Le Conseil scolaire catholique de district des Grandes-Rivières ("CSCDGR") is a French Catholic school board situated in northern Ontario

Northern Ontario

Northern Ontario is a region of the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron , the French River and Lake Nipissing. The region has a land area of 802,000 km2 and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it contains only about 6% of the population...

. The easternmost region of the school board starts in Haileybury. The board covers much of the northern corridor of Highway 11

Highway 11 (Ontario)

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 reaching as far north as Hearst

Hearst, Ontario

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. In the central region of this board is the community of Timmins

Timmins

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The CSCDGR administers schools in an area of 25,000 square kilometres.

The name of the school board was recommended by a former trustee, Jos Matkos. It refers to the many great rivers which run through the area.

The Logo

The logo of the CSCDGR was created by Carmel Arsenault, a local teacher. It represents the different riches found in the region; mining, agriculture and forestry. The colours are also symbolic: green represents forestry as well as renewal and hope; blue represents water not only from the rivers, is a symbol of baptism and also represents the calm northeastern skies of the region; and yellow represents wheat and agriculture, as well as joy for life that is lived in the region.

Elementary schools

• école catholique Pavillon St-Joseph, Cochrane
• école catholique Sts-Martyrs-Canadiens, Iroquois Falls
• école catholique Immaculée-Conception, Val Gagné‚
• école catholique Ste-Thérèse, Ramore
• école catholique Pavillon Notre-Dame, Hearst
• école catholique St-Louis, Hearst
• école catholique St-François-Xavier, Mattice
• école catholique Ste-Anne, Hearst
• école catholique André-Cary, Kapuskasing
• école catholique Jacques-Cartier, Kapuskasing
• école catholique Ste-Rita, Val Rita
• école catholique St-Antoine-de-Padoue, Opasatika
• école catholique St-Jules, Moonbeam
• école catholique Georges-Vanier, Smooth Rock Falls
• école catholique Assomption, Earlton
• école catholique Assomption, Kirkland Lake
• école catholique St-Louis, Virginiatown
• école catholique Ste-Croix, Haileybury
• école catholique Sacré-Coeur, New Liskeard
• école catholique St-Michel, New Liskeard
• école catholique Jean-Vanier, Kirkland Lake
• école catholique Anicet-Morin, Timmins
• école catholique Don-Bosco, Timmins
• école catholique Sacré-Coeur, Timmins
• école catholique Jacques-Cartier, Timmins
• école catholique Louis-Rhéaume, Timmins
• école catholique St-Charles, Timmins
• école catholique St-Dominique, Timmins
• école catholique St-Gérard, Timmins
• école catholique St-Jude, Porcupine

Secondary schools

• école catholique Nouveau-Regard, Cochrane
• école secondaire catholique l'Alliance, Iroquois Falls
• école secondaire catholique de Hearst, Hearst
• école secondaire catholique Cité des Jeunes, Kapuskasing
• école catholique Georges-Vanier, Smooth Rock Falls
• école catholique Jean-Vanier, Kirkland Lake
• école secondaire catholique Thériault, Timmins
• école secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie, New Liskeard
• centre d'éducation des Adultes, New Liskeard
• La Clef, Timmins
• Centre d'éducation permanente, Kapuskasing