“This is a project that has been expected for twenty years”, comments, satisfied, Pierre Ricaud, director of the school complex which includes nursery and elementary schools, college and high school. “This gymnasium is used by the various components of the school complex and has put an end to the headache represented by the timetable of the seven teachers in physical education and sports at the college and high school.
“Before, we only had a college room where we could only do gymnastics, dance and table tennis, recalls Frédéric Ricaud. Everything else was done either outside, weather permitting, or in the Pignada gymnasium, or in the multipurpose hall of the Congregation of the Servants of Mary, right next door. There could not be more than two classes at the same time in the college hall. They can be three, without getting in the way, in the gymnasium. »
The entire south side of the building is entirely glazed and the floors and walls have been extensively insulated. This makes it possible to maintain a pleasant temperature for physical exercises without heating and to limit the use of electric lighting. The structure of the building is made of wood with wood wool insulation. The gymnasium was baptized in the name of Elise-Cestac, founder of the Servants of Mary. “You hear the name of your brother a lot Louis-Edouard Cestac who has been canonized, but much less his own,” says Frédéric Ricaud.
Doors open March 12
Visitors who come to the open doors of the school complex, Saturday March 12, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., will be able to discover this equipment. This will also be an opportunity for the establishment to present the new training proposals that will be provided from the start of the 2022 school year. In particular, the opening of a second general of 35 students. A new orientation for the private high school under English contract, which until then was exclusively technological and professional. “We are opening this general stream because the other private high schools in the sector, Largenté and Villa-Pia in Bayonne, could no longer meet all the requests, comments Frédéric Ricaud. For the specialties, we will offer mathematics, physics, sciences and life of the earth, economic and social sciences and history-geography and political sciences. »
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