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'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 (capital of Canada).

Contents

History

Building

Parks

Programs offered

CCNA Cisco courses and computers

GuG

Graduation

2007

Notes and references

External links

History

Opened in 1972, the school was named in honour of the French Canadian politician, poet, and historian François-Xavier Garneau of the 19th century.^[1]

Building

Garneau is sometimes known as "The Bomb Shelter", "The Lego Block","GarnBarn" or "Clown School" because of its angular and box like shape, as well as its diversified color scheme. Its roof leaks regardless of how hard or soft the rain is outside. The school environment is less than favorable. Therefore the name "GarnBarn" has a double meaning, referring to both the shape of the school as well as the living conditions. A few myths surround the school, such as the existence of an underground bomb shelter, which may or may not have been included in the construction plans in the 1970s, devised at the peak of the Cold War. The front is actually the back, when they moved the school from one side to the other in the bluprints, they forgot to flp it.
It is located in a highly Francophone area. To the east of Garneau, is the MIFO (Mouvement d'implication Francophone d'Orléans), an organisation that encourages Francophone culture within the community of Orléans.
In 2001, construction of a new addition onto Garneau was due in part to expanding demographics, government budget cuts and the closure of a nearby Francophone intermediate school called Léo-D-Côté for grades 7 to 8.

Parks

Garneau High School has several surrounding parks and fields which are regularly used by students and east-end athletic associations. In particular the Orléans Bengals and Gloucester Dukes football clubs have complained about the mosquito infestation within the east-end Ottawa fields, especially the Garneau fields.^[2] Inness Councilor Rainer Bloess has even jokingly stated in a press conference that he "went up to visit and see if they really had a problem or if they were just being wimps." He also stated that "after being with them [athletic associations] for five minutes I beat a hasty retreat back to my van and spoke to them through a little crack in the window... enough to convince me that the location is obviously a prime mosquito location." In June 2007, Councilors Bloess, Rob Jellett and Bob Monette agreed to a year-long pilot program to reduce the amount of mosquito larvae possibly using biological protein crystals produced by naturally-occurring bacteria called Bti.

Programs offered

CCNA Cisco courses and computers

Garneau offers a variety of specialized courses including programming and economics in addition to traditional coursework. Garneau and Cisco Systems have paired together to offer the students of grade 10, 11 and 12 a college-level Cisco CCNA networking course.

GuG

Known as ''Groupe Utilisateur Garneau'' in French ('Garneau User Group'), this group of students playtests and evaluates products given by computer and software companies. A magazine with all the products tested is made every 6 months, and sent to their sponsors.
The GuG the only high school student administered member of the Association of Personal Computer User Groups (APCUG). This internationally recognized association consists of more than 400 user groups throughout the world.

Graduation

2007

In June 2007 l'école secondaire catholique Garneau, under the direction of Mme. Vidosa, publicly congratulated all of it's finishing 2006-2007 graduates by publishing their names in a local news paper called l'Express. The convocation took place at l'église Saint-Joseph d'Orléans the 21st of June 2007.^[3] 35 prizes and bursaries totaling approximately 15000$, gathered from within the Orléans, Ontario community, were awarded to distinguished students. According to the press release, many students received study and admission awards from post secondary institutions.

Notes and references

News papers
1. http://www.escgarneau.com/historique/francois.php
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Websites
# escGarneau.com Contact Information for Garneau. Accessed: April 3 2006.

External links

★ Official GuG homepage

★ Official site of school

★ Official site of school district

★ List of French Ontario school