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French Immersion Program - Elementary Level

Program Description Students will have the opportunity to

Language immersion is an educational approach in which students are taught the curriculum content through the medium of a second language. In this way, immersion students not only learn the content, but also gain knowledge of the language in which it is taught. In total immersion programs, children learn their entire core subjects (reading, writing, mathematics, social studies, and science) in the second language. Partial immersion programs are based on the same principle, but only a portion of the curriculum is taught in the second language. The main difference between an immersion setting and a foreign language class is the approach to second language learning. In an immersion program, language is a method for teaching the content rather than the subject of instruction.

Check with the individual school for implementation details.
  • Read in a second language
  • Speak to others in this language
  • Solve math problems in the second language
  • Learn a second language while learning the MCPS curriculum

What schools offer this program?

School The Program at this School Admission Region Transportation

Maryvale Elementary School

Contact school for more information: 301-279-4990

Immersion: French (Total)

Admission to the Foreign Language Immersion Programs is limited. Selection for the programs is based on a lottery system for students in kindergarten and Grade 1 if requests exceed available program capacity. Admission for all other grades is determined by language proficiency and available space. Multiple birth siblings requesting the same program will be treated as a single request. Change of school assignment requests for younger siblings will be given preference provided that the older sibling will also be in the program.

Please contact the local school to find out about the application process and deadlines. All students wishing to participate in the program must complete a Change of School Assignment (COSA) form, available online or at your home school.

Maryvale Elementary School’s French Total Immersion Program serves students in the following attendance areas: Churchill, Damascus, Gaithersburg, Magruder, Richard Montgomery, Northwest, Poolesville, Rockville, Quince Orchard, Seneca Valley, Sherwood, Watkins Mill, Wheaton, Wootton, and Northeast Consortium, North.

Change of School Assignment (COSA) form
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  • Consortia Neighborhood Stops
  • Central Location Stops (limited geographic area)
  • Central Location Stops (countywide)
  • More about transportation
School The Program at this School Admission Region Transportation

Sligo Creek Elementary School

Contact school for more information: 301-562-2722

Immersion: French (Total)

Admission to the Foreign Language Immersion Programs is limited. Selection for the programs is based on a lottery system for students in kindergarten and Grade 1 if requests exceed available program capacity. Admission for all other grades is determined by language proficiency and available space. Multiple birth siblings requesting the same program will be treated as a single request. Change of school assignment requests for younger siblings will be given preference provided that the older sibling will also be in the program.

Please contact the local school to find out about the application process and deadlines. All students wishing to participate in the program must complete a Change of School Assignment (COSA) form, available online or at your home school.

Sligo Creek Elementary School’s French Total Immersion Program serves students in the following attendance areas: Montgomery Blair, Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Albert Einstein, Walter Johnson, Kennedy, Northwood, Whitman, and Northeast Consortium, South.

Change of School Assignment (COSA) form
  • Local School Neighborhood Stops
  • Consortia Neighborhood Stops
  • Central Location Stops (limited geographic area)
  • Central Location Stops (countywide)
  • More about transportation

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