Joliette High School

School Attendance Zone

SECONDARY 3 - 5

• In the north: Ste-Émélie-de-l'Énergie/St-Damien/St-Charles-de-Mandeville
• In the south: St-Sulpice, L'Assomption
• In the east: St-Barthélémy, St-Lin-des-Laurentides (excluding Domain CLC)
• In the west: St-Calixte, Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci

The following areas are included: Berthierville, Chertsey, Crabtree, Entrelacs, Joliette, L'Assomption (Including St-Gérard-de-Magella), L'Épiphanie, Lanoraie, Lavaltrie, Notre Dame-de-la-Merci, Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Rawdon, St Alexis, St Alphonse-de-Rodriguez, St Ambroise-de-Kildare, St-Antoine-de-Lavaltrie, St Barthélémy, St-Calixte, St-Charles-Borromé, St-Charles-de-Mandeville, St Cléophas-de-Brandon, St-Côme, St Cuthbert, St-Damien, St-Esprit, St-Félix-de-Valois, St-Gabriel, St Gabriel-de-Brandon, St Ignace-de-Loyola, St-Jacques, St-Jean-de-Matha, St-Ligouri, St Lin-Laurentides (Excluding Domaine CLC sector), St-Norbert, St Paul, St-Pierre, St Roch Ouest, St Roch-de-l'Achigan, St-Sulpice, St-Thomas, Ste Béatrix, Ste-Élizabeth, Ste-Émélie-de-l'Énergie, Ste-Geneviève-de-Berthier, Ste-Marcelline-de-Kildare, Ste Marie Salomé, Ste-Mélanie, Ste Julienne.

SECONDARY 1 - 2

• In the north: Ste-Émélie-de-L'Énergie/St-Damien/St-Charles-de-Mandeville
• In the south: St-Sulpice, L'Assomption
• In the east: St-Barthélémy
• In the west: St-Calixte (Excluding St-Calixte Village and Route 335 going towards Chertsey)

The following areas are included: Berthierville, Crabtree, Joliette, L'Assomption (Including St-Gérard-de-Magella), L'Épiphanie, Lanoraie, Lavaltrie, Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes

Zone Map Secondary 1 & 2

Zone Map Secondary 3, 4 & 5

The map describing the attendance zone for this school is intended to provide a general overview of the territory this school serves. Parents must contact the school in question in order to confirm admissibility to the requested school.

Philosophy / Mission

Joliette High School acknowledges and embraces a public education system that fosters equal accessibility and equal opportunity for all children, that supports the optimum realisation of potential of all students as individuals and citizens, that provides for life-long learning and growth, and that ensures a safe educational environment which respects diversity and human dignity.

General Information

Joliette High School is a small rural school of 265 students and is unique in several ways. .

Its uniqueness stems partly from the fact that it is one of the two English language high schools in the sprawling geographic area known as Lanaudière. It services students as far away as Entrelacs in the northwest, and St-Gabriel and St-Charles de Mandeville in the northeast, Berthier in the east, St-Lin in the west and St-Sulpice in the south. The school's location in Joliette is an ideal one because it is centrally situated in the Lanaudière region. .

The flavour of the school remains bilingual because of the high proportion of francophone students. This uniqueness allows our students to become fluently bilingual, as testified by the continually high achievements in end of year examinations in French.

Parent Participation

We have an active Governing Board that meets six times a year and supports our students' achievements in every aspect. Parents are very supportive of the energy, care and concern the teachers demonstrate toward their students.

Programs

At the secondary I and II levels, we offer the basic program with additional help for students requiring it in Math and English. .

In September 2004 we look forward to improved facilities. With new science and computer laboratories, a new art room, aerobic and weight room, we will finally have more than adequate facilities to offer our services. This will permit us to maintain our strong academic stream in both Math-Science and Social Sciences areas. No student is limited in their English language CEGEP program because of a lack of course offering. In addition, several students each year apply to attend the French language CEGEP in Joliette. With the addition of our 16+ Alternate Education Program, all students now have the ability to successfully complete high school.

Joliette High School has excellent Physical Education facilities as well as a well-equipped Science lab. The library, with its diversified inventory, is able to meet the students' literary, language and research needs. Computers in the lab and library, equipped with CD-ROMS and Internet, make resource material available in all aspects of the curriculum. This assures that our students are never limited in their access to information, information that is desperately needed if we are to prepare our youth for the twenty-first century. .

An extremely high percentage of the students graduate from JHS after successful completion of Secondary V. Joliette students continue to perform well within the board on end of year examinations. The high success rates are in large part due to the commitment of the dedicated and energetic teachers and to the individual attention they accord the students.

Events and Activities

A school newspaper club is in operation, the Yearbook Committee is hard at work producing another great book that captures all the memories of the present year, and there is a healthy lunch hour intramural program in the gym that offers a diversity of sports to students in all levels. Basketball continues to be the favorite school sport: there are four school teams practicing on a regular basis.

The heart of the school is the Student Council - a vibrant, and workable organization that co-ordinates all the activities for the students, including fund raising which finances the majority of those student-centered activities. The Student Council also takes on a major responsibility in keeping up school spirit and student morale by encouraging the student body to get involved in school life.

Other Information

The school continues to grow in population each year and the projection for the year 2004-2005 is 300 students.