École À la Découverte is an elementary school in the
Queen Mary Park community of
Edmonton
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,
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,
Canada
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. It provides public francophone education to students from Kindergarten to grade 6.
School history
In 2007,
Conseil scolaire Centre-Nord
The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region No. 2, known in French as the Conseil scolaire Centre-Nord (CSCN), is one of Alberta's four French language school boards. French language education is intended for children who are eligible un ...
(
Greater North Central Francophone Education Region No. 2
The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region No. 2, known in French as the Conseil scolaire Centre-Nord (CSCN), is one of Alberta's four French language school boards. French language education is intended for children who are eligible un ...
) opened its 12th school, École publique du Nord, the Authority's second francophone public school in Edmonton. For four years, the school operated in leased space at St. Patrick School (
Edmonton Catholic Schools
Edmonton Catholic Separate School District No. 7 or the Edmonton Catholic School District (ECSD) is the Catholic school board in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Size
The Edmonton Catholic School District currently operates 96 schools. There are a tot ...
). In March 2009, the school was renamed École À la Découverte. In Fall 2011, the school was relocated in leased space at Kensington Schools, and in September 2016 it opened in its current location, the former Queen Mary Park Elementary School. (
Edmonton Public Schools
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).
Francophone schools
According to
Section 23 of the
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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, 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.
There are four
francophone school authorities operating 34 schools in Alberta.
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
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section).
Academic program
Alberta Education develops the ''Program of Studies'' (link in
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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.
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)''.
See also
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Conseil scolaire Centre-Nord
The Greater North Central Francophone Education Region No. 2, known in French as the Conseil scolaire Centre-Nord (CSCN), is one of Alberta's four French language school boards. French language education is intended for children who are eligible un ...
References
External links
École À la Découverte’s official websiteFrancophone regional authorities
Affirming Francophone Education
Program of Studies
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ecole A la Decouverte
French-language schools in Alberta
Elementary schools in Edmonton
Educational institutions established in 2007
2007 establishments in Alberta