Collège Regina Assumpta (''Regina Assumpta'' is

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for "Assumption of the Queen") is a subsidized

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, selective French-language school located in

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, Canada, that was established in 1955 by the Sisters of Notre-Dame Congregation. The principal is Julie Duchesne. The financing principal is Marie-Andrée Delorme, the principal of pedagogical services is Julie Duchesne and the principal of the Culture and Sports Centre and principal of equipment is Christophe Bancilhon and the after school activities director is Stéphan Arbour. Although it used to be a school for Catholic girls, it is now open to children of all genders and of any religion. Member of the Federation of Private Educational Establishments of Quebec (FEEP), it ranks among the best secondary schools in the “Bulletin of Secondary Schools of Quebec”, according to the annual ranking of the Fraser Institute.

Athletics

The school is a member of the

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and it competes with many other private and public schools throughout

. Sports offered at Collège Regina Assumpta include: *

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 ...

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Flag football Flag football is a variant of gridiron football (American football or Canadian football depending on location) where, instead of Tackle (football move)#Gridiron football, tackling players to the ground, the defensive team must remove a flag or ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Fencing Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and Sabre (fencing), sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fe ...

Track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

(both indoor and outdoor) *

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(only indoor)

Robotics

A fundamental part of the school is the Robotics Team. In fact, the robotics team offered in Regina is one of, if not the best robotics program offered in any Canadian High School. The school offers a basic program to students from Secondary 1 to 3 but also has a

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Robotics Team that any robotics student can join as an extracurricular. Their FRC team i
Team 3990
4K Their team has won many championships and regional and has been in the league since 2012.

Notable alumni

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, astronaut for the

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and 29th Governor General of Canada * Louise Lecavalier, Canadian dancer and choreographer *

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, Canadian lawyer, prosecutor, jurist and UN Special Representative for International Migration * Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, co-spokesperson of

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, member of the

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representing Gouin and writer *

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, Canadian lawyer,

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and Liberal member of the

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representing

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References

External links

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Robotics Website
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