School type Public francophone Principal Sylvie Dassylva Enrollment 454 (September 2014) Phone +1 780-457-2100 Number of students 454 (September 2014) | Superintendent Henri Lemire Grades K-12 Language French Province Alberta Founded 1997 | |
Address 8728 93 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6C 1T8, Canada School board Greater North Central Francophone Education Region No. 2 Motto On est chez soi à Gabrielle-Roy Similar École Maurice, Board School Centre‑N, Edmonton Public Schools, Strathcona High School, Austin O'Brien High Sch | ||
cole publique gabrielle roy playground dji phantom 2 vision music features deadmau5 acedia
École publique Gabrielle-Roy is an elementary, junior and senior high school in the Strathearn community of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It provides public francophone education to students from Kindergarten to grade 12. École enfantine is a preschool program located within the school for children eligible for francophone education aged 3 and 4 years old. This playschool is operated by a parent committee and Fédération des parents francophones de l'Alberta. The school also houses a daycare and before and after-school care program called Centre d’expérience préscolaire et parascolaire.
Contents
School history
École publique Gabrielle-Roy opened in 1997 with 25 students. In 2006-2007, enrolment increased by 55%. On September 30, 2012, the school had 343 K-12 students.
The school is named after the famous French-Canadian novelist and teacher Gabrielle Roy. She was born in Saint Boniface, Winnipeg (now part of Winnipeg), Manitoba in 1909 and is the author several internationally acclaimed novels, namely The Tin Flute (1947) that won the 1947 Governor General's Awards for fiction as well as the Royal Society of Canada's Lorne Pierce Medal.
Francophone schools
According to Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, parents whose first language is French have a constitutional right to have their child educated in French where there are enough students to warrant it. They also have the right to govern these schools. There are four francophone school authorities operating 34 schools in Alberta.
The educational needs of francophone students, of their families and their communities, the expected outcomes for francophone education and the conditions that must be met to ensure these outcomes are achieved, are found in the Alberta Education's document Affirming Francophone Education (link in External links section).
Academic program
Alberta Education develops the Program of Studies (link in External links section) in French for Kindergarten to Grade 12 students in Francophone programs. All courses, except for English language arts beginning in grade 3, are offered entirely in French.
Students who satisfy the requirements of the Alberta High School Diploma, study in French and take Français 30-1 or Français 30-2, are awarded an Alberta High School Diploma (French First Language – Francophone).
Optional courses
Culinary Arts, Hairdressing, Drama, Dance, Visual Arts, Technology, Welding.
Sports
Basketball, Soccer, Curling, Badminton, Track and Field, Edmonton Journal Indoor Games and Skiing.
Extracurricular activities
International and national trips, Ski trips, Camping, Intramural sports, Popular music groups, Student Council, etc.