Originally a girls' school, the school started admitting boys in September 2019 due to declining enrollment.[2]
History
Originally, this school was founded by the Sisters of Charity of Montreal (commonly known as the Grey Nuns ofMontreal), to recruit and train future teachers and to pursue their charitable work. In 1967, the CECM bought the establishment to have a new secondary public school. The school was named in honor of Marguerite d’Youville who was named before Marguerite De Lajemmerais.[3]
The school
The establishment constructed in 1964 has three to six stories in a long straight shape in « I » connected with 4 irregular and asymmetric aisles. It also have an important canopy at the entrance and a curved mosaic in concrete above and a mosaic inside the entrance hall. The building has mainly light yellow, red and brown bricks with lots of windows in a modernist and functionalist style.
It contains mainly regular classrooms, rooms for computer labs, science labs, plastic art workshops, a music room, two cafeterias, a library, two gymnasiums, an auditorium and used to have a swimming pool that is now a new gymnasium. The school also comprises outdoor facilities such as a running track, a small soccer field and two tennis courts.
Programs and services
Besides the regular program, the school offers specialized programs in mathematics and science, dramatic arts, guitar classic and plastic arts.
Others professional services are offered to the students: psychoeducator, nurse, guidance counsellor, leisure technician, documentation technician, special education technician, supervisors, etc.
