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School Profile
School Success Plan
D’Arcy McGee High School
At D’Arcy McGee, we are proud of our academic, artistic, and athletic accomplishments as
well as our commitment to maintaining a safe, welcoming school environment. Our goal is
to promote and benefit from a climate of learning within an atmosphere of mutual respect.
D’Arcy McGee High School offers Regular and French Immersion academic programs,
Modified expectation programming, as well as a Centre of Excellence program designed for
students with diagnosed intellectual deficiencies. These programs are delivered within the
supportive framework provided by senior school organizational structures and philosophy.
The entire school population benefits from a Special Education program characterized by
the authentic inclusion of students in regular classes, individual programming, effective
leadership, skilled and experienced intervention personnel, as well as a sense of shared responsibility
amongst staff, parents and students. In addition to a wide variety of extracurricular
activities in the areas of sports, cultural clubs and academic clubs, the school offers
a wide range of enrichment activities during school hours.
D’Arcy McGee was selected by the Ministry of Education to serve as a Pilot School for the implementation
of the new Quebec Education Plan. As a pilot school, we have had the opportunity
to experiment and provide feedback regarding the development and testing of the
new curriculum. Our mandate as pilot school will end in 2010. It should be noted that the
weekly structure at D’Arcy is such that every Wednesday afternoon, two hours are set aside
for curriculum planning and development by teachers.
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