St. Edmund Campion Secondary School
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St. Edmund Campion Catholic Secondary School opened its doors to 250 Grade 9 students on September 2, 2003 at the Streetsville Campus, its temporary home for two years while our school was being built on Brisdale Drive. Students were bussed from their elementary schools leaving at 7:00 a.m. to start their school day at 8:17 a.m. and returned by bus in the afternoon after the school day finished. Special arrangements were in place for a late bus every day at 4:30 to accommodate those students who participated in extra-curricular activities.
The Streetsville Campus was shared by the Grade 9 class of St. Marcellinus Secondary and all grades of John Cabot Secondary School. The school sweater, a rainbow of blue, red, and green, was the only way to distinguish who belonged to each school. During that first year, Marcellinus and Campion also shared a few teachers in the Visual Arts and Music classes as well as office space. However each school had its own distinct identity and character to develop their own deeply rooted traditions. Campion’s traditions were molded by an all school two day overnight retreat that took place at the Onandaga Farms Camp in St. George at the end of September. Students and staff had the opportunity to meet new friends, develop a school identity, pray, worship and enjoy outdoor activities. The theme of the retreat, “Named, Called, Chosen,” our adopted school slogan, reflects the idea of a new call to Christian discipleship, indicative of the birth of a new school community.
The three schools came together to host a turkey dinner for refugees new to Canada at the Streetsville Campus in December. Approximately 80 refugees from the Mavis Road Family Shelter, Peel Region Newcomers Drop In Centre, and the Salvation Army Coalition for Canadian Refugees attended a turkey feast that was prepared, served, and hosted by staff and students and entertained by the Schools’ Choir. At March Break, we bid adieu to John Cabot as they returned to their newly renovated building on Willowbank Rd. and in June we said goodbye to St Marcellinus as they moved into their brand new building on Courtney Park Dr. At the end of the first school year, students and staff packed up the furniture, supplies and textbooks to move to the back of the building for our second year in Streetsville.
Year 2 at Streetsville welcomed a new Grade 9 class to join our Grade 10s and several new teachers expanding our student body, staff complement, and curriculum with many new programs. We shared the campus with an elementary school, Metropolitan Andrei, whose building was undergoing renovations. This created new challenges for our students to become leaders and respect the boundaries of sharing space with much younger students.
As a new school, the Bears celebrated many firsts with a Terry Fox Walk, ROPSAA Championships in Basketball, Cross Country, and Soccer, Academic Awards, Band Concerts, Quebec Carnival, and the Grade 10 Literacy Test. We have also become deeply rooted in various traditions for fundraisers and charity drives run by Campion Cares and Student Council. The building of the new facility broke ground on Brisdale.
Our third year as a school community began with the move into our new building in Brampton. Our student population doubled to 1300 students in Grades 9, 10 and 11 with 85 teaching staff. Students were treated to new and expanded programs in Construction and Automotive Technology, Cosmetology, and Dramatic Arts in a Theatre with a stage and sound booth. The Career Path Program provides opportunities for students to participate in work experience programs. Gym facilities and playing fields allows the Bears to play at home and host games. The Library expanded its collection with a huge donation of books from the Charlie Lewis estate...but the school seriously needs more books because the shelves are pretty much empty. The Canadian World Studies Department embarked on a trip to Europe to visit the battlegrounds of Normandy. Our talented Campion students participated in their first musical, Guys and Dolls, rehearsing for months learning their lines, songs and dance routines to perform four evening performances after the Easter Holiday. The School Blessing, on June 8, 2006, was a spiritual celebration to christen our new building and foundations in Christ.
In September 2006, we welcomed more grade 9's (little terrors think they own the hallways now), teachers, and staff; over 1900 students in attendance for our first year as a four year secondary school. Our first grade 9 class that walked into Streetsville on September 3, 2003 will be stepping out of our Brisdale campus in June as our first Grade 12 Graduating Class of 2007. As pioneers, they have founded a Christian school community with fond memories to be proud of.
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