Collège Jean-Eudes is a private French-language high school in

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, Canada, established in 1953 by the

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brotherhood. It is located on Rosemont Boulevard at 15th Avenue in the Montreal borough of

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. Collège Jean-Eudes is considered to be one of the best schools in Quebec as ranked by the

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. College Jean-Eudes was one of the first schools to instigate the use of the iPad in class during the autumn of 2012. Students must wear uniforms.

Admissions

Prospective students must pass an entrance exam to be accepted in the school. A maximum of 360 students are admitted each year to form and maintain 10 groups of 36 in each grade. Current tuition is $4,250. They are able to maintain low tuition due to a large average class size of 35 in the first year and 37 in subsequent years.

School facilities

The school has two dining halls where one has a cafeteria. The cafeteria is open from 7AM to 3PM and includes diverse full-meal choices for $6, a

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and a panini station. The school's facilities include a double gymnasium, a rock climbing wall, as well as a workout room, with gym equipment. The school also shares an agreement with the adjacent

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allowing the use of two other gyms and a skating rink. It is also home to a variety of sports teams, called les Aigles (the Eagles), such as volleyball, hockey, soccer, basketball, football, flag football, badminton, track and field and many more. The school also features intensive dramatic arts, music and dance programs. Facilities to allow these activities include a 410-seat auditorium, a drama studio, a dance studio, two large music rooms, a computer assisted music room and several small soundproofed music studios. The school's jazz bands and wind ensembles regularly compete at local and national events.

After school programs

Collège Jean-Eudes offers its students many after school programs.

Board of directors

The board of directors is composed of ten members.

Foundation

Collège Jean-Eudes also has a foundation which created an endowment fund in 1979. Its mission was to offer financial help to students who were from lower income families. Since its inception, it has helped over 800 students for a total of over 2 million dollars. The foundation also financially contributes in the creation of pedagogical and athletic projects through its development funds created in 2007.

Notable people

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Julie Snyder Julie Snyder (born 6 August, 1967) is a Francophone Canadian talk show host and producer, appearing as host or guest on various television programs in Canada and France. She graduated from Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in 1986. Snyder is also th ...

, Bertrand Laverdure, Éric Bédard,

Mathieu Denis Mathieu Denis is a Canadian screenwriter and film director from Quebec. He is best known for his films ''Corbo'', which was a Canadian Screen Award and Quebec Cinema Award nominee for Best Picture in 2016, and ''Those Who Make Revolution Halfway ...

, Jenny Salgado,

Étienne Boulay Étienne Boulay (born March 10, 1983) is a former Canadian football safety. He most recently played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League, with whom he won the 100th Grey Cup championship. He previously played for the Montreal ...

Alexandre Bilodeau Alexandre Bilodeau (; born September 8, 1987) is a Canadian retired freestyle skiing, freestyle skier from Rosemère, Rosemere, Quebec, Bilodeau currently resides in Montreal, Montreal, Quebec. Bilodeau won a gold medal in the Freestyle skiing a ...

, Anik Vermette, Frédéric Pierre, Isabelle Richer,

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, Michel Charette,

Robert Lacroix Robert Lacroix, (born April 15, 1940) is a professor of economics at the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. After finishing his Ph.D. in economics at Leuven, in Belgium, in 1970, he became professor at the Department of Econom ...

, Sylvain Archambault,

Vincent Damphousse Vincent François Damphousse (born December 17, 1967) is a Canadian former professional hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for eighteen seasons. He played centre for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Cana ...

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, Yves Lamontagne.

External links

Official web site

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:College Jean-Eudes Private schools in Quebec High schools in Montreal Educational institutions established in 1951 Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie 1951 establishments in Quebec