| École Polyvalente Le Carrefour | |
| Address | |
| 50 Chemin de la Savane Gatineau, Quebec, J8T 3N2, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School board | Commission Scolaire des Draveurs |
| Principal | Nathalie Rioux |
| Vice principal | Yvan Xavier Regout,William Custeau, Sheeri-Lynn Lalonde, Luc Bourassa |
| School type | High school |
| Grades | Secondary 1-5 |
| Language | French |
| Mascot | 'Flash' le Couguar |
| Team name | Couguars Teams Track and Field, Basketball,Cross Country running, Football,Golf,Rugby,Soccer,Ultimate Frisbee,Volleyball,, |
| Colours | Silver and Navy |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Enrolment | 1650 students |
| Homepage | http://www.csdraveurs.qc.ca/carrefour/ |
The École Polyvalente Le Carrefour is a public high school located in Gatineau, Quebec. It is located just across from the city's largest mall Les Promenades de l'Outaouais on Chemin de la Savane near Boulevard Greber. It is run by the Commission Scolaire des Draveurs school board in Gatineau and enrolls over 2 300 students and employs a personnel of about 175 including teachers, administration and custodial staff. The school itself contains an agora, several small sports and leisure infrastructures including a swimming pool, a gymnasium, a dance room, a weightlifting room as well as a large soccer field outside. Just south of the school, there is also a skateboard park and a skating rink called Stade Pierre-Lafontaine.
The school is located in the centre of a major commercial district which includes in addition to Les Promenades de l'Outaouais, several strips malls as well as a clinic. On the 27th of september the school was evacuated after a bomb hoax and on the 1st of october the school was evacuated because of a fire in the electrical panels, all students were evacuated.
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For over 10 years, the high school has offered an international program (initiated by UNESCO) to students in order to become more involved in the community, to initiate students to other cultures and traditions across the world and to be prepared for future studies at college and university. Generally, only high skilled students from the primary level have access to this program. Objectives and work projects are more demanding and Spanish is taught during the program in secondary 3 and 4.
In June 2007, in response to complaints, the school adopted a new dress code policy in which students would wear new uniforms including polo sweaters starting in September 2007. In a poll, 88% of parents were in favour of a new measure while the student population was split over the matter. This measure was deemed unfare by the students since their opinion was not taken into consideration. The school will become the second Gatineau public high school to adopt such policy after Polyvalente de l'Erabliere [1]. However, in September 2008, the 'black' and 'navy blue' polos were made with a lighter fabric to suit the hot summer days. Since 2010, the students can wear white, blue, gray or black Polo shirt. Student can also wear long sleeve black vests.
Every June 23, there is a concert series held outside the school in the soccer field in conjunction with festivities surrounding the Saint-Jean Baptiste holiday.