Come discover what makes F.A.C.E. School truly exceptional. The best way to experience F.A.C.E. is to visit us in person!
Is your child passionate about the arts, or does your child want to learn about the arts and grow in a school environment that puts the arts at the heart of education?
It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to FACE School of the EMSB. FACE School is a unique Arts concentration school that welcomes students from Kindergarten to Secondary 5, in a unique partnership with the FACE School of the Centre de Services Scolaire de Montréal.
Attend our in-person open house event on Wednesday, October 7, 2025 and discover our unique and exceptional school.
🎉 In-Person Open House – Wednesday, October 7, 2025
Come discover what makes F.A.C.E. School truly exceptional. The best way to experience F.A.C.E. is to visit us in person!
🖥️ Virtual Tour Also Available
If you can’t wait, Take a virtual tour.
As a family, you are invited to visit our website, watch videos of our environment, see pictures and ask people you know who attend FACE School.
For all new registrations, you must attend the mandatory meeting that will provide you with all the information you need to make an informed decision for your child and family.
Please take note of our schedule for the day, please choose a slot to attend depending on your child’s admission.
📅 Schedule for October 7, 2025
The school offers two time slots, depending on the grade level:
Certificate of eligibility to attend an English School in Quebec as required by law 101. Should you have any questions about this, please contact the Law 101 office at the EMSB at 📞 514-350-8899 ext. 7254 or visit their website at 🔗 EMSB Eligibility Office
Admissions are done by random draw among all complete applications received.
Sibling registration - Parents who apply for a sibling do not have to attend the mandatory meeting. They will receive an email from the school detailing the guidelines and must meet the application deadline of Friday, October 31.
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Students follow classes in their mother tongue, although all students are grouped together for instrumental music and vocal classes and during extracurricular and social activities.
From kindergarten to Grade 11, the Fine Arts Program allows students to adapt to 4 artistic disciplines : visual arts, theatre/drama, vocal and instrumental music. Those more gifted or motivated are able to showcase their talents in complementary activities such as the jazz band, the symphony orchestra, the FACE young singers, plays, etc.
Focus programs
Enriched Math and Science Extra or co-curricular activities
EMSB Teachers:
Marie-Eve Arseneau – Winds & Percussion
Theodora Stathopoulos – Strings
Catherine Le Saunier – Vocal
Myriam Blouin - Elementary
For the past 46 years, FACE School’s music program has provided generations of students, from Kindergarten to Grade 11, with solid musical foundations and practical training on wind and string instruments and voice. Although FACE’s music program does not aim to train professional musicians it develops its students’ talents for life and provides a well-rounded musical education that prepares them for becoming a more creative and versatile adult in an increasingly complex society.
From kindergarten to grade 3, the students’ schedules integrate Orff instruments, recorder and choral singing. Additionally, the children can be introduced to stringed instruments by using the Suzuki method of instruction, as an extracurricular activity. These courses are subject to additional fees.
In the fourth year, students are offered to learn an orchestral instrument (winds, strings and percussion). With only very few exceptions students stay on the same instrument until grade 11 and the instruments are supplied by the school.
The school’s music program has a track record of spectacular vocal productions and concerts, award – winning instrumental ensembles (bands and orchestras at every level), international tours and community collaborations with its Symphony Orchestra (https://orchestresymphoniqueface.wordpress.com/).
FACE offers drama for both Primary and Secondary students. Focusing on creativity, collaborative play and imagination, students are provided with a wide range of stimulus to facilitate their engagement in this arts subject. Using the Progression of Learning, FACE has a dedicated and qualified team of teachers who tailor the drama classes to the abilities of the students.
There are three competencies that must assessed and they are the following:
For Primary School:
Competency 1 – To invent short scenes
Competency 2 – To interpret short scenes
Competency 3 – To appreciate dramatic works, personal productions and those of classmates
For Secondary School:
Competency 1 – Creates dramatic works
Competency 2 – Performs dramatic works
Competency 3 – Appreciates dramatic works
Areas in a drama class can cover theatre history with the conventions and devices of the period, the many fascinating genres, acting process, such as voice, movement, characterization, interpretation of text, and naturally in understanding the rehearsal and performance process. These are some of the central elements in the building blocks of the drama class.
Central to all drama classes is for students to work as a team, in how to perform with others and to give positive feedback to other members of the class. This process enhances a student’s own personal development that can range from building confidence, public speaking, problem solving, conflict resolution and collaborative engagement. Drama classes helps in building individual confidence and promotes a great sense of camaraderie between students.
As the students’ progress through the years, by Yr 10 and 11, they have the opportunity to work on a drama production, which encompasses all the elements in the making of a play. Students get to participate in their area of interest: actors, stage technicians in the area of set and props, costume, lighting and sound design. Not only are students able to work in their specialized group, the process is wholly student driven, under the watchful eye of a committed team of professionals.
In the final years of the school, the theatre production provides a whole class experience and is invaluable for the students because they learn the mechanisms that make a play. Based on such hard work, the production is a real highlight in the drama journey and the students are extremely proud of their achievements.
Primary School:
Secondary School
FACE offers all public school programs from kindergarten through high school, in accordance with Quebec’s Education Act and the Ministère de l’éducation, des loisirs et du sport’s Basic School Regulation.
Elementary science
High school science
High school mathematics
Physical education (per week)
French
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More than 100 students from FACE School in Grades 6 to 11 were invited to be part of an evening performance at Place des Arts' Maison Symphonique recently.
October 7, 2025
