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UCDSB APPROVES BUDGET
CHRISTOPHER SMITH christopher.smith@eap.on.ca FRENCH DELF EXAMS FOR UCDSB STUDENTS (VCI) were given the opportunity to take the exam. The tests were conducted by certified DELF instructors, and the results were sent to DELF Ontario and France for review. Upon successful completion of the exam, the students will receive a for-life DELF certificate awarded by the French Ministry PG/BUJPOBM&EVDBUJPO
CHRISTOPHER SMITH christopher.smith@eap.on.ca
Forty-one students from across the UCDSB evaluated their French skills in the Diplôme d’études en langue fran- çaise (DELF) exams. At the end of April, 41 students from across the Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) participated in the Diplôme d’études en langue française (DELF) exams to prove their French language skills. The DELF is an inter-
The UCDSB has unanimously approved its budget for the next school year. The Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) trustees reviewed the proposed budget for the 2022-2023 school year, presented by Executive Superintendent of Business Services Jeremy Hobbs. The total budget sits at $403.5 million, with $200,000 marked as a surplus and the rest going towards expenses. Some highlights from the budget meeting include $50 million for special education, $1.3 million for mental health and wellness supports, $5.2 million in Indigenous educa- tion supports, $600,000 for remote digital learning, and $1.6 million for student tech- nology, including $500,000 in broadband network operations funding. The budget also notes $65 million for investments in school and child care capital construction. The budget was forwarded for final appro- val to the Ministry of Education.
“One of the provincial goals for French as a Second Language is to increase student confidence, proficiency, and achievement
in French,” said Vice-Principal of Teaching and Learning and DELF Program Co-lead Cindy St.Pierre Steele. “This goal reminds us how
The DELF exam assesses the competence of non- francophone students in reading, writing and speaking French
nationally recognized certification based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages that is awarded by the French
important it is that students have confidence in their ability to use their French skills effec- tively. I’m excited to see this program gain traction and expand to more students taking the French Core and Immersion programs in UCDSB schools in the coming years.”
.JOJTUSZPG/BUJPOBM&EVDBUJPOJO'SBODF It assesses listening, speaking, reading, and writing. All students enrolled in the Grade 12 French Immersion course at Russell High School and Vankleek Hill Collegiate Institute
The UCDSB budget has been passed, pending ministry approval. —archive photo
A PROFITABLE BOTTLE DRIVE
The first weekend of June saw members of the 58th Fournier Scout Troop criss-crossing the Village of Vankleek Hill on a spring bottle drive. The efforts of the scouts and their leaders proved very profitable with an estimated $350 worth of recyclable bottles and cans collected and brought to the local bottle depot. Flanked left and right by Scout Leaders Chantal Mainville and Lindsay Paquette, Adventurer-level scouts Justin Woodstock, Annabelle Mainville, and Samuel Houle, displayed a couple of the bags of bottles and cans collected that day. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
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