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The '''French Immersion Class of 1996''' was a cohort of 40 children went through the French Immersion program together at [[Pine Street School]] in [[Thunder Bay]], Canada from 1986 to 1994, and then on to Gron Morgan until 1996, and then on to various high schools, mostly PACI and Hammarskjold.

Ten of these children (Bryan, Clouthier, Currie, Dojack, Hazel, Marczowski, Middleton, Peterson, Powell, and Steele) also lived in [[Mariday Park]], and an eleventh ([[Caitlin Dacey]]), had grandparents who lived there.

[[File:ClassOf96.jpg|thumbnail|none|upright=2|Class of 1996 Cohort.  This picture contains 51 people. 
 It includes 31 of the cohort of 40, including Amber Peterson, who left French Immersion after Junior or Senior Kindergarten.  Missing are: Adam Moreau, Erin Altree, Nick Marszowski, Caitlin Dacey, Dana Doran, Erin Paske, Richard Graham Poster, Krys Mychasiw, Spaghetti Boy.  It also includes 20 other children, who, like Amber, were not in the French Immersion program in 1996, but were still at Ecole Gron Morgan.  They were taught by Mr. Clouthier, (Kathryn's father).]]

Their teachers were generally francophone women.

[[File:languagebreakdown.PNG|thumb|Language of instruction by grade]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Grade
! Start
! End
! Age
! School
! Main Teacher
! Auxiliary Teacher
! English Teacher
|-
! scope=row | Junior Kindergarden (JK)
| Sep 1986
| June 1987
| 4
| Pine Street School
| Mrs. Samis
| n/a
| n/a
|-
! scope=row | Senior Kindergarden (SK)
| Sep 1987
| June 1988
| 5
| Pine Street School
| Mme. Georgette Bray
| n/a
| n/a
|-
! scope=row | Grade 1
| Sep 1988
| June 1989
| 6
| Pine Street School
| Mme. Stafford
| n/a
| n/a
|-
! scope=row | Grade 2
| Sep 1989
| June 1990
| 7
| Pine Street School
| Mme. Celine
| n/a
| n/a
|-
! scope=row | Grade 3
| Sep 1990
| June 1991
| 8
| Pine Street School
| Mme. Georgette Bray
| n/a
| n/a
|-
! scope=row | Grade 4
| Sep 1991
| June 1992
| 9
| Pine Street School
| Mme. Celine
| Mr. Olibris
| [[Lois Chivers-Wilson|Mrs. Lois Chivers-Wilson]] [https://www.facebook.com/lois.chiverswilson/]
|-
! scope=row | Grade 5
| Sep 1992
| June 1993
| 10
| Pine Street School
| Mme. James
| n/a
| n/a
|-
! scope=row | Grade 6
| Sep 1993
| June 1994
| 11
| Pine Street School
| Mme. Parent
| n/a
| Mrs. Lori McLaughlin
|-
! scope=row | Grade 7
| Sep 1994
| June 1995
| 12
| Ecole Gron Morgan
| Mme. Ruberto
| n/a
| Mrs. Pat Carlson
|-
! scope=row | Grade 8
| Sep 1995
| June 1996
| 13
| Ecole Gron Morgan
| Mme. Scotia, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Masters Jack Masters]' daughter
| n/a
| Mrs. Pat Carlson
|}

[[Michael Currie]] missed SK because he and his family were in France.  Derek Noyes missed Grade 4 because he and his parents were in France.

Grade 1 was split into two classes: Madame Stafford's and a male teacher. 

For grade 3 to grade 6, because the size of the class was larger than one class but smaller than two, an arrangement was made for a random group of about ten students each year to sit in class with the younger year before.  This rotation started in about grade 3 and lasted until grade 6 was over.  The only student not to be in the smaller special group was Michael Currie, for reasons that were never explained to him, and might just have been coincidence. 

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Married Name
! Birthday
! Gender
! JK
! SK
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! High School
! Occupation
! Residence in 2019
! Link
|-
! scope=row | Reese Little
| 
| 6 October 1981
| Male
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| PACI
| Lawyer
| Thunder Bay
| 
|-
! scope=row | Matt Steele
| 
| 2 Feb 1982
| Male
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| PACI
| Teacher
| Thunder Bay
| [https://www.facebook.com/matt.steele.77]
|-
! scope=row | Tyler Meadows
| 
| 4 May 1982
| Male
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| PACI
| Heavy Equipment Operator
| Leamington, ON
| [https://www.facebook.com/tyler.meadows.106]
|-
! scope=row | Charles "Charlie" Saddington
| 
| 9 May 1982
| Male
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| PACI
| Data Solutions Manager
| Ottawa
| [https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-saddington-39604457] 
|-
! scope=row | Jarrett Blackburn
| 
| 6 May 1982
| Male
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| PACI
| Salesperson
| Toronto
| [https://www.facebook.com/jarrett.blackburn]
|-
! scope=row | Michael Venn
| 
| 11 Jan 1982
| Male
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| PACI
| Banker
| Thunder Bay
| [https://www.facebook.com/mike.venn.5]
|-
! scope=row | Peter Labine
| 
| 
| Male
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| Hammarskjold
| 
| 
| 
|-
! scope=row | Matt Wilson
| 
| 
| Male
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| Hamm
| Security
| Thunder Bay
| 
|-
! scope=row | Neil Bagdon
| 
| 
| Male
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| Hamm
| 
| 
| [https://www.facebook.com/new.jak14]
|-
! scope=row | Dylan Gerow
| 
| 5 February 1982
| Male
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| Hamm
| 
| 
| [https://www.facebook.com/dylan.gerow]
|-
! scope=row | Derek Noyes
| 
| 10 July 1982
| Male
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| Hamm
| Lawyer
| Thunder Bay
| 
|-
! scope=row | Adam Middleton
| 
| 
| Male
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| Hamm
| PhD Biology Researcher
| New Zealand
| [https://www.otago.ac.nz/bms/expertise/profile/index.html?id=1260]
|-
! scope=row | [[Michael Currie]]
| 
| 8 Jun 1982
| Male
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| Hamm
| Programmer
| Bangkok
| [https://www.michaelcurrie.com]
|-
! scope=row | [[Matt Canning]]
| 
| 21 Dec 1981
| Male
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| Hamm
| Blogger
| Thunder Bay
| [https://www.facebook.com/mattcanning1]
|-
! scope=row | Adam Moreau
| 
| 
| Male
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| Hamm
| 
| Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
| [https://www.facebook.com/neurosis]
|-
! scope=row | Andrew Murtomaki 
| 
| 15 Oct 1982
| Male
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| 
| Sailor
| 
| [https://www.facebook.com/andrew.maki.52]
|-
! scope=row | Krys Mychasiw
| 
| 
| Male
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| 
| Sports Agent
| Montreal
| [https://www.facebook.com/kris.mychasiw]
|-
! scope=row | Nick Marszowski
| 
| 10 March 1982
| Male
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| 
| 
| 
| [https://www.facebook.com/nick.marszowski]
|-
! scope=row | Richard Graham Poster
|
| 
| Male
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| 
| 
| 
| [https://m.facebook.com/rkg81]
|-
! scope=row | Ryan Hazel
| 
| 
| Male
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| 
| 
| 
| [https://www.facebook.com/thebigpimpalways]
|-
! scope=row | Spaghetti Boy
| 
| 
| Male
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| 
| 
| 
| 
|-
! scope=row | Katie Dojack
| Mehoff
| 
| Female
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| Hamm
| Lawyer
| Winnipeg
| [https://www.facebook.com/katie.dojack]
|-
! scope=row | Kathryn Clouthier
| 
| 
| Female
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| PACI
| Teacher
| South Korea
| [https://www.facebook.com/kathryn.clouthier.1]
|-
! scope=row | Amber Peterson
| Spero
| 
| Female
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| PACI
| Athlete
| Grand Prairie, AB
| [https://www.facebook.com/amber.peterson.7315]
|-
! scope=row | Erica Henderson
| 
| 9 June 1982
| Female
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| Hamm
| 
| 
| [https://www.facebook.com/erica.henderson.7731]
|-
! scope=row | Caitlin Dacey
| 
| 
| Female
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| 
| High School Teacher, Musician
| Toronto
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB30FmGMIuw]
|-
! scope=row | Kelsey Perry
| Endrigo
| 2 October 1982
| Female
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| Hamm
| 
| 
| [https://www.facebook.com/kelsey.endrigo]
|-
! scope=row | Beverly Kelly
| Speer
| 28 May 2018
| Female
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| Hamm
| 
| 
| [https://www.facebook.com/beverley.speer]
|-
! scope=row | Rachel Bryan
| 
| 
| Female
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| Hamm
| 
| 
| [https://www.facebook.com/rachel.bryan.965]
|-
! scope=row | Heather Wilson
| Wdowiak
| 8 Jun 1982
| Female
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| Hammarskjold
| 
| 
| [https://www.facebook.com/heather.wdowiak]
|-
! scope=row | Carleigh Nelson
| 
| 
| Female
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| PACI
| 
| 
| 
|-
! scope=row | Erin Altree
| Rose
| 
| Female
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| Hamm
| 
| 
| [https://www.facebook.com/erin.rose.54]
|-
! scope=row | Leanne Ruberry
| 
| 21 November 1982
| Female
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| Hamm
| Asset Management Specialist, Bell Canada
| Montréal
| [https://www.facebook.com/leanne.ruberry] [https://www.linkedin.com/in/leanne-ruberry-msc-mgmt-3497874a]
|-
! scope=row | Claire Powell
|
| 7 March 1982
| Female
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| 
| Photographer
| London, UK
| [https://www.facebook.com/claire.alaxandra]
|-
! scope=row | Erin Paske
| Madon
| 
| Female
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| St. Ignatius
| 
| 
| [https://www.facebook.com/erin.madon]
|-
! scope=row | Calla Barnett
| 
| 9 August 1982
| Female
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| Hamm
| 
| 
| [https://www.facebook.com/calla.barnett]
|-
! scope=row | Nicole Martin
| 
| 11 Jan 1982
| Female
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| Hamm
| 
| 
| [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001665070755]
|-
! scope=row | Laura Hutt
| 
| 
| Female
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| PACI
| 
| 
| 
|-
! scope=row | [[Leah Viklen]]
| 
| 
| Female
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| St. Ignatius, Hamm
| Barista
| 
| [https://www.facebook.com/leah.viklen]
|-
! scope=row | Dana Doran
| 
| 
| Female
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: yellow" | Y
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| style="background: red" | N
| 
| 
| 
| [https://www.instagram.com/danadoran/]
|}

==Sources==

[1] The mind of [[Michael Currie]]