École Varennes

Teachers don’t care about the students and everyone who has went there tells me about how bad their experience was

Great school that operates based on a similar philosophy as montessori tailoring the learning based on each child's specific learning style. I highly recommend this immersion school and my first language is French.

老师告诉我，我的孩子总是突然跑到教室外面去。我问孩子，你喜欢学校吗？她说，她喜欢。于是我明白了，即便孩子很淘气，老师依然会恪守耐心，避免让孩子对学校丧失兴趣。

I would like to take this opportunity to publicly commend the principal Amanda Haworth for her leadership in dealing with ongoing safety issues between the Ecole Varennes and it’s neighbors. For 18 years my neighbor and I have spoken to and written to the principals at Ecole Varennes to deal with the unsafe problem of parents using the back alley as a drop off and pick up zone for their children. In fact we have even taken the matter to City Hall. During that time there have been near accidents; aggressive verbal confrontations including offensive gestures and even physical confrontations (parents cars left on, blocking homeowners from leaving for work, have been driven down the back alley). It was an obviously unsafe situation. While principals prior to Ms. Haworth have advised parents not to drop their children off in the back alley, Ms. Haworth took decisive action. Access to the front parking lot was made available from the back alley and decisively Ms. Haworth listened to us and posted signs that the back alley was not a drop off or pickup zone. Additionally, Ms. Haworth has physically stood at the entrance from the back alley to the school yard and personally redirected parents to the correct and safe drop-off and pick up zone. During this whole period Ms. Haworth took the time to communicate with us about the steps she was taking to solve the problemWhile there are still a few parents who persists in this behavior Ms. Haworth’s actions has dramatically reduced the safety hazard for the children and the problems for the school’s neighbors in the back alley. The Louis Riel School Division has an excellent leader in Ms. Haworth. A true leader is one who listens.Sincerely,Ivor GrantGrateful Neighbor

This is a smaller and older school but it is in a quiet area and has all of the amenities that an elementary school needs. It is one of the only French immersion programs in the immediate area.I would recommend it to anyone who is looking at their child's future endeavors. It is important to learn language at a young age as those who do so later in life process their second language differently.