French Immersion

French Immersion students also have the opportunity to participate in PSAA; however, French Immersion students scheduling is unique due to the requirement of students to take 5 core academic subjects. 

• Les mathématiques
• French Language Arts
• Les science
• Les études sociales
• English Language Arts

The academic portion of the Grade 6-9 program is held at École Broxton Park School in Spruce Grove. 

In many ways, the academic portion of the French Immersion Parkland Student Athlete Academy (FI-PSAA) will resemble a regular French Immersion classroom experience: students will have dedicated classroom time for each of their French Immersion core subjects (Language Arts, Social Studies, Mathematics and Science) in the morning. These courses are scheduled in the morning so that French Immersion students can participate in PSAA programming in the afternoon. 

In order to accommodate the schedule requirements, FI-PSAA student athletes will complete their English Language Arts through Connections for Learning Virtual Learning program. Benefits of Virtual Learning include:

• Flexibility - Integrate your education into your lifestyle. 
• Location - Learn from anywhere with
• Pace - Adjust the pace in which you move through the Alberta Curriculum to meet your needs.
• Content - Access, play, pause and repeat engaging lessons at your convenience.
• Collaboration - Work with our staff to create a personalized plan that suits you.
• Communication - Get the guidance you need from your teacher in real time, or at a time that works for you.
• Connection - Connect with your teacher through a user-friendly and tool-rich Learning Management System.
• Community - Interact with other students and staff in small groups or one-on-one.
• Choice - Demonstrate your learning in a variety of different ways.
• Feedback - Receive grades and comments on your progress in a timely manner.

French Immersion students will be centralized and supervised by a teacher while they complete their ELA learning. At the same time, FI-PSAA will also be supported by a second English Language Arts teacher, virtually, who will mark their assignments and provide feedback regarding their work. In alignment with their sport specific training schedule, students will have two whole afternoons every six days to work on English Language Arts. Please reference the French Immersion Program Schedule for more details. 

Due to the flexibility of learning English Language Arts through Virtual Learning, families can request to do this course on their own time outside of school hours in order to participate in Sports Science and Total Athlete Development. We ask that families complete the Parent Declaration Form to inform us of your desired level of participation in Sports Science and Total Athlete Development.

Each sport-specific program within the Academy will have its own flexible schedule that not only allows sufficient time for academic learning and athletic pursuits, but also coordinates with the schedules of our multiple community partners. We will work with community partners to build our class time around their available sports programming, and together finalize each schedule.

TYPICALLY, AFTERNOON PROGRAMMING RUNS ON A SIX-DAY ROTATION, COMPOSED OF:

• Four days of sport-specific and/or dryland training;
• Two days of English Language Arts. 
• Optional: Two days of Sports Science and/or Total Athlete Development sessions if choosing to do English Language Arts outside of typical school hours.  

Please consult the Master Schedule on the PSAA website for sport specific scheduling.