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French term or phrase:
accueil scolaire
English translation:
facilitate intake of new students/manage student admissions and orientation
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Karen Tucker (X)
Dec 5, 2005 15:25
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French term
accueil scolaire
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I researched "accueil scolaire" on the Web and it refers to a number of things. This is from a brochure describing a French city's services. Could this be translated as "Register new students" or "Register and welcome/orient new students"?
Scolarité et Jeunesse
Favoriser la réussite scolaire • **Assurer l'accueil scolaire** • Améliorer la qualité de la vie scolaire • Proposer des activités éducatives et des loisirs de qualité • Aider à l'autonomie des jeunes • Aider la vie étudiante • Faire fonctionner les écoles supérieures municipales •
Scolarité et Jeunesse
Favoriser la réussite scolaire • **Assurer l'accueil scolaire** • Améliorer la qualité de la vie scolaire • Proposer des activités éducatives et des loisirs de qualité • Aider à l'autonomie des jeunes • Aider la vie étudiante • Faire fonctionner les écoles supérieures municipales •
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facilitate intake of new students
I would start each bullet point with a verb in English.
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Comment: "The word can be translated as any of these things, which led to my quandary. However, day care when school is out is discussed a little later in the text and the city's website talks most about admissions and orientation, so I used "Manage student admissions and orientation." This answer comes closest to both ideas. I really appreciate everyone's help. Karen "
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School Admission
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day care/day camp
if I remember it well, accueil means they watch your kid before or after school, and when school is out in the centres aérés. It's a city program.
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Jocelyne S
: Yes, I think that this is more what the term is referring to.
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thanks JS
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Orientation or new students orientation
In my school, this is the job of the guidance counselor.
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Ensure that your child is dropped off/picked up
Given the rest of the context provided, I think that this is referring more to a picking-up/dropping-off type of programme (or possibly as sarahl states, a day-care system) rather than to school registration (the term can rightly be used in either case).
Ensuring that the child is greeted at school and not sent wandering home alone at the end of the day.
Ensuring that the child is greeted at school and not sent wandering home alone at the end of the day.
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student welcome
or "new student welcome" - this may apply to the US only, I've certainly heard it used in the US and Google bears this out.
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