法语沉浸项目50周年快乐！​​​

​今年，CBE（卡加利公立教育局）庆祝法语沉浸项目在卡加利开展已有50年！这是50年来学生挑战自己学习额外语言的历程，50年来教师们不懈寻找真正的文化机会让学生接触，以及50年来家庭见证孩子在学会加拿大两种官方语言方面的流利。

1973年秋天，卡尔加里的第一所公立法语沉浸项目在中央卡加利的麦克多格尔学校开班。其使命是以法语授课，让1年级学生能够成长为双语公民。当项目开始时，1年级学生将50%的时间用于法语学习，50%时间用于英语学习，而与如今一年级的100%法语授课相比，则完全不同。法语沉浸很快扩展到1976-1977学年的Chinook Park School 和Banff Trail School。该项目迅速扩张，直至1979年，CBE有十所学校提供形式各异的法语双语教育，拥有超过1,400名学生。

Jocelyn Wensley是那个第一批1年级法语沉浸班的学生，如今她在Banff Trail School的法语沉浸项目中教授音乐。她表示成为第一批法语沉浸班的学生，感到非常特别。

“我们为成为第一批，就像我们是CBE中制度和新观念的探险者，感到骄傲。”

50年后，CBE的法语沉浸项目每天欢迎来自24所学校的超过9,700名学生。为了庆祝，学校、学生和教职员工将举办许多特别活动。CBE的法语沉浸高中将于今年春季举办纪念活动，并邀请小学生到他们上高中时参加。法语沉浸中学将于3月20日举行特别活动，包括由法语艺术家进行的研讨会、音乐和舞蹈。最后，CBE还将在5月举办晚宴，以庆祝建立今天成功项目的家长、校友、现任员工和退休员工。

因此，如果您在CBE的法语沉浸学校之一度过今年，记得说: 法语沉浸项目，并向在过去50年里帮助我们走到今天这一步的学生、教师、教职员工、学校领导、家长和社区支持者致以由衷的 感谢。我们期待未来50年！

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Joyeux 50e anniversaire l'immersion française!​​​

​This year, CBE is celebrating 50 years of French Immersion programming in Calgary! That’s 50 years of students challenging themselves to learn an additional language, 50 years of committed teachers searching out authentic cultural opportunities for their students, and 50 years of families watching their child become fluent in both of Canada’s official languages.

In the fall of 1973, Calgary’s first public French Immersion program opened its doors at McDougall School in central Calgary. Its mission was to instruct its two Grade 1 classes in French so that the students could grow up to be bilingual citizens. When the program began, Grade 1 students spent 50 per cent of their time in French and 50 per cent in English, contrary to today, where 100 per cent of Grade 1 instruction is in French. French immersion soon expanded to both Chinook Park School and Banff Trail School in the 1976-77 school year. The program continued to grow rapidly, such that, by 1979, ten CBE schools offered some form of French bilingual education to over 1,400 students.

Jocelyn Wensley was a student in that very first Grade 1 French immersion class at McDougall School and today teaches music at Banff Trail School in the French Immersion program. She said being part of the first French immersion class was very special.

“There was pride in being first, like we were explorers of the new system and a new idea in the CBE.”

Fifty years later, French Immersion in CBE now welcomes over 9,700 students in 24 schools each day. To celebrate, many special events are planned for schools, students and staff. All of CBE’s French immersion high schools will host commemorative events this spring with elementary students who will attend these schools when they reach high school. French immersion middle schools will gather for a special event on March 20  featuring workshops, music and dance by Francophone artists. Finally, CBE will host a gala in May to celebrate the parents, alumni, current staff and retirees who built the successful program we have today.

So if you find yourself in one of CBE’s French Immersion schools this year, remember to say: Joyeux anniversaire, French Immersion! And a huge merci to the students, teachers, staff, school leaders, parents and community supporters over the past 50 years who helped us get here. We look forward to the next 50 years!

Check out more information about French Immersion at CBE.

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