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French immersion numbers in the Sea to Sky are up

Canadian Parents for French BC & Yukon dit que il y a plus d'élèves inscrit en la cours
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École Squamish Elementary. The school offers French immersion.

Il semble que les cours d’immersion Française soit vraiment populaire ici.

The Sea to Sky School District hit a record this year for French immersion enrolment, according Canadian Parents for French BC & Yukon.

As of the 2017 to 2018 school year, 1,031 students in the school district were registered in the program, or 20.6 per cent of the entire student body.

It’s come a long way.

Back in 2007 to 2008 school year, 310 students were enrolled for the course in the Sea to Sky.

Canadian Parents for French BC & Yukon say it’s part of a provincewide trend of increasing French immersion enrolment.

Over a period of about 10 years, French immersion student numbers have increased to 53,483 up from 41,000, the organization said.