École secondaire Jules-Verne


École secondaire Jules-Verne is a public francophone secondary school located in the South Cambie neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Named after the French author, it is part of School District 93. The school is one of the many that provide the IB Diploma Program. It also has two dedicated meme pages on instagram: as well as the less popular .

History

Originally, students and staff of the school used to attend Kitsilano Secondary School in a separate program, which was intended to have all of its subjects taught in French. Despite the program's effort to provide all of its courses in French, many of the courses offered to students in grades 11 and 12 were done so strictly in English. Unlike the teachers of the regular Kitsilano academic program, the Francophone teachers were not given their own classrooms; they had to borrow them and needed to move teaching materials from one class to another.
As a result, the staff and the parents of the students felt that it was necessary for Kitsilano's Francophone students to get an all French education in a separate school. The construction of École Secondaire Jules-Verne began in Spring 2007, and students were able to attend the school on September 8, 2008 of the following year. However, the construction of the school was not completed until the end of March 2009 and the school was officially open on April 4, 2009.

Campus

In addition to classrooms Jules-Verne has two science labs, a music room with soundproof studios, a library, a large theatre that seats 200, a full-size gymnasium, an exercise room, a greenhouse, a home ec room and an art room that includes a pottery space. They equally have access to Oak Meadows for gym class and extracurriculars.

Services

Hot Lunches

Hot Lunches that are made up of fresh nutritious ingredients are also delivered to the school daily and are available for pre-purchase.

Technology

All students at Jules-Verne are given access to a personal laptop computer as an educational tool for the remainder of their time at Jules-Verne. Students from grade 7 to 10 are not permitted to take their computers home. In grade 11 and 12, the students are given the privilege to take their laptop home as a tool to complete their school work. The student laptops are also are an essential to take online classes with École Virtuelle. In addition, Jules-Verne issues an e-mail address for all students and staff, has a library with computers for research assignments and communication, and Smart Boards in a number of classrooms.

Transportation

As Jules-Verne is a destination school with students coming from Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, North Vancouver and Richmond. Jules-Verne offers a school bus service for its grade 7 and grade 8 students living more than 1 km away from the school. Students in grades 8 to 12 living beyond a 3 KM radius and in the school's attendance area receive a monthly public transit pass: the compass card.

Special programs

IB Programme

École secondaire Jules-Verne offers an International Baccalaureate Programme in French. The IB classes included français, anglais, espagnol, histoire, géographie, chimie, biologie, mathématiques, arts visuels, théorie de la connaissance, mémoire et créativité, action, service.

Études Autochtones

Members of the Provincial Native Parents Committee, students and staff members have signed a first "Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreement" with the Chair of the CSF Board of Governors, the Minister of Education of British Columbia, and representatives of indigenous communities. For more details about the agreement you can consult the official documents on the following sites:
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/abed/agreements/sd93_french.pdf
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/abed/agreements/sd93_moa.pdf
Parents of children with an Aboriginal heritage can identify themselves on the CSF school registration forms. By Aboriginal heritage, we mean First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and non-status Aboriginal people. Any child identified as having an Aboriginal heritage is eligible. The Aboriginal ancestor can be a parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, etc. Funding provided by the Department of Education for this program is used to enhance academic, language and cultural programs for identified children. Parents are encouraged to engage in the process of developing a curriculum for their children.

Diplomas available

Athletics

Teams are divided by age group: 7th grade team, Bantam, Junior, and Senior. École Secondaire Jules-Verne participates in the Greater Vancouver Independent Schools Athletics Association for the majority of the sports except for track and field. For track and field, athletes compete with the Vancouver Secondary Schools Athletics Association. Jules-Verne has earned two first place titles in boys Junior and Senior soccer and one first place title in boys Senior hockey. Jules-Verne's boys Junior and Senior soccer teams have also made it to Provincials as well as the girls Senior volleyball team and some student athletes participating in Cross Country, Track and Field and Wrestling.
Athletic teams offered:
Jules-Verne offers a wide variety of extra-curricular clubs such as:
Jules-Verne events include:
Jules-Verne encourages their students to participate in activities and events organized by The Conseil Jeunesse which helps to connect the French-speaking youth of British Columbia. These activities are all in french and include: