About Us

Bienvenue and Welcome to École Viscount Alexander

- where our students are engaged and preparing to be our Ambassadeurs du Futur

École Viscount Alexander is a Middle Years French Immersion milieu for grades 5 to 8 located in Fort Garry where staff, students and the community work together in a safe and caring learning environment to develop our future citizens of tomorrow. Our bilingual staff works with students to provide programming that address all students’ needs and provides them with skills that they will need for the future. The Parent Council continues to work with the staff and students to enhance the grounds area around the school to create an inviting educational setting for our school community.

We are so pleased to welcome you to our school's  website.

You will find that our school website is ever changing as we highlight and celebrate rich learning experiences at Ecole Viscount Alexander. Please explore the site with your children as they will surely delight in seeing the faces of their teachers, peers and maybe even themselves. There are links devoted to student learning found in the 'Of Interest' section that we hope students will access on a regular basis.

Now – check out the site

The following breakdown outlines the sections on the site, from top to bottom.

The top menu includes:

• Today's School Day
• A Questions tool that lets you send questions directly, easily and quickly to the division and its schools
• A Google Translate tool, which will make it easier for visitors who speak English as an Additional Language
• Social media icons, which are links to our accounts on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube
• A Search tool, which you can use to search a specific topic on the site and browse the results

The main menu includes the main categories on the new website. Hover your mouse over each menu item to access drop-down menu items listed under that category.

The spotlight and stories areas of the homepage feature exciting images, will be updated regularly and include the most recent posts published by the division. Stories also will be displayed in the News feed.

The rotating social media banner regularly pulls the latest posts from our Twitter and Facebook accounts.

The Upcoming Events area displays the most recent events published by the division. Click "View All Events" to see the full Calendar page. You can also print the calendar for easy reference!

The promoted feature boxes and Of Interest… section on the homepage provide quick access to high demand, timely and relevant content – only one click away.

The weather link displays the latest forecast according to the Environment Canada site. The arrow will take you to the Environment Canada site for more information.

The footer includes our contact information, a link to the site's Privacy Policy and a Google Maps link which indicates our location.

Safe School Protocol

As part of our health program, students are taught strategies for personal safety such as travelling with a friend, knowing emergency information such as contact phone number and address, and avoiding interactions with unknown adults.  Parents may wish to reinforce these strategies along with those valued in the home with children as a new school year begins.

We are required to review emergency protocols each school year as part of our emergency preparedness and response planning. Fire drill procedures will be practiced ten times during the school year. Twice during the school year, in the fall and spring terms,  we will be reviewing  our lockdown practices and tornado drill. Lockdown is a procedure used when it is determined that students would be safest remaining within the building, with an adult in a safe/secure location. During the drill, students practice remaining quiet, calm and still once in their designated location. Students will follow teacher direction if evacuation is the safest decision. The purpose of the drill is not to alarm students but rather to ensure that everybody knows what to do in the necessity of a lockdown. Tornado drills are also part of our emergency preparedness and will be reviewed and practiced once in the fall and again in the spring.