École L'Odyssée (, English: "Odyssey School") is a

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francophone high school in

Moncton Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the The Maritimes, Maritime Provinces. Th ...

, New Brunswick, Canada. It is part of the province's

Francophone Sud School District Francophone Sud School District (''French'': District scolaire francophone Sud) is a Francophone Canadian school district in New Brunswick with its central offices in Dieppe. The district operates 37 schools in the south-central part of New Brun ...

, offering education to students from grade nine to twelve. The school opened on September 30, 2005 as part of a $24.2 million project, alongside the adjoining

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École Le Mascaret École Le Mascaret ('' French for Le Mascaret School'') is a middle school located in Eastern Moncton. Le Mascaret no longer shares the same building as École L'Odyssée, a public francophone high school. Le Mascaret accommodates 575 students from ...

."Official opening for Le Mascaret and L'Odyssée Schools in Moncton"
Communications New Brunswick, 30 September 2005, retrieved on 16 June 2010. École L'Odyssée was conceived as a way to alleviate the overcrowding problem at

École Mathieu-Martin École Mathieu-Martin is a Francophone high school located on Champlain Street in Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada. With an enrollment of close to 1025, the school is the largest of the French-language high schools in the Moncton area. It mostly serv ...

in nearby

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, a problem the district has had in the past.Jardine, Aloma (15 April 2010)
"New schools to serve students in the north end"
''Times and Transcript'' (Moncton), retrieved on 16 May 2010. The ''Odyssée-Mascaret'' project, as well as the future Carrefour de l'Acadie middle school, replaced the former École Beauséjour and École Vanier complexes."Official opening of École Carrefour de l'Acadie"
Communications New Brunswick, 4 December 2006, retrieved on 16 June 2010. This move allowed the

Moncton Hospital The Moncton Hospital is a hospital in Moncton, New Brunswick. The Moncton Hospital operates as a tertiary care referral hospital for New Brunswick, as well as neighbouring regions of northeastern Nova Scotia (Cumberland County) and the province o ...

to expand, while the Vanier establishment made way for medical offices."École Beauséjour Monument Unveiled"
South-East Regional Health Authority, 6 October 2008, retrieved on 16 June 2010."Amiante à l'hôpital"
, Radio-Canada, 17 November 2008, retrieved on 16 June 2010. On September 9, 2009, the school was given permission to begin an $884,000 expansion for its far side, allowing for a larger space to be reserved for its infirmary and orientation center.
Communications New Brunswick, 9 September 2009, retrieved on 16 May 2010. As of September 2010, the school holds 767 students"Summary Statistics School Year 2010–2011"
New Brunswick Department of Education, March 2011, retrieved on 7 September 2011, p. 62. out of its capacity of 850,
Communications New Brunswick, 15 July 2005, retrieved on 16 June 2010. compared to 971 students at École Mathieu-Martin. It is the only French high school in Moncton.
École L'Odyssée, retrieved on 20 June 2010.

History

As Moncton's population grew over the years, overcrowding in high schools soon became a problem: in the 2004–05 school year, École Mathieu-Martin – the sole francophone high school in the area – had an enrolment of 1,609 students, well above the 2009–2010 enrolment of 1,025."New Brunswick Education Dropout Rates"
New Brunswick Department of Education, July 2006, retrieved on 19 June 2010, p. 16. When the city's growth rate climbed from 5% in the years 1991–96 to 6.5% in the years 2001–06, the problem became even more apparent."Population Statistics for Moncton – 1996"
Statistics Canada, 14 May 1996, retrieved on 15 June 2010."Population Statistics for Moncton – 2006"
Statistics Canada, 16 May 2006, retrieved on 15 June 2010. In fact, prior to construction, the idea of a second francophone complex had been in the minds of the New Brunswick Department of Education since as early as December 20, 2002.
Communications New Brunswick, 20 December 2002, retrieved on 15 June 2010. This idea was later confirmed in New Brunswick's record-breaking $809 million budget for the 2003–04 fiscal year, where $100,000 was allocated to "develop the educational specifications" of the complex.
Communications New Brunswick, 3 April 2003, retrieved on 15 June 2010. Originally, the project was code named "Moncton School Complex" (). On January 12, 2004, the two schools were revealed to be attached side-to-side, occupying a combined area of 16,000 square meters ( square feet) about 2.5 kilometres ( miles) from the nearby

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."Presentation of model, artist's rendering of Moncton's new school complex"
Communications New Brunswick, 12 January 2004, retrieved on 16 June 2010. When commenting on the new facility, New Brunswick

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said that "

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project offers numerous advantages, from several points of view", and that "it reflects he government'scommitment to equipping New Brunswick with a high-calibre education system." The names for the two schools were picked from submissions sent by the education councils of District 01 and District 03 on March 14, 2005."Names announced for new schools in Moncton and Edmundston"
Communications New Brunswick, 14 March 2005, retrieved on 15 June 2010. Both schools were announced to be replacing École Beauséjour and École Vanier, two francophone middle schools, which made way for the expansion of the Moncton Hospital and for medical offices, respectively. A final $11.2 million was allocated on January 6, 2005, which was 23.3% of the $48 million Department of Education budget for that fiscal year.
Communications New Brunswick, 6 January 2005, retrieved on 16 June 2010. On July 15, 2005, the school was awarded a $60,000 federal fund for energy efficiency 39% below the national energy threshold; this would save the New Brunswick government $115,193 per year, or an eventual $2 million over 20 years. The province's educational minister, Madelaine Dubé, said: "It is good to know that our schools can also contribute to protecting our environment." The school held its inauguration ceremony with Bernard Lord present on September 30, 2005, despite its delayed opening a few days after the beginning of the 2005–06 school year. Lord spoke of his government's intention to add schools to the growing number of Francophone institutions in New Brunswick, as well as advancing the state of the province's education. "Today's inauguration represents an historic moment for Moncton's Francophone community," he said in his speech. "Parents, students and teaching staff now have modern, state of the art facilities. I feel very proud about this project and I am delighted that it is now a reality.""Inauguration Ceremony at École L'Odyssée"
Loudspeaker

, 13:32–13:38 minutes, Communications New Brunswick, 20 September 2005, retrieved on 16 June 2010. On September 9, 2009, a new, $884,100 permit was awarded to extend L'Odyssée's total area by for the expansion of its new infirmary and orientation center. The city went under scrutiny after the death on November 30 2009 of Erica Frenette, a student at L'Odyssée, who was struck by a car after crossing an intersection near the school in poor weather conditions."Erica Frenette Funeral Home"
Frenette Funeral Home, December 2009, retrieved on 16 June 2010.
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"Father wants lighting at deadly crosswalk"
''CBC New Brunswick'' (Moncton), 3 December 2009, retrieved on 16 June 2010. Parents began petitions to install street lights near what they deemed to be a "dangerous treet corner, and on May 4 2010, the request was approved."Parents petition for crosswalk where teen killed"
''CBC New Brunswick'' (Moncton), 7 April 2010, retrieved on 16 June 2010."Moncton crossings gets safety lights"
''CBC New Brunswick'' (Moncton), 4 May 2010, retrieved on 16 June 2010.

Academics

Curriculum

The school's curriculum is based on a 30-credit system, requiring a student to receive all 17 mandatory credits and seven optional credits to graduate."Description du régime pédagogique et des cours offerts"
, École L'Odyssée, 2009–10, retrieved on 16 May 2010.
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Examples of notable courses are

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carpentry Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, Shipbuilding, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc. C ...

entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value in ways that generally entail beyond the minimal amount of risk (assumed by a traditional business), and potentially involving values besides simply economic ones. An entrepreneu ...

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, and

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. L'Odyssée also offers exclusive courses in work-life development and speaking

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. A partnership with the

and CCNB Dieppe allows students to take and be credited for select courses off-campus one period per semester at no cost during their senior year. Additionally,

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offers a course in server and information sustainment, and the school offers access to ten online courses, including

astronomy Astronomy is a natural science that studies celestial objects and the phenomena that occur in the cosmos. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry in order to explain their origin and their overall evolution. Objects of interest includ ...

and world geography. Sports programs are available and credited, including

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and

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. There are two curricular programs, called "''Volets''", for students wishing to graduate with

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science Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which stu ...

and

engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

art Art is a diverse range of cultural activity centered around ''works'' utilizing creative or imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience, generally through an expression of emotional power, conceptual ideas, tec ...

and

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.Although the ''volet'' is on the list of programs, it was removed in early 2009 due to lack of participation. The main differences between the standard curriculum and the two "''Volet''" programs are the addition of mandatory courses in the domain of the chosen program, and the requirement to complete thirty hours of volunteer duty. A student must gain an average of 80% in the additional mandatory courses to graduate with honours."Objectifs des volets"
, École L'Odyssée, 2008, retrieved on 19 June 2010.
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"Formulaire de choix de cours"
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, 88 Kb, , École L'Odyssée, 2009, retrieved on 19 June 2010.

Schedule

École L'Odyssée operates on a modified version of the controversial concept of

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.J. Bennett, Karen (12 April 2000)
"Block Scheduling: With a Mathematics Perspective"
University of Illinois, retrieved on 17 June 2010.W. Laurence, William and D. McPherson, Danny (24 October 2008)
"A Comparative Study of Block Scheduling and Traditional Scheduling on Academic Achievement"
ABC-CLIO, 2000, retrieved on 17 June 2010. Instead of the traditional seven- or eight-period school day, every day students attend four out of the five classes for that semester. The following semester, students attend their remaining five courses in the same fashion, totalling ten courses per year. School days are labelled 1 to 5, instead of Monday to Friday, with each "day" having a predetermined layout. Wednesdays, regardless of the "day", are cut by one hour throughout the district to compensate for

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(French: , or "CAP") meetings between teachers at the end of the day, to "direct he district's effortstowards the educational success of students.""Rapport annuel 2008–2009"
, District Scolaire 01, 2008, retrieved on 17 June 2010, p. 4.

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(known as the "PAAQ" period, which stands for "") is reserved between the first and second period of the day, except for Wednesdays, where the period is removed to compensate for the CAP meetings."La Période PAAQ"
, École L'Odyssée, retrieved on 17 June 2010.

Another difference between L'Odyssée and other schools is the amount of time allotted between classes. Instead of the usual five-minute intermission, students are given 14 minutes between every period – except for the intermission between the first period and PAAQ, and between lunch and the third period, where students are given five minutes. They receive 57 minutes for their lunch every day, except for Wednesdays, when they get a 55-minute lunch (both excluding the five-minute intermission). Although the schedule is identical throughout the school, students must fill in their courses – A through E – as defined by their schedule:

Rankings

Outside rankings for the school have been low compared to the district's average. In 2010, a report published by the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies put L'Odyssée at the bottom of the district's 22-school list overall (one school being unranked), based on data from 2005 to 2008.8th "Annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools"
Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, 2010, retrieved on 16 May 2010, pp. 6–7. In 2005, the province began including the school in their reports on student dropout rates. At the time, its rates were the highest in the province, with a total of six dropouts for every 100 students enrolled. In contrast, the district average was 0.9 dropouts per 100 enrolments, and the provincial average was 2.4 dropouts. The following year, the school's rate dropped to 5.4, remaining three percentage points above the provincial average. In 2007, it fell 2.2 points, down to 3.2 dropouts per 100 students, and finally settled at 2%, 0.2 percentage points below the provincial average of 2.2%."New Brunswick Education Dropout Rates"
New Brunswick Department of Education, 30 April 2010, retrieved on 19 June 2010, p. 24. In terms of academic performance, the province releases report cards based on yearly exams to track the progress toward a goal set for 2013. The exams are held for English classes in the tenth grade, for French classes in the eleventh grade, and for mathematics in the eleventh grade. The report card rates schools based on how many students pass each exam, instead of rating on the average mark on the exam. L'Odyssée, according to the report, is below both the district and the provincial success rate:

Athletics

L'Odyssée offers spots in nearly every NBIAA-organized sport. Players participating under the school's name are given the nickname "" (English: Olympian).

Hockey

The

teams, male and female, are required to practice every first period of the first semester in a credited course. Students participate in up to three tournaments before the provincials and over 30 games in total. The 2009–10 female team finished second in the provincial finals versus the Riverview Blackhawks.Barrett, Kevin (1 April 2010)
"RNS short on players, long on desire, ability"
''The Telegraph Journal'' (Dieppe), retrieved on 16 May 2010.

Soccer

The school has four

teams: two juniors and two seniors. The male junior team placed first in the 2009 provincial championships."2009 NBIAA Provincial Championships"
NBIAA-ASINB, 7 November 2009, retrieved on 13 June 2010.
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Track and field

The

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team at L'Odyssée has been the recipient of several provincial titles since 2006. Team members have included

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(7-time champion with six provincial records in the

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, 1,500 m, and 3,000 m from 2006 to 2009 and represented Canada at the

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), Jessica Chamberland (6-time champion with one provincial record in the

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

from 2006 to 2009), and Alexandre Coholan (2-time champion in the

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and

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, as well as a silver medal in the

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). ''Asterisk'' (*) ''denotes NBIAA record holding score as of 2012''.

Other sports

L'Odyssée is home to a cross-country team, a

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and

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team, two

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teams, a

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

team, a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

team, a

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...

team, three

curling Curling is a sport in which players slide #Curling stone, stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area that is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take t ...

teams, a

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

team, and a

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team.L'Odyssée sports listing
, École L'Odyssée, retrieved on 16 May 2010.

In 2010, the school's

wrestling Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves di ...

team featured a provincial winner in the girls' 60 kg class."St. Stephen, Oromocto capture wrestling titles"
''The Telegraph Journal'' (Saint John), 20 February 2010, retrieved on 16 May 2010. The senior female

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

team took the silver medal in the 2010 provincial tournament."Monday sportsline"
''The Daily Gleaner'' (Fredericton), 15 March 2010, retrieved on 16 May 2010.

Activities

Jazz / Harmony

The

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and

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teams, led by instructor Martin McLaughlin (previously Charles Arsenau), act as a side project for the school's existing music course and has participated in every yearly

Heritage Festival Heritage Festival refers to one of about 100 music festivals held throughout the United States where middle school and high school-aged musical ensembles are adjudicated on a national standard. These groups include choirs, bands, and orchestras. ...

since 2005. The team won a competition in

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in 2009 and six Maestro awards, including the "Outstanding Band Award", and "Best Solo".Mousseau, Sylvie (30 April 2009)
"Les musiciens de l'Odyssée triomphent à Washington"
, ''Acadie Nouvelle'' (Moncton), retrieved on 12 June 2010. The following year, the team placed second and garnered one Maestro award in

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.Lagacé, Sheila (29 April 2010)
"L'Harmonie de L'Odyssée est au Festival Heritage depuis hier"
, ''Étoile – La République'' (Dieppe), retrieved on 12 June 2010.

Improvisation

L'Odyssée participated in the regional

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competitions in the 2009–10 season. The team also participated in the "" competition, a provincial tournament, and took first place. Sebastien Richard earned the "Most Starred Player" award, while captain Julie Frigault won MVP.Thériault, Christine (15 April 2010)
"Gougoune dorée 2010 remportée par L'Odyssée"
, ''Étoile – La République'' (North-West, NB), retrieved on 16 May 2010.

Debate club

The school was among the first to participate in the debut of the provincial

debate Debate is a process that involves formal discourse, discussion, and oral addresses on a particular topic or collection of topics, often with a moderator and an audience. In a debate, arguments are put forward for opposing viewpoints. Historica ...

championship in

Caraquet Caraquet ( ) is a town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. Situated on the shore of Chaleur Bay in the Acadian Peninsula, its name is derived from the Mi'kmaq term for ''meeting of two rivers''. The Caraquet River and Rivière du Nord ...

. The team of three received the gold prize on March 22, 2010 against École Mathieu-Martin in the finals."First provincial francophone high school debating tournament"
Communications New Brunswick, 22 March 2010, retrieved on 16 May 2010.

Notes

References

External links

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Info from District 1
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