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As proud French speakers in the oldest French city in North America, we will be offering an organized academic program with a variety of social, cultural and learning activities. This document will help our students understand the community of which they will be part next summer even though our program will only be offered online in 2021. Quebec City is known for its rich history and its authentic French-Canadian atmosphere. It is the ideal basis to create a unique virtual experience with a qualified and dynamic team.

Let your spirit get out of your head and travel to Quebec City to live a once-in-a-lifetime experience!

Saint-Charles-Garnier College is a private High School in Quebec City traditionally known for its high-quality academic programs and humanistic values. The College has an international department that has been offering linguistic programs such as the summer French immersion for over 45 years.

The safety, physical and moral integrity of our students is our #1 priority. That is why the 2021 summer program will be offered online.

The summer program team is an experienced and dynamic group of more than 15 members with different roles and the sole purpose of creating a positive experience for the teenagers participating in our program. This summer, on our virtual campus, we will have: • A direction team (Director, an activity coordinator and a study

coordinator) • A dynamic and motivated team of teachers and monitors (1 per

15 students).

Our staff will be broadcasting the program at Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier’s campus in Québec City.

More about Saint-Charles Garnier: More about our International programs: https://www.collegegarnier.qc.ca/ https://www.garnier-international.com/en/

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Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier is working with Google Workspace for educational fundamentals. We will provide each student with a personal Gmail account linked to the Collège and giving access to:

• Google Meet: Platform used to attend the synchronous activities of the program;

• Google Classroom: Educational space where student will find information about classes, options, clubs and well-being activities, in this virtual classroom students will be able to see handouts, homeworks, activities to realize, etc., there will be one virtual classroom per activity;

• Google Agenda: Electronic agenda with deadlines, links to attend activities and important elements in the program’s schedule;

• Google Docs, Sheets, Slides: Google version of Microsoft Word, excel and Powerpoint online, students can have access to it within Internet wherever they are;

• Google Drive: Online network to have access to all your documents;

• Google Forms: Forms online, can be used to create surveys, polls, etc. or to answer to exams, exerices, etc.

The majority of the program’s activities will be displayed on Google Workspace and students will be able to attend the program only through the use of the Gmail account that we will provide them. Teachers and monitors will also use some other free apps to make the classes, workshops and activities more interactive and dynamic. Within Google Classroom, the students will receive invitations to join their groups (French class, Options, Workshops, Clubs and Well-being activity). A general Google Classroom will also be created to share important information with all the students.

Students should have acces to a computer or a tablet, we strongly discourage the use of a cellphone to participate to the program.

Classes and activities start at 10:30am or 11am and finish at 2pm, 2:30pm or 4pm, depending on the day and your choices. Please read the following sections to know more about the schedule (GMT/UTC-5: Québec City time). Each week, you will have a variety of mandatory activities in French, some synchronous and others asynchronous. Those activities will give you the chance to be part of many groups, so you can meet with different students. Here is what the schedule from Monday to Friday looks like:

• French classes: different proficiency levels will be formed to allow you to work on speaking,

listening, writing and reading - synchronous.

• Conversation class twice a week to put you in action and practice your oral skills with your French class group - synchronous.

• The Options give you the opportunity to go further with your French skills three times a week. The student’s schedule will include 3 different Options according to his or her preferences - synchronous.

• Teamwork with your French group classmates twice a week - synchronous.

• Two Workshops of your choice to practice French in an interactive and real-life context - synchronous.

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• Once a week, discuss in French about interesting topics during the Discussion Club of your choice. Specific schedule depending on the Club you choose. - synchronous.

• Let’s keep an healthy soul in an healthy body and practice a Well-being activity of your choice in French once a week– synchronous.

• Asynchronous activities like touristic visits, socio-cultural activities, training, conference, talent show, closing ceremony, videos to watch, special quest, etc. Students will be able to do them when it suits them best during the week or the weekends.

From Monday to Thursday, student will have the opportunity to attend the SOS français class to ask questions and obtain help with their French learning. The participation to this class is optional but the students can take part whenever they need it during the program and they can attend to all. Students also have the option to partake in multiple optional asynchronous activities during their free time. These activities are free and will be shared with the students at the beginning and during the program for those who would like to discover more about Quebec City, Quebec’s culture, tourist attractions, the Francophony, etc.

Weekly schedule example*

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

French class Conversation French class Teamwork Workshop B

French class Option 1 French class Conversation Well-being activity

Teamwork Option 2 Workshop A Option 3

Discussion club Discussion club Discussion club Discussion club

Asynchronous mandatory activities and optional activities during free time (week or weekends)

*Draft version.

Take a look at the schedule here: https://www.garnier-international.com/images/documentation/Schedule_FNF_en_ligne_2021_.pdf

The French classes are focused on a communicative approach and the discovery of the French-Canadian Culture. Multiple dynamic activities are scheduled for students to have fun learning.

Once the French groups are formed, each student will receive an invitation to join his/her French group on Google Classroom. Groups are the same for French and Conversation classes.

First French class: Monday, July 5 French midterm exam: during the third week

French final exam and last day of classes and activities: Thursday, August 5: 4-week program: Wednesday, July 28 (French) and Thursday, July 29 (Conversation)

5-week program: Wednesday, August 4 (French) and Thursday, August 5 (Conversation)

No certificate will be issued if the midterm and the final exam are not taken.

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Twice a week, students will be paired with the colleagues from their French group to do special teamwork. On Mondays, you will work around the asynchronous activities done the week before and on Thursdays, you will complete a dynamic activity guided by your teacher. Teachers will guide you through your Teamwork and be connected during the whole class to answer your questions and see your work.

The Options are French classes focusing on different aspects of the language or on a specific skill. During the program, you will participate in three different classes called “Options”. Get to know other students and practice French with them by accomplishing authentic tasks linked to your interests! Before the beginning of the program, students will select their preferences through an online form. We will assign three Options to each student. No changes will be possible afterwards.

Read the full Options description here: https://www.garnier-international.com/images/documentation/Description_Options_2021.pdf The students will receive an invitation to join their Options’ Google Classrooms before the beginning of the program. The complete lists will be shared in the general Google Classroom.

You will participate in two different Workshops in French every week. The workshops give you the opportunity to practice French in a different context, develop new skills and meet new friends. Before the beginning of the program, students will select their preferences among the different Workshops offered by putting them in order through an online form. We will assign two Workshops to each student. No changes will be possible. Read the full Workshops decription here: https://www.garnier-international.com/images/documentation/Description_new_Workshops_2021.pdf

Options

Phonetics Creative writing and reading Quebec’s culture Global issues

Debate Slam

Workshops

Cooking Photography Nature and outdoor Globetrotter

Communicate effectively

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As for the French and Options groups, the students will receive an invitation to join their Workshops’ Google Classrooms before the beginning of the program. The complete lists will be shared in the general Google Classroom.

Talk about a subject that is important for you with other people sharing the same interest: what a fun way to practise French! And that is exactly what Clubs are for, so let’s discuss and do special projects with new friends. Examples of Clubs: Philosophy, LGBTQ+, Youth and society, etc. (final options to be confirmed).

Before the beginning of the program, students will give their preferences among the different Clubs offered by putting them in order through an online form. We will assign a Club to each student. No changes will be possible. Students will choose a club which they will join for the five weeks. They will also have the opportunity to join other clubs if they want, but only one participation will be mandatory. As the Clubs are offered in different schedules, activities will finish at 4pm only one day per week.

The students will receive an invitation to join their Club’s Google Classroom before the beginning of the program. The complete lists will be shared on the general Google Classroom.

We believe in the statement: a healthy - French thinking and feeling - soul in a healthy - French speaking - body and that’s why students will participate to some well-being activities to put their French in action! Examples of Well-being activities: dance, yoga, arts, first aids or fitness, etc. (final options to be confirmed). Before the beginning of the program, students will give their preferences among the different Well-Being activities through an online form. We will assign one to each student. No changes will be possible. Students will receive an invitation to join their Well-being activity’s Google Classroom before the beginning of the program. The complete lists will be shared on the general Google Classroom.

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Every week, asynchronous activities will be offered to the students. Some of them will be mandatory and others will be optional. Each student will decide when to do them during the week or weekend depending on his/her own schedule. The mandatory ones (virtual visits, Human 2.0, special conferences, talent show, etc.), will be reviewed by the teachers and monitors on the following days. Regarding the optional activities, the students will have access to a bank of activities about francophony, Quebec’s culture, tourist attractions, etc. Those links will give them the opportunity to discover more about Quebec and to go a bit further

by practicing their French during their freetime or on weekends.

The academic program consists of formal and informal language instruction. Speaking, listening, grammar, current idioms and other skills are taught through the communicative approach and Quebec’s rich cultural context. There is an average of 15 students per class. There are different levels, from total beginners to advanced.

Students will receive the procedure for an online placement test. This test is mandatory for all the participants registered to our program and the results will help us decide on the right group and level of proficiency for you according to various criteria (ability to communicate and understand the language, the lesson plan and level goals and the general level of your group, etc.). The objective is to form homogeneous groups. Therefore, it is important to answer the test without help to be sure it truly represents your real level of French.

During the first two days of the program, the teachers will evaluate informally your speaking level and if a change of group is required, your teacher will inform you of the decision. However, if you consider that you have not been placed in the right level or if you would like to stay in the group you were assigned to, we encourage you to discuss it directly with your teacher. No changes of level or group will be made after the first week of the program.

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For everyone’s benefit, you will always have to express yourself in French during the program’s activities. All the staff of Saint-Charles-Garnier College shall adapt to your level when speaking to you. Prizes will be awarded on a weekly basis to the students who have shown a constant effort in French, a positive attitude and a proactive participation in French and Conversation class and during the Teamwork. Winners will be announced on the weekly presentation video and prizes will be sent through mail. Teachers and monitors will also award mentions to students whose attitude, efforts, presence or improvements stood out during the week. Every student receiving a mention during the week will be included in our honor roll and be eligible to our weekly draw to win other prizes. As for the French classes’ prizes, the names of the students on our honor roll we be showed in the following week presentation video.

However, a student who willingly disrupts the other students and makes no effort to speak French could be summoned to meet with a direction team member and risks a disciplinary action suited to the fault. For example, doing extra homework or to be expelled from the activity or from the program. We established a warning system that applies in the cases where the students do not respect the French policy.

To obtain the final certificate, you will have to attend classes, all the synchronous and asynchronous mandatory activities and pass the final exam. Please note that absences and lateness are not tolerated.

Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each mandatory activity. One point will be taken off the final grade for each absence. After two unjustified absences students will meet with a direction team member. If the problem persists, it can lead to the expulsion from the program. Please note that parents are not authorized to exempt their children from the activities.

The final grade displayed in the certificate is calculated as it follows:

• 50% French classes (conversation class, teamwork, quiz, participation, mid-term and final exam).

• 30% Options

• 20% Workshops, Clubs and Well-being activities

Credits for French immersion (Canadian students): our program is not credited. It is your responsibility to verify with your home institution if you can validate and give credits for your participation. We suggest you show them your official certificate, sent by Saint-Charles-Garnier College in September and the lesson plan submitted by your teacher during the program.

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The official certificate will have the total number of hours took in French. It will be sent by mail in September 2021.

Please note that we are a high school institution and not a postsecondary institution. For this reason, we do not produce the federal tax slip T-2202 and school fees receipts are not issued at the end of the year for financial purposes. Only students receiving the Explore financial contribution will receive the Releve 1 (provincial) and the T4A tax slips for the contribution received directly by the Explore program in February 2022.

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For the effective running of the program, students will be asked to respect certain rules. It is important for them to participate actively in class, to express and dress themselves properly, to adopt a respectful behaviour and a positive attitude. Discrimination, intimidation and violent or sexual gestures are highly prohibited as consuming or being under the influence of drugs, alcohol or other psychotropic substance during the program’s activities.

During the synchronous activities, the student will need to keep the camera always open and showing an adequate background and we will ask them to use the chat only for academic purposes. Recording sessions is forbidden.

The warning system established give three chances to the student. Every time a student gets a warning, he or she will have to meet a direction team member before being able to continue to attend to the program activities. At the third warning, the student will be expelled from the program. As lateness and absences are not tolerated, they will follow the same warning system. If the student connects late to an activity, he or she will be considered as absent, same thing as if the camera is closed during more than five minutes. One point will be removed from the final grade for each absence. After three absences, the student will be expelled from the program.

Given the registration of the participant (hereinafter referred to as “the Participant” or collectively referred to as “the Participants”) to the Immersion Program “En français à Québec” (hereinafter referred to as “the Program”) of Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier (hereinafter referred to as "the College").

Given that the Program takes place by the Internet and the Participant will follow it on line at home or the place of his choice (hereinafter referred to as “Virtual Campus”).

Given that personal dignity and respect for others are at the core of the values privileged by the College;

Given that the rights and freedoms of the Participants are inseparable from the rights and freedoms of others and the common good;

Given that the program provides a privileged educational environment which encourages and promotes personal growth and achievement;

Given that the main objective of the Program is to promote the learning of French as a foreign language;

Given that the program aims to encourage intercultural communication;

For the duration of the Program the Participants must respect the following rules:

1. French is the only language to be used by all Participants, monitors, teachers, and staff members (hereinafter referred to as "the Authorities").

2. The Participants must express themselves, oral and written, properly and correctly with everyone and avoid invidious or disparaging comparisons or comments.

3. The Participant is committed to understanding and respecting the rules and regulations transmitted by the Authorities of the Program or any other College staff member.

4. The Participant is committed to attending and participating actively in all classes, workshops as well as in any other activity in the schedule, whether they are synchronous or asynchronous (hereinafter referred to as “the Activities of the Schedule”).

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5. The Participant shall at all times adopt a positive attitude and behave in a manner respectful of himself and others.

6. The Participant does not make any discriminatory, intimidatory, violent or sexual gesture or action against another Participants or the Authorities, whether verbally, non-verbally or in writing.

7. The Participant does not broadcast any discriminatory, intimidatory, violent or sexual message, image or video using the email account of the Program or referring to it.

8. The Participant agrees to be present and on time to all the Activites of the Schedule.

9. The Participant dresses decently and behaves in a moral manner during the Activities of the Schedule.

10. To ensure a good participation in the Activities of the Schedule, the Participant has access to a computer or an electronic tablet provided with a webcam and a microphone (hereinafter referred to as “Electronic device”).

11. To ensure a good participation in the Activities of the Schedule, the Participant has access to a reliable Internet connexion.

12. The Participant opens the webcam of his Electronic Device at all times.

13. The Participant has a picture of himself as a “profile picture” of the email account that he will be given.

14. The Participant has the microphone of his Electronic Device on the “mute” option and change it according to the instructions of each teacher or monitor.

15. The Participant makes an appropriate use of the school email account that he will be given and only for activities related to the Program.

16. The Participant acts on his behalf in digital space. He makes sure to protect his personal and confidential data as well as those of other Participants and Authorities.

17. The Participant gets connected in a comfortable place to work and conducive to learning. The Participant adopts an adequate posture.

18. The background of the Virtual Campus should be adequate to a context of learning, it will not show messages or images of sexuality, violence or of discriminatory nature.

19. The Participant does not record or take screenshots of other Participants or Authorities;

it is forbidden to repost or rebroadcast the content of a videoconference.

20. The Participant prepares the material needed for each Activity of the Program before getting online.

21. The Participant respects the private life of other Participants and the Authorities.

22. The Participant agrees to behave in a manner that does not endanger his of own health, safety or physical well-being.

23. The College considers the prevention of the health and safety of the Participants as one of its fundamental values.

The College does not tolerate any Participant consuming or being under the influence of drugs, both legal and illegal, alcohol or other psychotropic substance that causes psychotropic effects or impaired faculties, including cannabis, during the activities of the Schedule.

If the Participant has a medical prescription allowing the use of a medicine or a drug or other psychotropic substance, he must inform the College when registering online.

The Participant therefore undertakes, during the term of the Program, not to transfer, sell, share, distribute, promote, purchase drugs, both legal and illegal, or other psychotropic substances that may affect abilities, with other Participants of the program.

Failure by the Participant to comply with the rules of this article constitutes a violation of the Code of Conduct and may result in the immediate expulsion of the Program.

24. Tobacco, cigarette and electronic cigarettes consumption is forbidden during the Activities of the Schedule.

25. Participants are not allowed to show or use knives, firearms, explosives, or any other dangerous material during the Activities of the Schedule.

26. When registering for the Program, the Participant provides true, correct and complete information about his physical and psychological health.

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27. Non-compliance with the dispositions of the

Code of Conduct could lead to the expulsion of the Participant from the Program. The expulsion decision made by the Program’s direction is final.

28. At any time and for any reason whatsoever, in the event of expulsion from the Program, the

non-refund policy will be applied and the Participant will not receive the final certificate.

29. The Participant must carefully read the Information Kit and agree to the conditions described therein to be accepted into the Program.

The program will officially start on Monday July 5 (Day 1). To be ready to attend all the activities from Day 1, students will have to d some small tasks before the beginning of the program: login to their Gmail account, join their groups, watch Day 0 and the Welcoming ceremony videos, etc. The program will end on July 30 for the 4 weeks students and on August 5 for the 5 weeks students. A closing ceremony (Gala) will take place on August 5, Students from the 4 and the 5 weeks are invited. Students will be honoured, prizes will be awarded and the program will be celebrated between students and staff.

Please note that before the beginning of the program; you will receive an email with precise directions on how to login to your Gmail account. From this moment, all the communications will be shared throughout this email so it will be important to start checking it regularly to get all the further information about the first day of the program.

We suggest you download the following apps, since they will be used during the program:

☐ Remind: used daily to communicate with

teachers, direction team members, to receive comments, to solve problems and to answer questions. The”class name” of the program will be given upon Day 1.

☐ Add the official Facebook page of the program: important information will be shared, even before your arrival: https://www.facebook.com/groups/384676775962680

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