École Marie-Anne-Gaboury

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École Marie-Anne-Gaboury
Location
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Information
Principal	M. Alain Michalik
School type	Public, French immersion
Campus	Suburban
Mascot	Gabbi the Emperor Penguin
Team name	Pingouins (Penguins)
Colours	Black and white(formerly purple)
Founded	1960s as Hastings Junior High
Enrollment	265 students (December 2006)

École Marie-Anne-Gaboury is a French immersion elementary school in St. Vital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is a school in the Louis Riel School Division and runs from Maternelle (Kindergarten) to grade 8. Graduates from École Marie-Anne-Gaboury typically pursue secondary studies at Collège Jeanne-Sauvé. The school was named for Marie-Anne Gaboury, the first white woman in Western Canada.

Contents 1 History 2 Campus 3 Curriculum 4 Distinguished alumni 5 External links

[edit] History

The school building was originally the junior high school for the adjacent Hastings School but, with the introduction of French immersion, it was chosen as one of the first schools to participate. During the school's first few years as a French immersion school it was known simply as Hastings Immersion although it was later felt that a name more connected with the Franco-Manitoban culture would be appropriate and Marie-Anne Gaboury was chosen for her many accomplishments to early life in Manitoba.

[edit] Campus

The school is a single two-story building in the suburb of St. Vital. The school houses a daycare in its basement. It has a small music room and a small gymnasium with a stage for school performances. The school also has a small cantine where students may purchase food.

The school shares its sports field and play structure with Hastings School. The play structure was provided by a cooperative fundraising effort of the two parent's associations.

[edit] Curriculum

École Marie-Anne-Gaboury teaches the regular Ministry-prescribed curriculum for immersion schools. Students in grades 7 and 8 are given the opportunity to participate in Concert Band instruction with three other division schools. In addition, the students in grades 7 and 8 are offered Industrial Arts and Home Economics courses one morning per school-day cycle.

[edit] Distinguished alumni

• Sami Jo Small, Canadian national women's hockey team goaltender
• Thomas Edwards-Seymour, a Canadian Aboriginal youth role model

[edit] External links

• Louis Riel School Division
• École Marie-Anne-Gaboury in the Louis Riel School Division