École secondaire catholique Franco-Cité

Infobox Education in Canada
name=École secondaire catholique Franco-Cité


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motto= Un envol vers l'avernir....
motto_translation= A flight into the future...
streetaddress=623 Smyth
city=Ottawa
province=Ontario
postalcode= K1G 1N7
areacode=613
phone=521-4999
fax=521-8499
email=
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schoolboard= Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre-Est
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superintendent=
trustee=
principal=Roxane Lamothe
viceprincipal= Roxane Leblanc-Lemieux
administrator=
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website= franco-cite.ecolecatholique.ca
grades=7-12
language=French
area= Ottawa
mascot= Falcon (les faucons)
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colours= Green and White
founded=1994
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École secondaire catholique Franco-Cité is a French Catholic school in Ottawa, Ontario. It is under the CECLFCE (Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre-Est). The school offers three main programs to the students.

History

The school was inaugurated October 20th 1994. In its first year as a high school, ESC Franco-Cité had 150 9th Grade students enrolled. It is estimated that more than 900 students are enrolled at Franco-Cité for September 2006. 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 sharing its premises with an adult school to old, dusty portables to a now beautiful redesigned building with added space for the two years added to the official high school experience.

Programs

The school offers three main programs to students frequenting the school. They are :
* Franco-Défi : A program for gifted students 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 in Physical Education courses. In Sports-Études, there are four programs to chose from: hockey, volleyball, badminton and individual.

* Regular program