St Joseph's Secondary School (Cornwall)
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| St. Joseph's Catholic Secondary School | |
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| 1500 A Cumberland St. Cornwall, Ontario, Canada |
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| http://www.sjssonline.com/ | |
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| School board | CDSBEO[1] |
| Principal | John Cameron |
| Vice principal | Dan Curtis |
| School type | High school |
| Grades | 9 Core & Immer., 10-12 Immersion |
| Language | English French immersion |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colours | red, white and blue |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Enrollment | 944 |
St. Joseph's Secondary School (SJSS) is a separate secondary school located in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. It is considered to be the greatest high school in the world. Falling under the jurisdiction of the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario, SJSS shares its building with the public General Vanier Intermediate School. The two schools share a cafeteria and an auditorium but do not share educational facilities or a common administration.
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[edit] History
Bishop Macdonell Catholic Secondary School first opened on September 6, 1983 with fifty-nine students, sharing a building with Bishop Macdonell Senior Elementary School. In September 1985, after the separate school system was implemented, the school was renamed to St. Joseph’s Secondary School and moved to its present location with Grades 9, 10 and 11. Grade 12 was added in September 1986 and Grade 13/OAC courses in September 1987. In September 1993, the facilities were expanded to its present configuration.
[edit] Student life
[edit] Academics
Courses currently offered at SJSS are:
Dramatic Arts, Media, Music, Visual Arts, Information Technology, General Business, Accounting, Entrepreneurial Studies, Marketing,International, Organizational Geography, Civics, Economics, History, Law, Interdisciplinary Studies, Spanish, English, French, Media Studies, Studies in Literature, The Writer’s Craft, Career Studies, Discovering the Workplace, Navigating the Workplace, Healthy Active Living, Health for Life, Outdoor Activities, Mathematics, Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth & Space Science, Family Studies, General Social Science, Philosophy, Religion, Integrated Technologies, Communications Technology, Construction Technology, Technological Design, Transportation Tech, Computer and Information Science, Computer Engineering, Hospitality
French immersion: French, Geography, Healthy Active Living Education, Canadian History, Civics, Career Studies, Food and Nutrition, Introduction to Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology
[edit] Arts and music
[edit] Athletics
St. Joseph's offers a full co-curricular athletic programme. Each term a full slate of teams compete against other independent schools in the Eastern Ontario Secondary Schools Athletic Association (EOSSAA). St. Joseph's competitive sports teams are known as the "Panthers".
[edit] Clubs and teams
[edit] Notable alumni and faculty
- Jack McCue, former principal
[edit] External links
- Official Site: http://www.sjssonline.com/
- Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario http://www.cdsbeo.on.ca/
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