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After 50 years we're still growing, learning and adapting together. Our faculty is working harder than ever to ensure that our students continue to receive a robust, full French immersion education focused on Active Leadership, Global Citizenship, and Academic Excellence.

What is most extraordinary about a CFIS education remains: a warm and inclusive community, a rich learning environment for your children, and a commitment to going above and beyond. We look forward to continuing our journey with returning students, and to welcoming new students and families to CFIS. We invite you to join us!

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A Peek Inside ECE

A Peek Inside CFIS

CFIS Early Childhood Division

CFIS's Early Childhood (ECE) Division offers multi-age and single-age full French immersion classrooms for our youngest learners, including Preschool for three-year-old students, Junior Kindergarten (JK) for four-year-old students, and Kindergarten. Classes are inviting, caring, happy environments filled with enthusiastic learners and dedicated, passionate educators. Programming is grounded in best practices in early learning and language immersion: child centred, play-based, and developmentally appropriate.

CFIS Elementary Division

In our Elementary Division, full French immersion classroom environments are inviting, caring, happy and filled with enthusiastic learners and dedicated, passionate educators.

The importance of academic excellence and developing the whole student is evident in Calgary French & International School’s enriched curricular and co-curricular program for students in Grades 1 to 6.

Our continuum of learning supports each student’s academic and emotional transition between different grades as well as the adoption of a third language, Spanish, in Grade 4.

CFIS Secondary Division

In our Secondary Division, our administrators and teachers know each of the 200+ junior and senior high school students by name. Caring teachers understand adolescent developmental phases and are well prepared to support students in expressing their identities, sharpening their meta-cognitive minds, and channeling their energies.

CFIS's full French immersion environment provides a setting that values curiosity, critical thinking, personal initiative, problem solving and leadership skills. Every student from Grades 7 to 12 is provided with mentoring and guidance from faculty members and our dedicated guidance counsellor.

At CFIS, teaching excellence is grounded in relationships and in students’ emotional experiences in the classroom. CFIS teachers’ first commitment is to each student’s overall well-being and sense of belonging. The pedagogy reflects current research on how students learn, and teachers intentionally strive to help all students achieve their full potential.

Enriched Learners

CFIS students develop a foundation for life-long success through academic excellence and an emphasis on music, art, physical development, and global citizenship. Dedicated principals, specialists and classroom teachers, learning strategists, and literacy coaches ensure students' needs are met to achieve and excel in all subject areas. CFIS graduates are well-rounded in their achievements, embody CFIS values as leaders, critical thinkers, and ethical, responsible citizens, transitioning easily into university and beyond.

Global Citizens

Tomorrow's world will require today's young people to be innovative, creative global citizens. CFIS students celebrate and recognize cultural diversity within and beyond their school and classroom, form lifelong attitudes and habits, and are prepared for their futures. Through international connections, Round Square, IB, and travel studies, CFIS students are open minded, creative, tolerant, and confident.

Active Leaders

CFIS is fostering a foundation for lifelong success, leadership, stewardship and action. CFIS students lead in classrooms, school, and community through mentorship, environmental, and service initiatives. In a robust French immersion setting, leadership is fostered and enriched from preschool to Grade 12, beginning close to home and expanding all over the world.

“A community that fosters creativity, innovation & challenges every child.”

Amina J.

CFIS Parent

“CFIS is more than a school for our children, it’s our community. We chose CFIS for the strong academics and amazing programming options that let children explore their interests. We’ve been very fortunate to experience so many caring, supportive teachers. Our children are engaged, empathetic citizens with an appreciation for the world around them.”

Lori D.

CFIS Parent

"CFIS teachers are committed to helping my kids succeed.”

Raiz J.

CFIS Parent

“From the moment we took our first CFIS tour we knew this was the school for our family. We are greeted daily with warm, loving smiles from teachers, other families, and staff members. We are grateful that our children get to spend their days in such a positive and flourishing environment.

I am one very happy Mom!”

Katlin W.

CFIS Parent

A day at Calgary French & International School

Head of School's Welcome

Welcome to Calgary French & International School (CFIS), a dynamic learning community for students in Preschool to Grade 12. CFIS is one of the leading independent schools in Canada, and the top French language immersion school in western Canada. Faculty, staff, and administration work together to create a dynamic learning environment for all CFIS students, whether in Preschool or Grade 12.

CFIS students’ results on Alberta Education’s standardized Provincial Achievement Tests and Diploma Examinations are well above provincial averages, and usually within the top ten schools in the province.

Mme Margaret Dorrance

Head of School

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