Villa Francaise Des Jeunes (VFJ) is a French

Canadian French

Canadian French is an umbrella term referring to the varieties of French spoken in Canada. French is the mother tongue of nearly seven million Canadians, a figure constituting roughly 22% of the national population. At the federal level it has co-official status alongside English...

-language Middle school and high school located in Elliot Lake, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. The school shares a track field with the neighbouring Elliot Lake Secondary School

Elliot Lake Secondary School

Elliot Lake Secondary School is a high school in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada. The school began in 1956 with 23 students and quickly grew to 1193 students by 1990. The following year, the school only saw an enrollment of 899 students and the institution's population would continue to drop...

 (ELSS). Founded in 1977, the institution has seen a drastic drop in enrolment for many years, which has seen some students participating in video-conferencing classes with many other students from all over 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 enrolment was 16 (middle school) and 45 (high school).

The school's official colours are orange, black and white. Their sporting clubs go by the name The Elite.

The student population is one of the more technologically advanced in Northern Ontario. Each year students from grades 7 to 8 receive IBM Laptop computers for the duration of the school term, while students in grades 9 to 12 receive Dell Latitude sireis 6200 laptop computers.

"Le Survol" is the name of the school's yearbook.

Programs Featured

Co-op, English, CPR and First Aid Certification, Smart Serve, Woodworking, Manufacturing, Communications, Transportation, Drama, Visual Arts, OYAP, Work Placements

Extra Curricular Activities

Student Council, Awards, Yearbook, Basketball, Volley-Ball, Choir, Badminton, Dungeons and Dragons, Math Club, Radio-Chaud

Accomplishments

Senior Women's Basketball

• 2003 Senior women's basketball "A" champions (NSSSA)
• 2004 Senior women's basketball "A" champions (NSSSA)
• 2005 Senior women's basketball "B" champions (Boreal league)

Junior Women's Basketball

• 2001 - Junior women's "A" champions (NOSSA)

Senior Men's Volleyball

• 2006 - Senior men's "B" champions (NOSSA)
• 2006 - Senior men's "B" champions (NSSSA)
• 1987 - Senior men's "A" champions (NOSSA)
• 1994 - Senior men's "A" champions (NOSSA)
• 1995 - Senior men's "A" champions (NOSSA)
• 1996 - Senior men's "A" champions (NOSSA)
• 1997 - Senior men's "A" champions (NOSSA)
• 1998 - Senior men's "A" champions (NOSSA)

Junior Men's Volleyball

• 1994 - Junior men's "A" champions (NOSSA)
• 1996 - Junior men's "A" champions (NOSSA)
• 1998 - Junior men's "A" champions (NOSSA)

Senior Women's Volleyball

• 1985 - Senior women's "A" champions (NOSSA)
• 1985 - Senior women's "A" champions (OFSAA)

Junior Women's Volleyball

• 1998 - Junior women's "A" champions (NOSSA)
• 1999 - Junior women's "A" champions (NOSSA)