École Marie-Anne-Gaboury
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| École Marie-Anne-Gaboury | |
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| Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | |
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| Principal | M. Alain Michalik |
| School type | Public, French immersion |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Mascot | Gabbi the Empereur Penguin |
| Team name | Pingouins (Penguins) |
| Colours | Black and white(formerly purple) |
| Founded | 1960s as Hastings Junior High |
| Enrollment | 246 students (September 2006) |
École Marie-Anne-Gaboury is a French immersion elementary school in St. Vital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is a school in the Louis Riel School Division and runs from Maternelle (Kindergarten) to grade 8. Graduates from École Marie-Anne-Gaboury typically pursue secondary studies at Collège Jeanne-Sauvé. The school was named for Marie-Anne Gaboury, the first white woman in Western Canada.
[edit] History
The school building was originally the junior high school for the adjacent Hastings School but, with the introduction of French immersion, it was chosen as one of the first schools to participate. During the school's first few years as a French immersion school it was known simply as Hastings Immersion although it was later felt that a name more connected with the Franco-Manitoban culture would be appropriate and Marie-Anne Gaboury was chosen for her many accomplishments to early life in Manitoba.
[edit] Distinguished alumni
- Sami Jo Small, Canadian national women's hockey team goaltender
- Thomas Edwards-Seymour, a Canadian Aboriginal youth role model
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Schools in the Louis Riel School Divison
| Secondary schools | Collège Béliveau · Collège Jeanne-Sauvé · Dakota · Glenlawn · J. H. Bruns · Nelson McIntyre · Windsor Park |
| Primary or elementary schools | Archwood · Darwin · Dr. D. W. Penner · Frontenac · General Vanier · George McDowell · Glenwood · École Guyot · H. S. Paul · Hastings · École Henri-Bergeron · Highbury · École Howden · Island Lakes · École Julie-Riel · Lavallee · École Marie-Anne-Gaboury · Marion · Minnetonka · Niakwa Place · Nordale · École Provencher · Samuel Burland · Shamrock · St. George · École St. Germain · École Van Belleghem · École Varennes · Victor H. L. Wyatt · Victor Mager · Windsor |
| Other schools | Louis Riel Arts & Technology Centre |
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