Diploma, study in French and take Français 30-1 or Français 30-2, are awarded an Alberta High School Diploma (French First Language – Francophone).[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rapport sur les résultats annuels en éducation 2011-2012, p. 7." (PDF). Conseil scolaire Centre-Nord. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
  2. ↑ "Historique". École À la Découverte. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
  3. ↑ "CONSTITUTION ACT, 1982, Minority Language Educational Rights (Section 23)". Department of Justice Canada. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  4. ↑ "Alberta’s Francophone Regional Authorities and Schools" (PDF). Alberta Education. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  5. ↑ "Programmes d'études obligatoires". Alberta Education. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  6. ↑ "Guide to Education: ECS to Grade 12, September 2012, p. 87." (PDF). Alberta Education. Retrieved 2012-10-30.

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