École secondaire catholique Franco-Cité

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École secondaire catholique Franco-Cité
Un envol vers l'avernir.... A flight into the future...
Address
623 Smyth Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 1N7, Canada
Information
School board	Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre-Est
Principal	Roxane Lamothe
Vice principal	Dany Dumont, Roxane Leblanc-Lemieux
Grades	7-12
Language	French
Area	Ottawa
Mascot	Falcon (les faucons)
Colours	Green and White
Founded	1994

École secondaire catholique Franco-Cité is a French Catholic school in Ottawa, Ontario. It is under the CECLFCE (Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre-Est). The school offers three main programs to the students.

[edit] History

The school was inaugurated October 20th 1994. In its first year as a high school, ESC Franco-Cité had 150 9th Grade students enrolled. It is estimated that more than 900 students are enrolled at Franco-Cité for September 2006. In 2004, the school started accepting Grade 7 and 8 students, instead of beginning with the usual Grade 9. The school has seen many different incarnations, from sharing its premises with an adult school to old, dusty portables to a now beautiful redesigned building with added space for the two years added to the official high school experience.

[edit] Programs

The school offers three main programs to students frequenting the school. They are :

• Franco-Défi : A program for gifted students from Grade 7 to 10 that will take them to a new level in courses like French, Mathematics and Sciences.

• Sports-Études : A program that allow athletes to pass half the time at school in Physical Education courses. In which there is a great volleyball team now competing in the 2006-2007 season consisting of : Charles Edwards, Paul Mauviel, Michael Houri, John Al-Sabeh, Joey Haddad, Mathieu Forcier, (Captain)Lee McCulluch, Philippe Charron, Eric "Tits" Préfontaine and Philippe "Little Bitch" McKay.

• Regular program