École secondaire de la Cité-des-Jeunes, previously named ''École secondaire Vaudreuil'' is a public high school in

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, Canada. Managed by the Commission scolaire des Trois-Lacs, it serves the northern population of the peninsula of the

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of Vaudreuil-Soulanges.

History

The school was founded during the Quiet Revolution of

by the deputy of Vaudreuil-Soulanges and Minister of Education

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with creating a place where everything would be accessible for students in mind. In fact, it is not just a school, but a whole campus that was built: a high school, a trade school, a building for adults continuing education, a pool and an arena. The school is the birthplace of the education reform and one of the first polyvalantes created in Quebec. The campus is still, to this day, the vastest in the province in terms of land. Previously known as ''École secondaire Vaudreuil'' and then ''École secondaire de la Cité-des-Jeunes,'' the school picked its current name in 2004. An English school (Vaudreuil High School) used to be in the current Paul-Gérin-Lajoie buildings. It is now used for adults in continuing education. Previously, Pavilion Vaudreuil (the northernmost building on campus) was divided into two sections: one for boys, Salle G (''garçons,'' or boys) and Salle F (''filles,'' or girls) which were used in between classes. There was previously a baseball field that was destroyed to build Brind'Amour, which, unlike the rest of the campus, is a primary education establishment. The football field was the closest thing to a replacement for the destroyed baseball field. In 2019, the high school witnessed minor flooding throughout the months of April and May.

Campus

Buildings: * École secondaire de la Cité-des-Jeunes ** Vaudreuil Pavilion (1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th years of high school) ** Lionel-Groulx Pavilion (3rd year of high school and EHDAA) * Cultural Center ** Library ** Cafeterias ** Theaters ** Infirmary ** Belles Rives Center ** Music classes ** etc. * Sports Center * Paul Gérin-Lajoie Training Center * Brind'Amour * Pool * Water Treatment School Institutions: * Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs Administrative Center * École secondaire de la Cité-des-Jeunes * Trois-Lacs Multicenter ** Paul Gérin-Lajoie Training Center ** Belles Rives Center (General Education to Adults) ** The Administrative Office of Services to Enterprises * Municipal Pool * Municipal Arena

Statistics

As of 2018, École secondaire de la Cité-des-Jeunes teaches 2874 students and Brind'amour teaches 517, for a total of 3391 students on the campus based on available data.Other establishments on campus don't share this data.

Sports

The school sport teams have Citadins de la Cité-des-Jeunes as a name. Their most popular sports are

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volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

, and

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

. The

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

and swimming teams also use a public arena and indoor swimming pool which are located on the school’s campus.

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