New applications are being accepted from parents looking to enrol children in kindergarten and Grade 1 French immersion at North Oyster Elementary School this September.
According to Nanaimo school district, the relocation of the French immersion program from Ecole Davis Road Elementary in Ladysmith to North Oyster has provided more options.
“Parents who have already applied for French immersion next year are being contacted by the district, but there may be some other parents who did not apply and would now like to apply for North Oyster,” said Donna Reimer, spokeswoman for the school district.
In the event there are more applicants than spaces, a lottery system will be used and will be for North Oyster only – it will have no bearing on other school district French immersion wait lists, she said.
In addition, parents of French immersion students currently in kindergarten to Grade 6 in Nanaimo can seek to transfer their children to North Oyster for 2014-15 and can contact Ecole Davis Road principal Doug English at 250-245-7187 for more information.
An application form can be downloaded from the school district website, www.sd68.bc.ca, and the deadline to apply is Wednesday (March 5). Please call 250-754-5521.