Elementary School L'harmonie

Worst school, there's a reason why we consider it to be jail.Read all the other reviews if you don't believe me, there are very few good teachers in that school, and we don't get educated well.

God awful school honestly, managed by lazy people just tryna get their paycheck which leads to a toxic free-for-all environment.

L'Harmonie is the worst school my children have ever attended. Children cannot be children. The first thing they want to do is say that your child has ADHD. They expect the children to go to school and sit all day without being a child." The teacher's don't even have the patience to teach the children properly. And plus

School of my way or high way (by separation and isolation reinforcement), Canadian values, human rights are forgotten where some teachers become minority, frightened to speak out, all for quantity vs. quality narrative since 2005. Kids, parents, outside teachers can not understand the language, environment that is meant to be French for everyone, where the janitor, and teachers has to pass the same test to be considered qualified.School of medicine for everyone, kids get free psychological assessment by running psychiatric tests many times a day; color coding for ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), for ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder).. by the way eat food, or play, or being kid. Generating revenue can be the engine of motion.It's time to take our community back.It's time to have our democracy back.It's time to tell kids you've got everything to be a kid and boost their self-esteem.It's time to teach kids by playing.It's time to wake up and see what they have done to us.It's time to RESPECT our constitutional rights.

Teachers are very devoted and knowledgeable. With the new principal, there are a lot of fun activities and events. Lots of improvements, you can see the difference. Both of my kids love going there!

Additional edit April 25: for the third time this year alone my daughter has a new teacher. I am curious why such a high turnover rate, but given my experience so far I can only assume it's because of poor management.Edit: the principal, Mme Gam, emailed me the day before the winter break informing me they are now going to transfer my daughter to a new class instead of adequately supporting my child and the child with behavioural issues who clearly needs extra support. Currently, she has yet to respond to my email refusing the change, and so I have no idea who my child's teacher even is currently! Terribly run school.My daughter has been the victim of bullying since September. As an involved parent, I have corresponded with the school every time a situation is made known to me. The school has spent more time defending the violent actions of the bully than they have making school a safe space.Their proposed solution instead of implementing safety protocols, additional supervision or support staff for the bully (who clearly is struggling socially and emotionally), the school has now decided to move my daughter to a new class rather than address the school violence.My daughter's teacher was replaced suddenly without notice, and a new teacher took his place, and now they want my child to adjust to a THIRD TEACHER. Very professional.Additionally, my 6 year old informed me her kindergarten teacher was fired for not receiving her covid-19 vaccine. Children should not be aware of the politics of the school, the fact that my child knows this speaks volumes about what is happening behind their doors.Also, bring your own shovel when it snows, they don't bother tending to the sidewalks. You can tell safety is a priority regarding all aspects, I'm sure.Find a better French school for your children, this school is terrible.

My child was bullied in front of students, and the teachers did not inform me. Years later I'm finding out just how bad it was. There were also 2 incidences (one which I witnessed) that teachers were agressive toward my child. There was no follow up with me as to next steps from these incidences, and no consequences for the teachers. My child had an IEP which was not followed. My child is in high school now and doing well. They are not at the French high school. Though I would have loved that my children continue to learn in French, as that is their culture and heritage, L'école L'harmonie made that impossible.

I have so many problems with this school.Firstly, this place feels like prison and just a toxic environment. No freedom for you.Also, during indoor recess for 5th to 8th grade, the kids get put in the gym with no way of entertainment other than cards and board games. It is very loud, and I could hardly hear my own voice.Oh and the principal. Oh my God. Before, we had a better one, but that one was only temporary. I guess they couldn't find any other ones so we ended up with the meanest adult in the school. At one point, in the 6th grade class last year, she made everyone stay during recess just because one kid had lost her USB stick. This later evolved into cleaning our desks, and since mine was a little messy, I wound up staying in class all recess.Another point is the incompetence of the supply teachers. They do a bad job teaching and then the normal teachers blame it on the kids.Though they have a humongous" anti bullying campaign

All the negative things said about this school are true. Truly unfortunate. No teamwork, too much undermining and non support of co workers. Ultimately its sadly the children who suffer from this kind of nonsense.

I am a student at this school.French is great,teachers are exprienced and nice but the school's major flaw is that wen it rains we're stuck in the Gym. Today it was very nice outside and yet we had to stay in the gym for recess.