École secondaire catholique Garneau
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École secondaire catholique Garneau (Garneau Catholic High School), is a French language high school teaching grades 7–12 in the community of Orléans
Orléans, Ontario
Orleans , also written Orléans, is a suburban area within the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the eastern part of the city along the Ottawa River, about from downtown Ottawa. The Canada 2006 Census gave Orleans a population of 95,491. It became a ward of the City of Ottawa in 2001...

 in the eastern end of Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

, Ontario (capital of Canada).

History

In 1972 the school was opened and named in honour of the French Canadian politician, poet, and historian François-Xavier Garneau of the 19th century.

Building and Location

In 2001 the construction of l'école élementaire Garneau, a new addition onto l'école secondaire Garneau, was due in part to expanding demographics, the expanded school-closure of the francophone
Francophone
The adjective francophone means French-speaking, typically as primary language, whether referring to individuals, groups, or places. Often, the word is used as a noun to describe a natively French-speaking person....

 intermediate school, école intermediaire Léo-D-Côté and it's transformation into l'École élémentaire catholique Saint-Joseph d'Orléans (703095). Garneau High School would eventually serve as both a high school and intermediate school, which, according to the Ministry of Education (Ontario)
Ministry of Education (Ontario)
The Ministry of Education is the agency of the Ontario government in the Canadian province of Ontario responsible for government policy, funding, curriculum planning and direction in all levels of public education, including elementary and secondary schools.This Ministry is responsible for...

, are two distinct schools : École intermédiaire Garmeau 7e-8e (752576) and École secondaire catholique Garneau (710903). Both schools are physically located at 6588 Rue Carrière, Ottawa, Ontario, K1C 1J4.

Double cohort

Between the late 1990s and early 2000s high schools in Ontario, including Garneau, were affected by the Ontario Conservative Gouvernment's plans to reform secondary schools. A 1997 announcement by the government included plans to reduce Ontario's five-year high school program with a four-year program. In 2003 this created a phenomenon dubbed the double cohort, whereas students from the old program, the five-year Ontario Academic Credit
Ontario Academic Credit
The Ontario Academic Credit or OAC was part of the curriculum codified by the Ontario Ministry of Education in Ontario Schools: Intermediate and Senior and its revisions. In common parlance, the term is used to describe the fifth high school year that used to exist in the province of...

 (OAC) or grade thirteen program, and the new four-year program graduated together for the first time.

Over-population

École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges
École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges
École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges or ESCBD , is a French language high school teaching grades 7-12, which also houses a community child day care centre, in the community of Orléans in the eastern part of Ottawa, Ontario...

, another Catholic high school in the Ottawa—Orléans
Ottawa—Orléans
Ottawa—Orléans is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988....

 region, was constructed in 1997 (25 years after Garneau) and gradually integrated students one grade year at a time. This prevented most students attending Garneau from switching over to the new school. It also helped with a gradual reduction of Garneau's over-population.

Geography

Garneau is located in a highly Francophone area (See map of Ottawa showing the francophone concentrations). The next closest structure and organization, which is to the east of Garneau, is the Mouvement d'implication Francophone d'Orléans (MIFO), an organisation that has continuously encouraged Francophone culture within the community of Orléans.

In April 2008, according to the City of Ottawa
City of Ottawa
The City of Ottawa is the corporate entity of municipal government in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The corporation is responsible for provision of services to the public as well as enforcement of municipal by-laws...

, Garneau was located in the Innes ward, previously known as "Old Ward no. 2". The property area consisted of 20.22 acres (81,827.5 m²) and was legally described as "CON 2 OF PT LOT 3".

School boards

Garneau is listed under the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE). However, according to the Ontario government the official name of Garneau's School board, or more precisely the CECLFCE, is the Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Centre-Est de l'Ontario (CSDCEO). Both school board names, CECLFCE and CSDCEO, correspond to the same physical address.

Parks

Garneau High School has several surrounding parks and fields which are regularly used by students and east-end athletic associations. In 2007 the Orléans Bengals and Gloucester Dukes football clubs had publicly complained about the mosquito
Mosquito
Mosquitoes are members of a family of nematocerid flies: the Culicidae . The word Mosquito is from the Spanish and Portuguese for little fly...

 infestation within the east-end Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

 fields, especially the Garneau fields. Innes Councilor Rainer Bloess
Rainer Bloess
Rainer Bloess is a member of Ottawa City Council. He represents Ward 2 - Innes covering some of the city's eastern suburbs. He was originally a member of the city council of Gloucester, being elected to that council in 1994 on a cost cutting platform. He lives in the suburban community of...

 jokingly stated in a press conference that he "went up to visit and see if they really had a problem or if they were just being wimps." He also stated that "after being with them [athletic or football associations] for five minutes I beat a hasty retreat back to my van and spoke to them through a little crack in the window... enough to convince me that the location is obviously a prime mosquito location." In June 2007, Councilors Bloess, Rob Jellett
Rob Jellett
Robert Jellett was an Ottawa City Councillor. He represented the large Cumberland Ward, located at the eastern edge of the city since 2003. Jellett worked as a reporter, news anchor and Assistant News Director with local radio stations CFMO and CFRA for eighteen years. He then became the...

 and Bob Monette
Bob Monette
Robert "Bob" Monette is a politician in Ottawa, Canada. He first joined political life in 1985 when he served on the Cumberland City Council for six years...

 agreed to a year-long pilot program to reduce the amount of mosquito larvae by possibly using biological protein crystals produced by naturally-occurring bacteria called Bti
Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis
Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis is a group of bacteria used as biological control agents for larvae stages of certain Dipterans. Bti produces toxins which are effective in killing various species of mosquitoes, fungus gnats, and blackflies, while having almost no effect on other...

.

CCNA Cisco courses and computers

Garneau offers a variety of specialized courses including programming and economics in addition to traditional coursework. Garneau and Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$...

 have paired together to offer the students of grade 10, 11 and 12 a college-level Cisco
Cisco
Cisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore...

 CCNA
CCNA
CCNA is the certification from Cisco.CCNA certification is a second-level Cisco Career certification...

 networking course. The Cisco Networking Academy Program lists 114 Secondary Schools and 29 Colleges as participating schools. The School's name is not specifically mentioned on the list, however it is listed under the official school board's name the Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Centre-Est de l'Ontario. The Cisco 3 class was split into Cisco 3 and Cisco 4 classes, adding further depth and time into the program.

Fotek

An in-school IT enterprise started, maintained fully by students. Teachers, staff, students and parents can have their computers repaired, receive tutorials or other IT services.

TGR3M

Created Circa. 2008, the TGR3M program involves the editing, recording and publication of music and the creation of publicities.

An example of such work is located here. The song is known as "Noel C'est L'Amour" (French Folk Song) and was created by students and teachers at the school, most notably Élizabeth Chamberland, Sara Nizman and Kelly Raffray. The instruments were either recorded or created using an Oxygen 25 MIDI Controller and HALionOne which is included in Cubase.
The song was then edited by the students of TGR3M. The Song is available to download at the price of 0.99$ plus tax at the Garneau Hipsonic page in 10 different versions.

2007

In June 2007 l'école secondaire catholique Garneau, under the direction of Mme. Vidosa, publicly congratulated all of its finishing 2006–2007 graduates by publishing their names in a local news paper called l'Express. The convocation took place at l'Église Saint-Joseph d'Orléans on the June 21, 2007. 35 prizes and bursaries totaling approximately 15000$, gathered from within the Orleans, Ontario
Orléans, Ontario
Orleans , also written Orléans, is a suburban area within the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the eastern part of the city along the Ottawa River, about from downtown Ottawa. The Canada 2006 Census gave Orleans a population of 95,491. It became a ward of the City of Ottawa in 2001...

community, were awarded to distinguished students. According to the press release, many students received study and admission awards from post secondary institutions.

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