29 « Wednesday, June 26, 1985 - North Shore News French bursting out of Hollyburn THE SUCCESS’ of West Two new French programs coming to Senunel as grade language. at the grade 7 level where all towards Grade 12, the Vancouver School District’s will he introduced at the seven students in the new But it is still not too late instruction will be in French — number of courses in English Early French fmmersion high school level in the next Secondary Immersion pro- for students entering high for the first year in a pro- — increases. program has resulted both in two years—both at Sentine! gram where they will receive school to receive the benetits gram modelled after Late “The addition of the Im- an expansion of classroom Secondary. In September Social Studies, Science and of an Immersion program. Immersion programs in On- mersion Programs will space and courses offered. 1985, the first class to grad- 9 Math instruction in French, The Late French Immersion tario. and Quebec, explains — enrich the learning of all. It Explains Hollyburn uate tem Hollyburn'’s Early but Phys Ed, Fine Arts and program) will start in) Sentinel principal Doug will be an exciting (ime in School principal Norm tmmetsion program witl be English in the English September 1986 at Sentinel Player. As the student moves — Sentinel's history.”” Asheroft, ‘‘Eurly French Immersion is alive and grow- ing so well that we've outgrown Hollyburn. The French Immersion program has proven so popular with West Vancouver parents’ said Ashcroft, ‘that more space is needed to accom- modate our approximately 420 Immersion students in the fall.” As a result, Hollyburn's French immeision program will spill over into two schools with K-3 staying at Hollyburn, and grades 4 to 6 taking over five classrooms and the library in Pauline Johnson, a move which will see elementary students returning to P.J. which has been closed for two years. ‘Ecole Hollyburn’ as the school is often referred to, is the only school in West Vancouver which is totally geared to the French language, Ashcroft points out. Now about 130 students » , are anticipated to attend grades 4, 5 and 6 at Pauline Johnson, where they will receive 80% of their course a ‘ ie . ay” oe . instruction in French and- i ; < a i Ae SAVE Ce] 20% in English, with & vet PO ‘ ; : Ashcroft. principal-in-charge = : . ‘ of both schools. “‘The suc- AS ‘ ‘ “ Up TO oON ‘cess of the Immersion pro- gram was visible,’ says 4 a Ne : Ashcroft, ‘‘when 20° ; , At OV iINGS Hollyburn Grade 6 students : : this Spring went on an ex- . . a _ fing oan) SALES change trip to Cap Rouge, ; : oe Va 4.99 and up SINGLE ROLL near ‘Quebec City, where they were billetted with La oom a ie j French families and spoke - — 30/7 ore Wis nothing but French for nine ER nce neituati “ , ’ ” days. The kids performed : ” at mt . ° WALLS: beautifully.”” =o _ : SELECTION OF WALL STYLINGS Other elementary schools ' @ will be introducing the Core * = ere . a French program in r : i Ss September. Sara Mostyn, : ‘ia j Chartwell teacher, explains : sao ‘ : a EB that French is used every day for ten minutes in’ the : a 4 litres Breeze Latex & General classroom from kindergarten ae , oat é hs. i Paint Alkyd premium quality 0 grade four, fifteen . : ' f ; : i ml minutes in grade five and "ne y interior and exterior finishes. thirty. minutes in grade six, ne wo, D by the regular classroom = teachers with their students. The purpose of Core French WOODCRAFT is to provide students with . basic conversational tools in a caera’:s' | EXTERIOR STAINS ‘ comprehensive as a bilingual _ program. , To assist the regular classroom teachers now fac- ed with having to speak French on a daily basis (though they all have high school French) Mostyn con- ducted weekly training sessions for the Chartwell teachers. a ‘ a i : District-wide inservice vos ‘ pt . : : : workshops are scheduled for ruse fe ta! : 7 TRI OR OSS. June and late summer for all Altar RIM GLOSS, of West Van's elementary | —@ SEMI-TRANSPARENT OIL STAIN. wit arate ace @ SEMI-TRANSPARENT OIL DECK STAIN. : yu.” ® SOLID COLOUR OIL STAIN. © SOLID COLOUR LATEX STAIN. Sale priced from SALE ENDS SOON! — (dguggy| meen s@iss fo $2628 Regular 52698 to $3198 GENERAL PAINT (deep and accent colours slightly higher) North Vancouver West Vancouver 133 West 16th St., 988-0141 Park Royal South Mall 922-7389 (Just West of Lonsdale} (Opposite Super-Valu)