St. Peter's Secondary School (Peterborough)

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St. Peter's Secondary School
Address
733 Parkhill Road West
Peterborough, Ontario, K9J 8M4, Canada
Website
http://schools.pvnccdsb.on.ca/spss/
Information
School board Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Superintendent Deirdre Thomas
Principal Cathy Ross
School type Separate High School
Grades 9 to 12
Language English, French Immersion
Team name Saints
Colours Maroon and Gold
Founded 1916
Enrollment 1350 (2006)

St. Peter's Secondary School is an urban high school located in Peterborough, Ontario. The school is administered by the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board. The school is built for 1400 students from Grade 9 to 12. As of 2006, the school is run by superintendent Deirdre Thomas and principal Cathy Ross. It belongs to the Diocese of Peterborough, under the Bishop Nicola De Angelis.

[edit] Notables

  • In 1991, with the opening of a new 1400 capacity building, SPSS became the first Peterborough high school in decades to institute a school uniform policy. The uniform, which included school pants, kilts and official "Saints" T-shirts in the school's colours, became a major issue between the students and faculty, and its enforcement causes problems to this day.
  • St. Peter's is also known in Canada as the school which regularly raises the most money for the annual Terry Fox Run For The Cure, bringing in over $85,000 in 2002 and roughly $71,000 in its most recent 2005 campaign, adding to a total which well-exceeds $500,000 raised throughout approximately 15 years of the Run's existence.
  • A film adaptation of Steven Gould's Science Fiction novel Jumper, Starring Samuel L. Jackson and Hayden Christensen is filming some scenes in the halls, and classrooms of St. Peter's.

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