| Updated March 3rd, 2012 |
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CPF Meeting
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ATTENTION GRADE 6-7 FRENCH IMMERSION STUDENTS AND PARENTS! Please join your local CPF Chapter for a Staying in French evening:
Please reply to cpfnorthvan@gmail.com if you are interested in attending, or just come on the evening of February 15th. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _French Summer Camps BC Family French CampAt BC Family French Camp, children from French Immersion or Programme Cadre bring their families along to camp. Families camp in their own tents or trailers. Together, we form a friendly neighbourhood, surrounded by the sounds of children playing and singing in French. Registration should be available at the end of January. You must be a CPF member to attend. http://www.bcffc.com/ French International School of Vancouver Offers a daycamp in the summer. Information and registration usually begins at the beginning of June. Check their website often for more information. http://efiv.org/Alliance Francais de Vancouver This organizations offers many programmes for children and adults. They also have a summer camp in conjunction with EFIV that runs half the day at their site on Cambie and Oak and half the day in North Van. Choose French intensive classes only, or French intensive classes + Afternoon camps!http://www.alliancefrancaise.ca/kids-a-teens-classes-cours-pour-jeunes-5 Canoe Island French Camp Find a little bit of France in the San Juan Islands at this Northwest Washington sleepaway summer camp, Canoe Island French Camp is one of the country's premier French residential camps, located near Seattle, Vancouver BC, and Victoria BC. Children, ages 9-16, take part in a unique mix of French language and culture through artistic and outdoor activities. http://www.canoeisland.org/CPF Vancouver French Day Camp CPF - Vancouver East Chapter is pleased to offer to member families the opportunity to participate in the inaugural CPF Vancouver French Day Camp. The camp will be operated by Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House.The fun-filled Day Camp will provide school age children from grades 2-6 the opportunity to spend the day speaking French while enjoying their time: on daytrips, playing French games, participating in other activities. http://cpf.bc.ca/vaneast/ Camp Virgule Located at the École Saint Sacrement, 3020 rue Heather, Vancouver. http://tinyurl.com/7phzdt7 Camp Soleil - West Point Grey Community Centre West Point Grey Community Centre is well known for it's variety and quality of day camps. http://www.westpointgrey.org/contact/documents/CampSoleil11.pdf Directory of National and International French Camps http://members.shaw.ca/cpf99/CPF-FIAL-0500-Fr-Summer-Camp.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Special French Event! Les Etoiles de la Nuit is an exciting variety performance, with professional artists and the 100 strong City Soul Choir. Please check our EVENTS page for details! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Call for Nominations to the Nominations Committee Governing a national non-profit organization is an important job. Canadian Parents for French's board of directors is comprised of volunteers who care deeply about French-second-language education in Canada. These board members come from all walks of life and all regions of Canada, and it is the Nominations Committee that helps to select a well-rounded and functional board.
The nominations committee includes CPF staff and board members from both the national and provincial levels, and is currently looking for one representative from CPF's general membership. This representative will be selected through a nominations process, so any current member of CPF who would like to serve on the Committee is eligible to be nominated. As a member of the Nominations Committee, your duties would include adopting the selection criteria for new Board members, reviewing their résumés and other documentation, contacting candidates' references, and participating in telephone interviews with each of the candidates. Duties also include preparing a final slate of nominees for presentation at the 2012 Annual General Meeting. This process will unfold mostly in June, but may extend later into the summer. CPF members interested in serving on the Nominations Committee may nominate themselves or be nominated by someone else or by their branch. Nominations must include a current email address and telephone number for the nominee. Nominations should be sent by email to the committee chair, Annette Revet, at a.revet@cpf.ca, by the nomination deadline of January 15, 2012. We look forward to hearing from interested CPF members! Lisa Marie Perkins, President president@cpf.ca _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Greetings friends, I hope this message finds you well as we all enter the holiday season, look back at our achievements of 2011 and plan for great things in the year ahead! Last month, BC residents voted in their school trustee elections. As you may recall, our branch office circulated some resources through our Parents Are Voters campaign (www.parentsvote.ca) to help educate and engage your local School Trustee candidates. Now that the elections are over, we want to know what you thought about these resources: Did you use them? Were they helpful? What responses did you receive from your local candidates? Please send me your answers in an email to comms@cpf.bc.ca. I’ll also be sending out a template letter of congratulations to the new and returning School Trustees which our office encourages you to fill out and send to your Trustees. And speaking of congratulations – we extend ours to two long-standing CPF chapter volunteers Sheila Boehm of Williams Lake and Charlene Dobie of Surrey, both of whom were recently elected for the first time to School Trustee positions in their communities. This is another terrific example of CPF parents taking the next step to help make a positive difference in their communities. If you know of other CPF members who were successfully elected School Trustees, please let us know! Keep in touch, Courtney Meegan Communications and Media Outreach 778-329-9115 or 1-800-665-1222 ext. 318 comms@cpf.bc.ca _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ French will not be devalued in BC schools We are pleased to announce that the BC Ministry of Education has reversed a controversial curriculum proposal which would have demoted the significance of French in BC’s public education system. We are grateful to our members, partners and others in the Francophone and Francophile community for their support and for joining forces to oppose the categorization of French – an Official Language of Canada and the second most spoken language in BC - as just another “additional language.” For more information: CPF BC & Yukon Press Release and related news articles: http://bit.ly/sgZchX_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2011 Membership Drive: Thank you and Congratulations! THANK YOU for your terrific efforts with this year’s membership drive and congratulations on your increased numbers. It is great to welcome new members to our community. Our lucky membership drive prize winners are going to be announced soon! Stay tuned to the CPF website for a full list of winners and prizes! http://bit.ly/vaE2NU _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Concours d’Art Oratoire – Help Your School Participate! CPF’s Concours d’Art Oratoire is a French public speaking competition that provides elementary and secondary students with an excellent opportunity to develop writing, reading, and public speaking skills. If your school does not currently participate in this annual event, please feel free to highlight the opportunity to your school principal and/or teachers. Registration for the provincial Concours begins February 28, 2012 and will remain open until April 18. The final rounds of the provincial competition will be held on Saturday, May 5h, 2012 at SFU-Surrey Campus. Winners will advance to the national level. More information, including how to set up a Concours at your school, is available online at http://bit.ly/sUOp83. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ New online resource for French Immersion Parents via CPF Alberta Yes, You Can Help! Information and Inspiration for French Immersion Parents – the ground-breaking Alberta Education book that has sold thousands of copies since the first edition in 1996 – is now available online and we welcome BC & Yukon branch members to check it out. http://education.alberta.ca/parents/resources/youcanhelp.aspx Yes, You Can Help! is designed for parents from preschool to postsecondary. This resource is also great for educators. Teachers and administrators can use it to help answer questions from parents. Trustees and others who want an introduction to the immersion approach will also find it most helpful. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Educacentre French courses for Parents – Courses begin February 2012 From Educacentre: “Does your child learn French at an immersion school or a francophone program? Would you like to accompany your child's studies and speak some French in your family, but your knowledge of French is too limited? The French for Parents program offers courses specifically developed for parents. The courses allow you to learn French on topics relating to daily family life, school, etc. Participants will gain a solid understanding of grammar basics, vocabulary and pronunciation. A friendly environment in a workshop setting provides numerous opportunities to practice your language skills. The method includes active situations of family activities, discussions between participants and with the teacher, role plays, and exercises of the study book.” More information about levels and cost can be obtained at Educacentre’s website here: http://bit.ly/uCqMqA. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ French Bursaries for Students and Teachers The BC Ministry of Education and the Government of Canada offer BC residents, including students and French teachers, bursaries for a number of French language programs. Check out the full list of programs available here: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/frenchprograms/offlang.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What is membership all about? The purpose of Canadian Parents for French is to support you and your child's French learning experience. We provide support to your child's teachers and to you as parents. We provide information to families about French Immersion by hosting information meetings and posting informative articles about the programme. We also support the schools by bringing in extra-curricular activities specifically in French. Please come to the website for updates on events that will be happening in your schools and in the district. All members are welcome and encouraged to attend the meetings. If you are not yet a member, please don't hesitate in becoming one. Questions? Please don't hesitate to email us at: cpfnorthvan@gmail.com
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