ConnectWord · Ages 12-18 · Fading
polyvalente
Québec word for a public high school, often a big one. Kids shorten it to la poly.
My cousin goes to the poly across town.
For parents and educators
Just a school word. Hearing la poly means high school.
Where it came from
From the 1970s Québec schools that offered both general and vocational programs. Now outdated officially but still in many school names.
Also heard as
la poly, poly