École secondaire catholique de la Vérendrye
| École secondaire catholique de la Vérendrye | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
175 High Street North , , Canada | |
| Information | |
| School type | High school |
| Motto | Ensemble, bâtissons notre avenir (Let's build our future together) |
| Founded | 2004 |
| School board | Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales |
| Principal | Marie-France Tousignant |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Language | French |
| Colour(s) | Blue and Grey |
| Mascot | Viper |
| Rivals | Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute Hammarskjold High School St. Ignatius High School |
École secondaire catholique de la Vérendrye (ESCDLV) is a French Catholic high school located in Port Arthur, Thunder Bay, Ontario. It is part of the Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales, a French Catholic school board serving Northwestern Ontario. The school opened in 2004 on the site of the former Prospect Avenue Public School. The construction of the French language high school faced opposition from Thunder Bay's Anglophone majority. The school is named after Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, a French explorer. La Vérendrye has a high graduation rate, and its enrolment has increased annually since it opened, and the building will be expanded in the near future. There is a total of 37 employees at La Vérendrye as of January 2009 (excluding school board).