Collège Jeanne-Sauvé

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Collège Jeanne-Sauvé
Motto	fr: Un pas vers l'avenir "Towards the future" en: Building for tomorrow
Established	1989
Type	Public middle and secondary (French language)
Principal	Henri Peloquin
Students	550
Grades	9–12
Location	Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
District	Louis Riel School Division
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Blue and white
Mascot	Olympiens
Website	cjs.portal.lrsd.net

Collège Jeanne-Sauvé or CJS was the first French immersion high school in Western Canada, named in honour of former governor-general of Canada, Jeanne Sauvé. It is situated in the southern St. Vital area of Winnipeg, Manitoba and is part of the Louis-Riel school division. The high school runs from grade 9 to grade 12, formerly known as Sécondaire 1 to Sécondaire 4.

Contents 1 History 2 Social Involvement 3 Grading 4 Feeder schools 5 Distinguished alumni 6 External links

[edit] History

Collège Jeanne-Sauvé was the first French immersion high school in Western Canada.^{[citation needed]} It was created as a result of the efforts of many parents to ensure that their children were able to continue in French immersion after Grade 8. Completed in late 1989, the school opened in January 1990 to grades six through twelve. Its name was chosen to recognise the distinct ability that Mme. Sauvé had to bridge the gap between English and French communities, one of the main goals of French immersion.

[edit] Social Involvement

Collège Jeanne-Sauvé has a history of social involvement. Since 2000, it has had a Social Justice Committee, led by students that work to educate students and others in the community on important social issues in the area and internationally as well as attempting to take a large role to fix these problems. The Social Justice Committee won the Manitoba Teacher's Society's Young Humanitarian's Award in 2001. Prior to the creation of the Social Justice Committee, there have been small groups of students whose interest in social justice issues laid the foundation for this committee to exist. This committee was key in gaining recognition for the school as an UNESCO associated school in 2005.

The school is also home to Afrique 2007: Étudiants sans frontières, a student-led program to create a relationship of sustainable development with the community of M'Bour in Senegal. It is run by the graduating class of 2007.

In 2005, the school also received a grant from the Government of Manitoba to recognize its innovation in citizenship education.^{[citation needed]} This grant was to recognize the work of Afrique 2007.

[edit] Grading

Until 2005, the school had been following a grading system whereas each student would receive a report card twice a semester, thus dividing each semester into two terms. Once a report card had been issued, it was impossible for the student to finish incomplete work for the previous term and hand it in to be graded.

Now, students are given a report card every month that include comments from the teacher and an interim grade. This allows for the opportunity to hand in late work at the discretion of the teacher. Typically, students are not permitted to submit work after the first week of January or after the first week of June.

The final grade is based on a formula and is given a score between 0 and 100. Seventy percent of the final grade is based on tests and assignments whereas the other thirty percent is taken generated from the final exam.

Collège Jeanne-Sauvé will be one of the schools implementing an innovative scoring scheme conceived by the Louis Riel School Division during the 2007-2008 school year.

[edit] Feeder schools

Generally, students who are enrolled at Collège Jeanne-Sauvé have previously attended immersion schools such as École Saint-Germain, École Julie-Riel, École Marie-Anne-Gaboury and École Varennes. However, some students previously attended French schools in Saint-Boniface and Saint-Vital.

[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