St. Peter Catholic High School
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| St. Peter Catholic High School | |
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| 750 Charlemagne Boulevard Orleans, Ontario, K4A 3M4, Canada |
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| School board | Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board |
| Superintendent | Michael Baine |
| Area trustee | Kathy Ablett, R.N., Chairperson |
| Principal | Sue Arbour |
| Vice principal | Chris Hughes, Bill Deslauriers, Marie Brazeau |
| Administrator | Carla Boyle |
| School type | Catholic high school |
| Grades | 7 to 12 |
| Language | English |
| Area | Ottawa |
| Mascot | Knight |
| Team name | Knights |
| Colours | Silver, Blue |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Enrollment | 1849 (April 2007) |
| Feeder schools | St. Clare, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Theresa, Our Lady of Wisdom |
| Homepage | http://www.stpeterhigh.ca |
St. Peter Catholic High School is a catholic high school located in the suburb of Ottawa, Orleans. The current principal is Mrs. Sue Arbour. The school offers grades 7-12 and a daycare service. The current school population rests at 1849 students with 125 staff members.
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[edit] Academic Program
St. Peter Catholic High school offers many programs academically. These include religious and family life education courses taught at all grade levels, English, health and physical education, the arts, history, geography, mathematics, science, business, and technology. It also has a French as second language program offering core, extended and immersion. The science programs include Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Environmental Studies. The arts that are offered throughout the grades 9-12 are dramatic arts, visual arts (including photography), music (including instrumental and guitar) and dance. St. Peter is also suited for special needs and cooperative education. Courses are offered in Open, Applied and Academic depending on the type of course it is.
[edit] Sports
The St. Peter Catholic High school mascot is a Knight.
Grades 7-12 are all offered over 40 sports. From the OCCSB school profile:
- Grade 7-8 Boys'/Girls' Basketball, Soccer, Cross-country, Volleyball
- Junior: Boys' Football, Girls' Basketball, Field Hockey
- Senior: Boys' Football, Soccer, Volleyball
- Girls' Basketball, Varsity Girls' Ice Hockey[1]
but there is also Track and Field, Badminton, boys' Ice Hockey, Golf, Alpine Skiing, Rugby union and Ultimate Frisbee.
St. Peter's is also known for its championship teams. In 2006-2007 these were the boys junior football team, girls varsity basketball team, senior boys soccer team, senior boys rugby team and the golf team.
[edit] Clubs
Clubs at St. Peter's include Choir, Band (7/8, 9, and Sr. concert bands, as well as Jazz), 7/8 chess club, "Artists Anonymous", Improv Team, Reach for the Top, SPK TV, Student Council, Arts Council, Fitness Club and St. Peter's Players.
[edit] School Layout
St. Peter's is a large school, consisting of three stories. The school has two gymnasiums (one dually used as a cafeteria and a gymnasium), 10 washrooms (5 male, 5 female), 4 changing rooms, a chapel and a library. A large, three story extension was built onto the school in late 2004, though 8 portables still exist. The entire second floor (excluding the extension) consists of the sciences and computer studies. Extra portables have been added during the summer of 2007.
[edit] Annual Events
The Canley Cup is an annual event held by St Peter Catholic High school in order to acquire canned goods to donate to the Cumberland food bank. This year, the school raised over 52,000 cans! They had enough cans to fill three food banks. The competition ended on May 1st, on which the entire school carries the cans on a 7 kilometer walk to the food bank. Afterwards, a barbecue is held.
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