École secondaire catholique Franco-Cité
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| École secondaire catholique Franco-Cité | |
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623 Smyth Ottawa , Ontario , Canada | |
| Coordinates | 45°24′02″N 75°38′30″W / 45.400523°N 75.641685°W |
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| Motto | Un envol vers l'avernir.... (A flight into the future...) |
| Founded | 1994 |
| School board | Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est |
| Principal | Anik Charette |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Language | French |
| Area | Ottawa |
| Colour(s) | Green, Black, and White |
| Mascot | Plumeau |
| Website | fc.ecolecatholique.ca |
École secondaire catholique Franco-Cité is a French Catholic school in Ottawa, Ontario. It is under the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE). The school offers three main programs to the students.
History
The school was inaugurated October 20, 1994. In its first year as a high school, ESC Franco-Cité had 150 9th Grade students enrolled. It is estimated that more than 1150 students are enrolled at Franco-Cité for September 2009. 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 the original minor seminary, or Séminaire de Mazenod, run by the Oblate missionaries of Mary Immaculate as a grades 9 to 11 preparatory adjunct to their juniorate, the Juniorat du Sacré-Coeur, on the University of Ottawa campus, to sharing its premises with the Centre Jules-Léger, an adult school for the mentally-challenged, from old, dusty portables to a now beautiful redesigned building with added space for the two years added to the official high school experience. The seminary used to have a chapel on the second floor of the school's western wing. It was turned into a library when it became Collège Samuel-Genest. The seminary used to have an ice rink where the library and cafeteria now stand.
Programs
The school offers four main programs to students frequenting the school. They are :
- Franco-Défi : A program for students that wish to give themselves a challenge 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 practicing a sport. The program contains
- Regular program
- Special Needs
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