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 Roxane Leblanc-Lemieux
Grades 7-12
Language French
Area Ottawa
Mascot Falcon (les faucons)
Colours Green and White
Founded 1994
Homepage franco-cite.ecolecatholique.ca

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, Social Studies, Mathematics and Sciences.
  • Sports-Études : A program that allow athletes to pass half the time at school in Physical Education courses. In Sports-Études, there are four programs to chose from: hockey, volleyball, badminton and individual.
  • Regular program
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