St. John of the Cross Catholic School

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St. John of the Cross Catholic School
Address
3180 Aquitaine Avenue Mississauga, Ontario, L5N 3S5, Canada
Information
School board	Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
Religious affiliation	Catholic
Superintendent	Michael Prospero
Area trustee	Esther O'Toole
Principal	Mary Ann O'Mahony
School type	Catholic elementary school
Grades	K-8
Language	English
Founded	1984
Homepage	http://www.dpcdsb.org/JCROS

St. John of the Cross Catholic School is a Catholic elementary school in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is in the Meadowvale area, and is part of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board. The school opened in 1984, with the blessing on June 21 of that year, attended by Rev. P.J. Nessinger, O.Carm., Chairman of the Board R.F. Hall, Director of Education B.J. Fleming, Superintendent of Schools J.E. McGirr, Superintendent of Business Affairs R.E. LeMay, and then principal T.D. O'Brien. The school was designed by the architectural firm Stafford - Haensli.^[1]

[edit] Sports

St. John of the Cross provides many school teams for children from grades 4-8:

Junior volleyball
Junior basketball
Cross country
Intermediate volleyball
Intermediate basketball
Intermediate Flag football
Intermediate soccer
Intermediate softball

In 2006, the cross country team competed in the Cross Country Meet on October 19 at Erindale Park. With 70 runners, St. John of the Cross earned 5 banners, the most won that year. First place banners went to the grade 5 boys team and the grade 7 girls team. The team was coached by grade 8 teacher Ms. M. Perruzza and grade 7 teacher Mr. M. Naismith.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Students

With less than 400 students attending St. John of the Cross, the school is considerably small in population. Over 50 grade eight graduates each year are a contributing factor to this small population. Also, because of the school's location, fewer kindergartners enroll each year.