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= = = = = Fostering Inclusion Practices through Sport to Improve Integration = = of Late French Immersion Students = École Pauline Johnson is a French Immersion School in West Vancouver. There are two branches of the immersion program, Early immersion or EFI which begins in Kindergarten and Late immersion or LFI which begins in grade 6. The latter program has existed at our school for nearly a decade. While the registrants at the entry level are still high, there have been a slight decrease in the number of students finishing their grade 7 year at Pauline Johnson and continuing on in the immersion program at the high school level. Many choose to return to the feeder high school of their previous neighbourhood school. Several of these cases could be explained by simply convenience or special programs offered at certain high schools, but how much of it is never really feeling a part of the “immersion culture?” Are we immersing students in the language without immersing them in the social culture? == Question: Can athletic initiatives (such as noon hour intramurals) be the commonality that bridges the gap between LFI & EFI students, allowing them to feel more included and thus improving school climate? ==

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