École Marie-Anne-Gaboury

Infobox Education in Canada
name=École Marie-Anne-Gaboury


principal= A. L'Heureux
viceprincipal= P. Meyer
founded=1960s as Hastings Junior High
schooltype=Public, French immersion
city=Winnipeg
province=Manitoba
enrollment=265 students
enrollment_as_of=December 2006
campus=Suburban
teamname=Pingouins (Penguins)
mascot=Gabbi the Emperor Penguin
colours=Black and white (formerly purple)

École Marie-Anne-Gaboury is a French immersion elementary school in St. Vital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is a school in the Louis Riel School Division and runs from Maternelle (Kindergarten) to grade 8. Graduates from École Marie-Anne-Gaboury typically pursue secondary studies at Collège Jeanne-Sauvé. The school was named for Marie-Anne Gaboury, the first white woman in Western Canada.

History

The school building was originally the junior high school for the adjacent Hastings School but, with the introduction of French immersion, it was chosen as one of the first schools to participate. During the school's first few years as a French immersion school it was known simply as Hastings Immersion. It was later felt that a name more connected with the Franco-Manitoban culture would be appropriate and Marie-Anne Gaboury was chosen for her many accomplishments to early life in Manitoba.

Campus

The school is a single two-story building in the suburb of St. Vital. The school houses a daycare in its basement. It has a small music room and a small gymnasium with a stage for school performances. The school also has a small cantine where students may purchase food.

The school shares its sports field and play structure with Hastings School. The play structure was provided by a cooperative fundraising effort of the two parent's associations.

Curriculum

École Marie-Anne-Gaboury teaches the regular Ministry-prescribed curriculum for immersion schools. Students in grades 7 and 8 are given the opportunity to participate in Concert Band instruction with three other division schools. In addition, the students in grades 7 and 8 are offered Industrial Arts and Home Economics courses one morning per school-day cycle.

Distinguished alumni

*Sami Jo Small, Canadian national women's hockey team goaltender
*Thomas Edwards-Seymour, a Canadian Aboriginal youth role model

External links

* [http://www.rielsd.org/ Louis Riel School Division]
* [http://www.rielsd.org/about/index.cfm?sysaction=whatshappeningitem&SchoolID=24 École Marie-Anne-Gaboury in the Louis Riel School Division]