Le Collège français
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Canadian French
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high school in Toronto, Ontario
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, Canada
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General information
Le Collège français is part of Conseil scolaire Viamonde and had 283 students enrolled. It is located in downtown Toronto near the intersection of Carlton Street and Jarvis StreetJarvis Street
Jarvis Street is a north-south thoroughfare in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, passing through some of the oldest developed areas in the city. Its alignment extends from Bloor Street in the north to Queens Quay East in the south. South of Front Street, it continues as Lower Jarvis Street...
, near the TTC
Toronto Transit Commission
-Island Ferry:The ferry service to the Toronto Islands was operated by the TTC from 1927 until 1962, when it was transferred to the Metro Parks and Culture department. Since 1998, the ferry service is run by Toronto Parks and Recreation.-Gray Coach:...
College
College (TTC)
College is a subway station on the Yonge–University–Spadina line of the Toronto, Ontario, Canada subway that opened in 1954. It is located at 448 Yonge Street at College Street/Carlton Street.-Entrances:...
subway station. Around 80% of the school's students commute by public transit.
The school has offered the IB program since January 1992, the only public French high school that offers this diploma. It has a graduation rate of approximately 96%. The school attracts students from all regions of the world, especially countries in the Francophonie. However, the majority of students are from upper middle class families in Toronto, both francophone and anglophone. In the Fraser Institute
Fraser Institute
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2011 ranking of Ontario secondary schools, it placed 419 of 727 schools.
History
Le Collège français was founded in 1979 within Monarch Park High School as the first French language "module" at the secondary level in Toronto. It was the second French public secondary school established in Toronto (the first was École secondaire Étienne-BrûléÉcole secondaire Étienne-Brûlé
École secondaire Étienne-Brûlé is a French first language high school located in North York, Ontario, Canada. It serves the French population of the Greater Toronto Area ....
). In 1981, it moved to Jarvis Collegiate Institute
Jarvis Collegiate Institute
Jarvis Collegiate Institute is a high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Jarvis is located on Jarvis Street. Founded in 1807 it is the second oldest high school in Ontario after the Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute, and the oldest high school in Toronto.-History:Jarvis Collegiate was...
, became a separate entity in 1989, and adopted the name Le Collège français à Jarvis in 1992. In September 1997, the school moved into its present building on Carlton Street at Jarvis Street, and became Le Collège français; the building previously had been part of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Toronto headquarters until they were moved to their current location at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre
Canadian Broadcasting Centre
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in 1993.
Sports
Sports are a large part of the school. Those played include: soccer, volleyballVolleyball
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, competitive swimming, hockey
Ice hockey
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and basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
. The teams are named Phénix (Phoenix
Phoenix (mythology)
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). College Francais is known especially for its soccer program, the Junior and Senior boys Teams have been among the top teams in the Toronto TDSAA South Division for many 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. In 2006, Le College Francais won its first provincial championship at its first ever appearance in the OFSAA "A" soccer championships. Le College Francais also has several Francophone championships for soccer under its belt, including Coupe Canora 1997,1998, Franco 2004 and 2008. Le College Francais then hosted Franco 2009, and finished in first place among schools of similar size, and won again in 2010 to complete a three-peat at the tournament. In 2011, the team was again crowned Franco Champions, and extended its championship run to four consecutive victories in four years, cementing its reputation as a true dynasty in the French soccer community.
Faculty
- Jacques TourangeauJacques TourangeauJacques Tourangeau is a Canadian actor.He graduated from Université de Montréal, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1963, a Bachelor of Education in 1965 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1986. He gained his first role in the Quebec TV series Rue des Pignons. During the late 1970s, he appeared in...
- Canadian Actor (2002–present) - Luc BihanLuc BihanLuc Bihan is a sculptor, artist, graphic artist and animation director.-Biography:At age 16, Luc Bihan decided to leave his parents to pursue his passion: art. He traveled around Europe until he arrived in San Francisco in 1980. After winning a scholarship for best painting at San Francisco Art...
- Canadian Sculptor and Animation Director (2003–2004)
External links
- School profile at the International Baccalaureate Organization web site