French-language Public School Curriculum (French Immersion)
As of Autumn 2011, Louisiana has French-language total immersion or bilingual French and English immersion in ten parishes: Calcasieu, Acadia, St. Landry, St. Martin, Iberia, Lafayette, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson and Orleans. Students placed in the program begin in kindergarten or 1st grade and continue until high school.
The curriculum in both the total French-language immersion as well as in the bilingual program follows the same standards as all other schools in the parish and state.
The Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL) recruits teachers locally and globally each year. Les Amis de l'Immersion, Inc. is the parent-teacher organization for students in French immersion in the state. Les Amis organizes summer camps, fundraisers and outreach for teachers, parents and students in the program.
The immersion programs as of Autumn 2011 are as follows:
School | Grades | City | Parish |
---|---|---|---|
Church Point Elementary | K-4 | Church Point | Acadia |
Pierre Part Primary | K-4 | Pierre Part | Assumption |
Pierre Part Middle | 5-8 | Pierre Part | Assumption |
Belle Rose Primary | K-2 | Belle Rose | Assumption |
Assumption High | 9 | Napoleonville | Assumption |
Winbourne Elementary | K | Baton Rouge | East Baton Rouge |
Henry Heights Elementary | K-5 | Lake Charles | Calcasieu |
Gillis Elementary | K-5 | Lake Charles | Calcasieu |
Prien Lake Elementary | K-5 | Lake Charles | Calcasieu |
Moss Bluff Middle | 6-8 | Lake Charles | Calcasieu |
S.J. Welsh Middle | 6-8 | Lake Charles | Calcasieu |
Alfred M. Barbe High | 9-12 | Lake Charles | Calcasieu |
Daspit Elementary | K-6 | New Iberia | Iberia |
North Lewis Street Elementary | K-6 | New Iberia | Iberia |
S. J. Montgomery Elementary | K-3 | Lafayette | Lafayette |
Myrtle Place Elementary | K-3 | Lafayette | Lafayette |
Prairie Elementary | K-5 | Lafayette | Lafayette |
Evangeline Elementary | K-2 | Lafayette | Lafayette |
Vermilion Elementary | K-1 | Lafayette | Lafayette |
Edgar Martin Middle | 6-7 | Lafayette | Lafayette |
Paul Breaux Middle | 6-8 | Lafayette | Lafayette |
Audubon Montessori | K-8 | New Orleans | Orleans |
Ecole Bilingue de la Nouvelle-Orléans | Nursery-6 | New Orleans | Orleans |
Hynes Elementary | K-3 | New Orleans | Orleans |
International High School of New Orleans | 9-10 | New Orleans | Orleans |
International School of Louisiana | K-8 | New Orleans | Orleans |
Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orleans | Pre-K-2 | New Orleans | Orleans |
Park Vista Elementary | K-2 | Opelousas | St. Landry |
South Street | K-3 | Opelousas | St. Landry |
Cecilia Primary | K-3 | Cecilia | St. Martin |
Teche Elementary | 4-6 | Breaux Bridge | St. Martin |
Cecilia Junior High | 7-8 | Cecilia | St. Martin |
Cecilia High School | 9-12 | Cecilia | St. Martin |
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