École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges (ESCBD, Béatrice-Desloges Catholic High School) is a

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in the community of

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. The school also houses a community child day care centre, and is currently the largest or second largest and most populated

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in Ontario, either surpassing or coming very close to that of the Thériault Catholic High School located in

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History

The school is named after Béatrice Desloges, an early twentieth century

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teacher in

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who, with her sister Diane, successfully opposed

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, which aimed at rendering illegal all French language teaching in the province of

. The school opened its doors in 1997, in order to give more space to the overcrowded Garneau high school in

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. The student population grew rapidly when the 7th and 8th grade groups were incorporated to the 9-12 group in 2001, and since then, the school has been undergoing expansion in order to accommodate the growing number of students. In 2006, it was announced that an entirely new three-story section would be built where the previous school extension stood, and would be entirely dedicated to the 7th and 8th graders, thus separating them from older high school students. In addition to this, it was announced that a modern

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would be built inside, meaning that the previous theatre could be removed. This allowed the expansion of the cafeteria, which had been largely criticized for failing to accommodate the number of students over the years, and also allowed the addition of a new

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, a

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nasium, and an exercise room. The gym was named after Olympian Lise Meloche. Although most of the construction was finished by the end of August 2007, the amphitheatre would not be opened until the beginning of spring 2008, costing in total a near twelve million dollars. On March 2, 2007, the school was awarded the Prix jeunesse (youth prize) by the organization ''Communications et société for World Social Communications Day'', for its unifying religious and artistic interpretation in "Le chemin de croix du XXI^e siècle" ( The Way of the Cross of the 21st Century).

Programs offered

Académie des arts

Béatrice-Desloges offers a Specialized Arts Program called Académie des arts (previously known as PSA) for students which starts from grade 7. Once a student officially enrolls into ADA by grade 9, he or she has to choose a specific domain of specialization: either Music, Visual and Digital Arts, or Drama. Within the Drama specialization, a partnership with th
École nationale de l'humour
(National Comedy school) of

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is offered for specific modules.

OptiMax

The school also offers a program for gifted students named "OptiMax". To be admitted to the program the student must demonstrate high academic capabilities, such as a 79% overall average in the following subjects: French, mathematics, sciences, social studies (history and geography), as well as a minimum grade of 75% in each of those subjects.École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges: Centre d'enrichisment Optimax
/ref> There are categories within the program pertaining to specific age groups. Grades 7 and 8 are in the Exploration program and Grades 9 and 10 in the Planification program.

Notable alumni

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hockey player for the

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who participated in the

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defensive tackle

References

External links

Official school website

Official site of school district

List of French Ontario school
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