Future French Dual Immersion of Boise

Over 120 sessions from programs in Spanish, Chinese, French, Arabic, German and more! Not to be missed as this conference only occurs every other year! Register now open and is a bargain as 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, and a reception are included! https://l2trec.utah.edu/immersion-dli-conference-2024/index.php

🌟 Calling all Boise residents! Your input matters! 🌟

Bonjour, Boise community!

We're thrilled to announce the exciting possibility of bringing a French immersion school (K-12) to our vibrant city, and we need YOUR input to make it a reality! 🇫🇷

Boise is already home to a French immersion school (Le Soleil) for infants to preschoolers, but currently has no immersion programs for higher grades (K-12), despite the recognized quality of these programs in terms of teaching and personal development for children. The opening of a French immersion class in an elementary school in the Boise school district would enable American and French-speaking families to offer new educational and cultural opportunities to their children.

If you're passionate about language education, cultural diversity, or simply eager to contribute to the growth of our educational landscape, we want to hear from you!

We would therefore like to ask for your help by inviting you to fill in this form to support this project to open a French immersion class in an elementary school in the Boise school district, so that your children can access quality education and bilingual opportunities already available in other states such as Utah and Alaska:

📢 How can you get involved?

👉 Take our brief survey: https://www.jotform.com/sign/233546558454061/invite/01hj7agxzwdb9a154b51bd2ec3
👉 Share your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions in the comments below!
👉 Tag and share with friends and family who might be interested.

Let's come together as a community and make this French immersion school a reality! 🚀📚

Your support and input are invaluable. Merci beaucoup! 🙌🇫🇷

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Come watch this fun French cartoon with the whole. Family. Free, open to the public, with English subtitles

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Tomorrow’s film screening is an animated film the whole family can enjoy! 🦊🐔🐷🐰🦆🐥

Adapted from an acclaimed series of comic books written and illustrated by co-director Benjamin Renner, The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales is a delightful animated film, charmingly old-fashioned in its graphics but sly and witty with its contents. 🎞 The film will be presented by Marie-Anne Glover from the Department of World Languages.

🕰The film screening begins at 6pm in the Micron Business Building

💬 English subtitles

We would like to give you a little bit of information on the individuals behind this facebook group. Here are the current 4 committee members who are tackling this project. We d love to have your support, so if you have some free time in the next few months, please reach out.

Juliette Buxton - French teacher at Boise High School

Brittney Gehrig - French teacher at Capital High School, French adjunct at Boise State University and Alliance Française de Boise secretary/board member

Andrew Horning - French teacher at Kuna High School and at College of Western Idaho

Danyelle Davis -President - Idaho Association of Teachers of Language and Culture (IATLC)

Hortense Saget Everett - French Lecturer at Boise State University, French Honorary Consul for Idaho, Alliance Française de Boise president/board member

Thank you for your support. We are working to gather information related to the logistics of the Dual Immersion program, and how to best approach the district with our plan.
Please start talking to people around you about how important languages are, about the benefits of bilingualism, of starting early. We are clearly lacking a French dual immersion program in Boise; it is our hope that with your support in the community, in your kids schools, we will be starting the first French DLI within the next few years.
Some of us will be heading to Salt Lake in the Spring to visit schools with an established French DLI.
C’est parti!

The Benefits of Dual Language Immersion (From Utah Immersion program)

1. Second Language Skills: Students achieve high proficiency in the immersion language.

2. Performance on Standardized Tests: Immersion students perform as well as or better than non-immersion students on standardized tests in English.

3. Cognitive Skills: Immersion students typically develop greater cognitive flexibility, demonstrating increased attention control, better memory, and superior problem-solving skills as well as an enhanced understanding of their primary language.

4. Cultural Competency: Immersion students are more aware of and generally show more positive attitudes towards other cultures & an appreciation of other people.

5. Long Term Benefits: Immersion students are better prepared for the global community and job markets where 21st century skills are an asset.

Join us in helping bring a French Dual Immersion program to the Boise School District!