École Saint-Sacrement (ESS) is a Roman Catholic, French Immersion elementary school (K-7) with over 200 students, situated near Vancouver General Hospital in an historically French-Canadian neighbourhood next to Vancouver’s only Francophone church, Paroisse St-Sacrement. Parents participate actively in various school events and/or routine duties, logging 40 hours per year. Belonging to the Catholic Independent Schools of Vancouver Archdiocese, Blessed Sacrament emphasizes educating the whole child: spiritually, emotionally, physically and intellectually.