École secondaire de la Cité-des-Jeunes


École secondaire de la Cité-des-Jeunes, previously named École secondaire Vaudreuil is a public high school in Vaudreuil-Dorion. Managed by the Commission scolaire des Trois-Lacs, it serves the northern population of the peninsula of the regional county municipality of Vaudreuil-Soulanges.

History

The school was founded during the Quiet Revolution of Quebec by the deputy of Vaudreuil-Soulanges and Minister of Education Paul Gérin-Lajoie 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 used to be in the current Paul-Gérin-Lajoie buildings. It is now used for adults in continuing education. Previously, Pavilion Vaudreuil was divided into two sections: one for boys, Salle G and Salle F 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.

Campus

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As of 2018, École scondaire 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.

Sports

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

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