Le Collège français

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Le Collège français
Address
100 Carlton Street
Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1M3, Canada
Information
School number 918997
School board CSDCSO
Religious affiliation none
Principal Joanne Doyon
Vice principal Sébastien Fontaine
School type High school
Grades 7-12
Language French
Founded 1979
Enrollment 400+ (October 2006)
Homepage http://collegefrancais.csdcso.on.ca/
The college building
The college building

Le Collège français is a French-language high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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[edit] General Info

Collège français is part of CSDCSO. It is located near the intersection of Carlton St. and Jarvis St. in Downtown Toronto, near the TTC's College subway station. Around 90% of the students commute by TTC.

The school offers the IB program. It has been an IB World School since January 1992. It is the only public French high school that offers this diploma. This is a major reason why so many students choose to go there. It has a graduation percentile of approximately 96% of 400 students (6:25 ratio). The school attracts students from all regions of the world, especially countries in the Francophonie, however the powerbase remains in the hand of upper middle class families from Toronto, both Francophone and Anglophone.

[edit] History

Le Collège français is part of the Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest or CSDCSO. It was founded in 1979 within Monarch Park High School as the first French language "module" at the secondary level in Toronto. In 1981 it moved to Jarvis Collegiate Institute. It became a separate entity in 1989, and adopted the name Le Collège français à Jarvis in 1992. In September of 1997, the school moved into its present building on Carlton St. at Jarvis Street, and became Le Collège français. The school is the only French language school in the Toronto public system to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme.

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Sports are a large part of school life. Those played include: soccer, volleyball, and basketball. The teams are named Phénix (Phoenix). In 2006, at its first appearance in the OFSAA "A" soccer championships, Le College Francais won its first provincial championship for soccer. Le College Francais also has several Francophone championships for soccer under its belt, including Franco 2004 and 2007. Le College Francais have also done well in the TDSAA for soccer, the Junior and Senior boys has also been one of the top teams in the South division for the past couple of years. The Junior boys went as far as the regional championships in 2005, defeating Danforth Tech and powerhouse East York; and the semi finals in 2006, with victories over Humberside and Northern.

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