Robert F. Hall Catholic Secondary School

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Robert F. Hall
Location
Caledon, Ontario, Canada
Information
School board	Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
Principal	Edward McMahon
School type	Catholic
Grades	9-12
Mascot	Wolf
Established	1993
Enrollment	approx. 2,000
Vice Principals	Irene Carvalho, Emmanuel Farrugia, Linda Gallant
Newspaper	The Howler
Homepage	http://w3.dpcdsb.org/RFHAL/

Robert F. Hall Catholic Secondary School (sometimes referred to as Hall or abbreviated as RFH) is a catholic school located in a suburb in Caledon, Ontario, Canada. The school was named after Bob Hall, the first lay person after whom a catholic secondary school has been named in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board. The patron saint of Hall is St. Francis of Assisi.

1 Enrollment
2 Academics
3 Extracurricular Activities
4 Facebook Incident
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Enrollment

Hall has a total enrollment of approximately 2000 students (a number which the building has trouble accommodating). It is open to residents in Caledon, Bolton, Orangeville, Shelburne, and other small villages in the area. However, an admission fee of CAD $60 is required, which is mostly attributed to the school's yearbook.

[edit] Academics

Students go through four years of schooling. During these four years, a student must accumulate 30 credits to graduate. A credit may be gained by completing a course successfully with a passing mark of 50% or higher. 18 of these must be obtained by completing compulsory courses, which include:

The remaining 12 credits must be attained through elective courses, which are of a very wide variety. Robert F. Hall has taken steps to offer courses in unique areas, such as cosmetology and Italian.

[edit] Extracurricular Activities

There are multiple student groups, school clubs and sports teams that are currently active at Robert F. Hall. Most recently, the school has implemented the Peer Mentoring program, which gives freshmen a chance to meet with senior students, whom are priorly selected, for some peer guidance. There has been no statistical indication of the program's success.

[edit] Facebook Incident

In the February of 2007, nineteen students were suspended for sentences ranging from three to eight days, due to defamatory comments made on the highly popular student network Facebook^[1]^[2]^[3]. A student had created a public group, which allowed students to express their personal resentment towards Edward McMahon, the school's principal whom had been accused of integrating unfavourable policies into the school. After the group had initially come to the attention of school administrators, it was subsequently closed down. Although the story has received some national attention, there has been no indication of any of the board's decisions being negated.