- École secondaire Gabriel-Dumont
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École secondaire Gabriel-Dumont 
Address 920 Huron Street
London, Ontario, N5Y 4K4, CanadaInformation School number 910554 School board CSDCSO Religious affiliation none Principal Brigitte Clement School type High school Grades 7-12 Language French Founded 1998 Enrolment 163 (October 2005) Homepage http://gabrieldumont.csdcso.on.ca/ École secondaire Gabriel-Dumont is the public French first language high school in London, Ontario, Canada. It is located in north-east London on Huron Street, in le Centre Desloges (CDL). CDL also hosts the Catholic French high school (École secondaire Mgr-Bruyère), the Franco-Ontarian community centre in London, and a Catholic church. It is named after Métis leader Gabriel Dumont.
Proportionate to its size, London has an extremely small francophone population; however, it qualifies for French language services under the French Language Services Act, and also qualifies to have French schools. While there have been French elementary schools in London since 1972, it was not until 1979 that a French high school was created. Originally it was only one class, at London Central Secondary School. Over time, the program grew to include a wide variety of subjects and became known as Le Module scolaire de langue française (MSLF). Due to changes in the organizational structure of the education system in Ontario, the MSLF became Gabriel-Dumont in 1998.
It would subsequently move out of Central, and into the same building as the Catholic school. The project that would become CDL had been in the works for over a decade; however, it was stymied by political fighting. In 2007, it was announced that Gabriel-Dumont would move from its location within the CDL project and into its own building. Although no timeline has yet been set.
Notable alumni
Notable alumni include:
- Shad, hip hop musician (École secondaire Gabriel-Dumont)
External links
- École secondaire Gabriel-Dumont (in French)
- CyberQuartier: the school's online student portal (in French)
- l'Assemblée de la francophonie de l'Ontario (AFO) (in French)
- ACFO-London-Sarnia (in French)
Viamonde schools Secondary schools École secondaire Confédération · École secondaire Étienne-Brûlé · École secondaire Franco-Jeunesse · École secondaire Gabriel-Dumont · École secondaire Georges-P.-Vanier · École secondaire Jeunes sans frontières · École secondaire Le Caron · École secondaire Michel-Gratton · Le Collège français
Primary or elementary schools Académie de la Moraine · Académie de la Tamise · Académie la Pinède · Carrefour des jeunes · École élémentaire Antonine Maillet · École élémentaire Champlain · École élémentaire Félix-Leclerc · École élémentaire Horizon Jeunesse · École élémentaire Jeanne-Lajoie · École élémentaire La Fontaine · École élémentaire La Source · École élémentaire LaMarsh · École élémentaire Laure-Rièse · École élémentaire L'Envolée · École élémentaire Les Rapides · École élémentaire L'Héritage · École élémentaire L'Odyssée · École élémentaire Marie-Curie · École élémentaire Nouvel Horizon · École élémentaire Patricia-Picknell · École élémentaire Pavillon de la jeunesse · École élémentaire Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau · École Publique Renaissance · École élémentaire St-Joseph · École L'Harmonie · École publique Gabrielle-Roy · École Publique Maison MontessoriCategories:- High schools in London, Ontario
- French language high schools in Ontario
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