 French Immersion Trip to Quebec
Each year, French Immersion families organize a year-end trip to Quebec for 5th grade immersion students. To get more information about the trip, please click here.
French Immersion celebrates 35 years
Salamanders celebrated the French Immersion program's 35th anniversary in June 2011.
| French Immersion at Sligo Creek Elementary SchoolMontgomery County Public Schools has the distinction of housing the oldest French Immersion program in the nation. Founded in 1974, the program has been a model for many other state programs, most recently the state of Utah. French Immersion serves over 700 students in grades K-8 in Montgomery County, many of whom will then be able to move onto AP French or the International Baccalaureate program. All Montgomery County students have equal access to French Immersion as enrollment is determined by lottery.
French Immersion is offered at the following schools: Maryvale Elementary School, Sligo Creek Elementary School, Gaithersburg Middle School, and Silver Spring International Middle School. @ For more information on the Sligo Creek Elementary School program, please click here. @ Read an article about our program in The Gazette Immersion Support GroupsTwo list serves have been established to help the immersion community network within our school, and with other county immersion programs:
1. The French Immersion Support Group works to strengthen and promote French Immersion education for students at Sligo Creek Elementary, Silver Spring International Middle School, and through high school in MCPS. To subscribe send an email to SCESSSIFISG-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. 2. The Language Immersion Coalition of Montgomery County, MD represents parents, students, educators, alumni, and community supporters of our public school language immersion programs, which start in kindergarten. To subscribe send an email to LanguageImmersionCoalition-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. |
