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It is never too late to register at École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier!
Anyone who wishes to register at École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier is always welcome to meet staff members, talk with students and parents and tour our school.
A leader in new educational approaches, École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier offers programs that fulfill the changing needs of students from year to year. Recognized for its human approach and inclusive values, École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier is in a league of its own offering innovative and creative teaching that promotes open-minded thinking.
Through its commitment to excellence, École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier provides its students with leading-edge educational programs that far exceed the expectations of traditional education. Its vision of contemporary learning and its methods of curriculum delivery allow students to experience exceptional and memorable learning opportunities. Draveurs, Groupe 17, its many sports activities, Specialist High Skills Major programs, « 4e dimension – the science, mathematics and technology program, are just some of the reasons why École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier is the number one choice for grade 7 to grade 12 students.
For further information, please do not hesitate to contact École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier at 705-566-7660.
“We believe in Conseil scolaire du Grand Nord schools because there are many opportunities for our children to become bilingual. French schools provide a very good learning environment.”
— Murray Watson, Father
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Who can register?
Children of French-language rights holders can attend a French public school. This right is granted under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and is recognized in the Ontario Education Act.
According to Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the following people can attend a French-language school:
- all children of a parent whose first language learned and still understood is French;
- all children of a parent who received his or her primary school instruction in Canada in French;
- all children whose sibling has received or is receiving primary or secondary school instruction in Canada in French.
In order to be admitted to an elementary school, the pupil must:
- have reached the age of 4 years by December 31 of the current school year to be registered in junior kindergarten
- have reached the age of 5 years by December 31 of the current school year to be registered in senior kindergarten
- have reached the age of 6 years by December 31 of the current school year to be registered in Grade 1.
For more information, simply contact the Board office at 705-671-1533 or École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier directly at 705-566-7660.
“Thanks to the dedication of his teachers, my son who has ADHD, is now getting 3+ marks. Thank you Conseil scolaire du Grand Nord.”
— Joanna Flynn, Mother
All students are welcome!
Conseil scolaire du Grand Nord prides itself in its accessibility and strives to reflect the cultural and linguistic diversity that makes up its community. Therefore, those who are not French-language right-holders can request that their child attend a French-language school.
All interested parents or guardians must submit a request to the school principal and ask for an admissions committee meeting, as stipulated in subsections 289 (1) and 302 (1) of the Ontario Education Act. The committee will assess the child’s skills in French to determine if he/she understands, speaks, reads and writes in French at his/her age and grade level. The child will also be assessed in his mother tongue. This is to evaluate the child’s linguistic comfort level with languages rather than academic knowledge.
“They accepted our anglicized family allowing us to expand our children’s horizons and reclaim our cultural heritage.”
— Richard Paquette, Father
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