École secondaire catholique Père-Philippe-Lamarche (, commonly shortened to ESC Père-Philippe-Lamarche or ESCPPL), is a

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separate

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operated by the

Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir (also referred to as Csc MonAvenir) is a French-language Catholic school board that manages elementary and secondary French schools in South-Central Ontario. The school board operates 47 elementary schools, 12 ...

and located on

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, in the

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neighbourhood of

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. It is the first public francophone separate secondary school in

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. The school was named after Father Père-Philippe-Lamarche, a

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man who moved to Toronto in 1887 and founded the city's first predominantly French school.

History

Before 1998, Metropolitan Separate School Board () provided English, and French first language separate education in

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, including the former City of Scarborough. The school board's ''Section de langue française'' unit operated one secondary school in

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École secondaire catholique Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel École secondaire catholique Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel (occasionally called ESCMDC, ESC Charbonnel, or Charbonnel); known in English as Monsignor Charbonnel Catholic Secondary School is a French-language Catholic elementary and high school operate ...

. In 1998, the school board's English and French language units were split into two, with the French language unit merging with several other regional French units to form ''Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud'' (renamed ''

'' in 2017). The new school board assumed control of Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel, which remained Toronto's only French first language separate secondary school until 2012, when the school board opened

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in the western portion of Toronto. Prior to the opening of ESC Père-Philippe-Lamarche, the school board did not operate a secondary school in Scarborough, the easternmost district of Toronto. In April 2011, ''Conseil scolaire Catholique du Centre-sud'' purchased property on Eglinton Avenue East from the

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. The property was a vacant lot, designated as "Site 19" by TCDSB and was formerly reserved for future use. ''Conseil scolaire Catholique du Centre-sud'' began building a new secondary school on the property in 2015. Lamarche was officially opened on 5 September 2017 in a ceremony involving

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, the

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, and

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, the Minister of Francophone Affairs. Lamarche was the first separate secondary school (English or French) to be opened in Scarborough since 1989, when St. Joan of Arc Catholic Academy opened. The school later held a blessing ceremony in November 2017, presided by

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, the

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. The new two-storey school was designed by

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* {{Portal bar, Catholicism, Schools, Canada Catholic secondary schools in Ontario High schools in Toronto French-language high schools in Ontario Educational institutions established in 2017 2017 establishments in Ontario

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