École secondaire l'Essor

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École secondaire l'Essor
Address
13605 St. Gregory Street Ontario, Ontario, N8N 3E4, Canada
Information
School number	728772
School board	Conseil scolaire de district des écoles catholiques de Sud-Ouest
Principal	Bertrand Fournier
Vice principal	Jeanne Montigny
School type	High school
Grades	9-12
Language	French
Enrollment	550 (October 2005)
Homepage	http://www.csdecso.on.ca/Ecoles/Essor

École secondaire l'Essor is a French-language high school located in Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada (formerly St. Clair Beach), established in 1979. It serves the French population of Essex County.

The name l'Essor was coined by Florence Limoges is a portmanteau combining Essex and Windsor. It belongs to Conseil scolaire de district des écoles catholiques de Sud-Ouest. Essor also refers to the French word for taking flight or to soar.

The small school, participates in a lot of local activites in the french comunity. It has a very high percentage of graduates, and high test marks. "Seul l'aigle à le droit de fixer le soleil" Being as the mascot is the eagle (transalated):" only the eagle has the right to reach the top"

The school regularly makes headlines in the local newspapers. In 1994, a student dropped a vial of skunk oil in the school corridors, sending 55 to the hospital and causing C$34,000 in damage. A similar incident occurred in June 2003 when a student released a substance similar to pepper spray in the school. This incident, however, only affected 8 students and one staff who were treated by paramedics on site.

[edit] Famous Alumni

• Kyle Wellwood, NHL hockey player
• Dillon Orr, Actor

[edit] See also

• List of high schools in Windsor and Essex County, Ontario
• Conseil scolaire de district des écoles catholiques de Sud-Ouest

[edit] External links

• Official school site
• Conseil scolaire de district des écoles catholiques du Sud-Ouest
• Alumni site
• La plume de l'aigle and L'ERGO student newspaper archives
• Satellite image from Google Maps