MOOSE JAW — Two Moose Jaw Catholic schools will continue offering French immersion programming for the 2025-26 school year, with French used to instruct pupils in classrooms 50 to 90 per cent of the time.
All school divisions are required to submit forms to the Ministry of Education about which schools will offer French immersion for the coming year.
The form lists each school seeking designation, the grades involved and the percentage of time French is used as the language of instruction for each grade. This process applies to new grade-level designation applications and renewals of previously approved programming.
For the 2025-26 year, Holy Trinity Catholic School Division plans to re-submit École St. Margaret School and Vanier Collegiate for approval as sites of French immersion education.
At St. Margaret, 90 per cent of instruction in kindergarten to Grade 2 is in French, 70 per cent in grades 3 to 5 is in French and 68 per cent in grades 6 to 8 is in French. The division anticipates that staffing levels will remain “status quo” next year.
Meanwhile, at least 50 per cent of instruction in all grades at Vanier will be in French. However, some classes may have more instruction in that language depending upon what they are.
Division administration presented the designation form during a recent board meeting for trustees’ approval. Administration told trustees that the percentages of classes taught in French will be similar to last year and in the past.
In an email, administration said the division has roughly the same number of French immersion students year over year, and while the percentage of classes taught in French hasn’t changed, it hopes to see growth of French language students in kindergarten
The next Holy Trinity board meeting is on Monday, March 17.
