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School council
School councils, conseils d'école in French, were established in 1995 to increase parent and community involvement in the education of children in Alberta. Public schools, including charter schools, are required to attempt to establish school councils.
Each school council must include the following members:
- school principal
- teacher(s)
- parents of students enrolled in the school
- student(s) (high schools only)
Parents must form the majority of members. In a francophone school, all school council meetings are held in French. For more information, ask your school principal or click here.
Preschool
Our preschool program welcome children eligible for francophone education aged 3 and/or 4 years old for 2 to 5 half-days per week. Our playschool is managed by a parent committee and the Fédération des parents francophones de l'Alberta.
Junior & Senior High School
Missionary trips, sports teams, robotic or woodworking… in high school our students develop many interests thanks to a various choice of optional courses. To learn more about what our high schools have to offer, click here.
Please visit the Learn Alberta website for more information about our high school program.
Parent committees
Parent committees play more of a hands-on role compared to school councils. They are elected at an annual general assembly, usually in September. Most parent committees are incorporated as a society, thus enabling them to organize fund-raising activities and have their own bank account.
Parent committees in francophone schools are held in French, although typically, many parents with limited French help out participate in the school activities. Talk to your parent committee president or school principal to find out how you can actively participate! Here are some examples of the functions a parent committee may want to take on:
- fund-raising for school activities and material (i.e. park, computers, lab materials);
- find volunteers to help out in the class (i.e. hot lunches);
- organize activities for the school community (i.e. year-end BBQ, Halloween dance);
- suggest and support school projects (i.e. recycling programs, bake sales).
Daycare
Our school has a daycare. Our daycare is operated by the Centre d'expérience préscolaire and parascolaire (CEPP). Contact them for more information and to register.
