WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg School Division (WSD) Board of Trustees has approved a plan to introduce three new bilingual language programs to its division – Spanish, Cree and Ojibwe.
The Board required a certain amount of students to register for the programs in order to move ahead with the plan.
“We’re very pleased to be offering these bilingual language programs in our division,” said Winnipeg School Division Chair Mark Wasyliw.
“I commend the community members who have worked so hard to get these heritage languages in place.”
The new bilingual language program start at Kindergarten with each year adding the next grade.
Students wanting to take Cree and Ojibway programs will go to Issac Brock School, and those wanting to register in Spanish will head to Earl Grey School.
The next steps involve hiring bilingual teachers and having Manitoba Education’s approval for the curriculum.