CSCNO holds open houses for kindergarten registrations

Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO) is hosting open house events at all of its elementary schools Feb. 8 and 9 for parents wishing to register their child in junior kindergarten or who are interested in French Catholic education.

Parents can schedule an appointment with the school principal.

This event will be of interest to parents of children born in 2007 who will be attending school in September 2011, stated a press release from CSCNO.

All parents who wish to explore the many benefits that a quality and proven French language education can provide their children are also invited to attend, along with their families.

According to the press release, the benefits of attending a French Catholic school include: full special needs programs, a quality English language program starting in Grade 4 and ensuring sustainable bilingualism, a curriculum instilled with Catholic values, access to state-of-the-art technology, and an environment that nurtures and promotes a sense of Francophone culture and identity.

CSCNO schools also attain superior academic results and its students graduate with a high level of bilingualism and a solid grasp of the French language, the press release stated.

Canadian citizens and landed immigrant families qualify for admission to CSCNO schools if they meet at least one of the following conditions: parents' first language learned and still understood is French, parent received primary school instruction in Canada in French (excluding French immersion), or a brother or sister has received or is receiving primary or secondary school instruction in Canada in French (excluding French immersion).

The CSCNO further extends this eligibility for Catholic French-language education to children of Canadian citizens whose grandparents’ first language was French and who were entitled to French-language education, as well as to children born into immigrant families whose parents speak neither French nor English.

For more information, phone the Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario at 705-673-5626 or toll free at 1-800-259-5565, or visit www.nouvelon.ca.