At McMurrich School, the International Languages (IL) program has been offered within each school day as an integrated day program for students in Grades 1 - 6. Other schools offer the program in 2.5 hr sessions either after school or on weekends. On May 6th a meeting was held where TDSB IL staff members were present to address questions and concerns regarding the current status of this program at McMurrich.
The format of the program at McMurrich has been modified over the past several years to try and address challenges including time-tabling, transitions within the school, and the type and quality of the programming. Unfortunately, a lot of these challenges have persisted. Due to these challenges, the May 6th meeting was held and the TDSB IL will issue a survey to parents of students in Grades 1 - 5 to determine if the program should be modified. This survey will be issued the week of May 17th with approximately one week for your response.
If you feel strongly about keeping or removing the integrated International Languages program from McMurrich please ensure you fill out and return the survey! The board requires 50% of the surveys to be returned before any program modifications can occur. Please refer to this document for more information on International Languages at our school.
Note that there will be one survey PER student issued to your family - every survey should be completed and returned. The International Languages Program is not associated with the French classes beginning in Grade 4.
