​​Students will practice and develop their language skills by exploring, reflecting, creating and communicating in French. They will engage in authentic and meaningful learning activities designed to help them improve their French reading, speaking, writing, and comprehension skills. They will explore French literature and culture through texts and novels written by francophone authors and engage in a variety of cultural activities. Exploring literary characters and cultural values and symbols in various texts, as well as applying grammar concepts, will help students practice their critical thinking and writing enrichment skills.

This course uses Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to ask questions; gather,interpret and analyze ideas; and communicate

findings and decisions. It focuses on political, social, economic, and technological revolutions and their impacts on the development of modern nation-states including Canada. It analyses imperialism and colonialism, and their continuing effects on Indigenous peoples in Canada and around the world.

​This course is designed to encourage students to refine and clarify their communication skills in French with an emphasis on oral communication. The course provides students with opportunities to explore their identities, their own cultures, and francophone culture. Students will study original texts, as well as create, write, and share their own texts for a range of purposes and real-world audiences. They will also develop their active listening skills. Through processes of drafting, reflection and revising, students will build a body of work for a range of language situations with the goal of developing confidence in their oral and written communication skills.

​This required course for French Immersion students is taught entirely in French and parallels the Physical and Health Education 9 curriculum.

Do you like being a critic or an analyst? Do you want to experience a wider range of literary genres and debate new ideas? You will improve your French skills by being creative and learning how to share, present, and defend your point of view. The practice of the four components of language learning will be embedded in the class with the goal of developing your skills in reading, writing, listening, speaking, and critical thinking all while developing increasingly sophisticated grammar and vocabulary.

​Students will further develop their historical thinking skills by applying key questions related to historical significance, cause and consequence, and ethical judgement of historical events. The main content areas focus on Canada from 1914 to the present. The history component focuses on political, cultural and economic issues in Canada, including Canada’s role in international affairs such World War I, World War II, and the Cold War, as well as the Quiet Revolution in the Province of Quebec. The Government section of the course develops students’ understanding of Canada’s three levels of government, the role of the citizen in the political and legal systems, the Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

​This is a required course for French Immersion students. It is taught entirely in French and parallels the curriculum delivered in Physical and Health Education 10.

​This mandatory course is taught in French and parallels the Career and Life Education 10 curriculum (formerly Planning 10). During this course, students will have the chance to develop the skills they need to become self-directed individuals through units such as Career and Education, Health and Safety and Finance. Students are also introduced to Graduation Transitions, a graduation requirement that must be met by the end of Grade 12.

Do you like to speak French but not write grammar compositions? Do you enjoy discussions and debates? Presenting your ideas to others? Shooting short films or creating podcasts? If so, then Communications Orale is the class for you! Designed to encourage students to refine and improve their communication through practice and exploration of French-language texts (oral, written and visual) with an emphasis on oral communication. Students will also be developing their active listening skills.​

This elective course focuses on world events in the latter part of the 20th century, including the history of the cold wars; the end of the Soviet empire; nationalism and ethnic tensions and violence; conflicts in sub Saharan Africa in the 1990s; and the 21st century Middle East. By examining the choices and decisions made in the 20th century, students can evaluate current events and challenges with a deeper awareness of alternatives. Students will learn to assess the reliability of resources, ask questions, and gather, interpret and analyze ideas. They will learn to make connections between the actions of individuals or groups in the past and their impact on current situations and developments (cause and consequence). They will develop the ability to compare and contrast events, individuals or groups of the past and present; examine different perspectives of the same events and evaluate the validity of each group; make reasoned ethical judgments about controversial actions in the past or present; and determine whether there is an ethical responsibility to respond.​

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This is an elective interdisciplinary Social Studies/Economics/Geography/Social Justice course for Grade 12 French Immersion students. It focuses on deepening students’ understanding of the connections and interdependencies existing between areas and societies around the world by engaging them in critical inquiries. These inquiries are interdisciplinary and are framed by historical and geographic thinking concepts (continuity and change, cause and consequence, perspective, ethical judgment). Through these inquiries, students develop a deeper understanding of key concepts such as globalization, relations between societies, sustainability and alternatives to our economic system.