FI JK registration takes place Tuesday January 7, 2025, at 7:00 am and closes on Friday January 31, 2025, at 4:00 pm.

Each UGDSB elementary school that offers FI has a Junior Kindergarten enrolment cap. JK is the only entry point for French Immersion in UGDSB.

The French Immersion on-time application window for registration for the 2024-2025 school year began January 9, 2024 and closed January 26, 2024 at 4pm. 

Parents/guardians may continue to apply for JK FI after this date and time, however those applications will be considered ‘late’. Parents/guardians looking to register for the current school year can still register their child for JK and SK.  Admission to French Immersion is subject to available space.

Parents/guardians looking to register for the current 2024-2025, school year can still register their child for JK and SK.  Admission to French Immersion is subject to available space.

Keep reading for more information regarding the French Immersion application and selection process.

• Junior Kindergarten (JK) is the only entry point to French Immersion (FI).

• A JK FI enrolment cap is in place for each of our French Immersion schools.

• JK FI placement at one school, is for that school only.  

• Application can be made for JK FI at one school only.  Applications in more than one school will void all applications.

On-Time Applicants

• If the number of on-time JK FI applications received is greater than a school’s enrolment cap,  a random selection process will occur.

• On-time applications for JK FI are NOT prioritized on a first-come, first-served basis.

• Random selection of on-time applications will consider the following prioritization:

  • Applicants with siblings in FI in UGDSB (in-area)

  • Applicants without siblings in FI in UGDSB (in-area)

Waitlists

• Waitlists will be created where the number of on-time applicants exceeded the number of spaces available.  Students not offered placement as a result of random selection will be placed on a waitlist.

• A waitlist may also be created where a school which didn’t require random selection has more applications than available spaces at any time during the school year.

• Waitlisted students will then be offered the option of registering at an alternate French Immersion school where space is available. Transportation will not be provided to the alternate school.

• Late applications will be placed on a waitlist on a first-come, first-served basis.

• To remain on a waitlist the student must be registered in a UGDSB regular track (English language) school.

• The waitlist will remain in place for the length of the child’s JK Year.

Late Applications

• Late, in-area, applicants will be considered on a first-come first-serve basis, subject to available space.

• If their designated French Immersion school is at capacity the student will be added to the bottom of the waitlist and placed in their Regular Track homeschool.

• For general UGDSB registration and admissions information, please visit the Admission and Registration page on the board website

• For information on French as a Second Language at UGDSB. For information on French Immersion.

• To determine which school your child is eligible to attend, visit the UGDSB’s School Locator