École élémentaire catholique Pierre-Elliot-Trudeau is a Catholic french

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 elementary school in the Barrhaven

Barrhaven, Ontario

Barrhaven is a rapidly growing suburban neighbourhood in the southwest of the urban area of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, about southwest of downtown Ottawa. Prior to amalgamation with Ottawa in 2001, Barrhaven was part of the City of Nepean. Its population as of the Canada 2006 Census was...

 community 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. It opened in September 2000 and was the first school of Ontario to be named after Trudeau

Pierre Trudeau

Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, , usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984.Trudeau began his political career campaigning for socialist ideals,...

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It was opened to respond to the growing needs of the French-speaking population in the Barrhaven area.

In 2008, the school started installing Smart Boards in certain classes to encourage the learning aptitudes of the boys and girls

External links

• École élémentaire catholique Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau
• Conseil des Écoles Catholique du Centre-Est