École secondaire catholique Garneau
French language separate catholic school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
École secondaire catholique Garneau (Garneau Catholic High School), is a French-language high school teaching grades 7–12 in the community of Orléans in the eastern end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Garneau is overseen by the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE).
History
In 1972, the school opened and was named in honour of the 19th-century French-Canadian politician, poet, and historian François-Xavier Garneau.
Building and location
In 2001, the construction of École élementaire Garneau, a new addition onto École secondaire Garneau, was due in part to expanding demographics, the expanded school-closure of the francophone intermediate school, École intermédiaire Léo-D-Côté and its transformation into École élémentaire catholique Saint-Joseph d'Orléans. Garneau High School would eventually serve as both a high school and intermediate school, which, according to the Ministry of Education of Ontario, are two distinct schools: École intermédiaire Garneau 7e–8e and École secondaire catholique Garneau. Both schools are located at 6588 Rue Carrière, Ottawa, Ontario.
In 2024, a sports dome was opened at Garneau, managed jointly by the CECCE and the Ottawa TFC Soccer Club.
Over-population
École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges, another Catholic high school in the Ottawa—Orléans region, was constructed in 1997 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 gradually reduced Garneau's over-population.
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