| St. Joseph Secondary School | |
| Carpe Diem Seize the Day |
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| 5555 Creditview Road Mississauga, Ontario, L5V 1R4, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School board | Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board |
| Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Superintendent | Catharine Saytar |
| Area trustee | Peter Ferreira |
| Principal | Jeff Quenneville |
| Vice principal | Sharon Bolger Adriano Bomben Paul Nalli |
| School type | Separate High School |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Language | English, programs include French, Spanish |
| Area | Mississauga-Streetsville |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Mascot | Jaguar Joe |
| Team name | Jaguars |
| Colours | Purple and White
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| Founded | 1994 |
| Enrolment | 1837 (As of October 31, 2009) [1] |
| Homepage | http://www.dpcdsb.org/JOESS/ |
St. Joseph Secondary School, colloquially known as St. Joe's is a Catholic high school located in the Streetsville community of Mississauga, Ontario. The school is administered by the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board.
Like other members of the district, students who attend St. Joseph receive teaching on religion, family life and prayer in addition to the standard curriculum found in public schools. The school is linked with the St. Joseph's Parish in Mississauga, which is a part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto.
Some extra-curricular programs include: Future Business Leaders Association (FBLA), the Mirror (school newspaper), Culture Shock, Talent Show, Artsapalooza, DECA, and Battle of the Bands. Also, the school Ambassadors are a successful widespread organization, and assisting with liturgies and tours. The school is built almost exactly like Philip Pocock Catholic Secondary School also in Mississauga. The school was also the former school of Trooper Marc Diab, who was killed by a roadside bomb while serving his country in the War in Afghanistan. The park behind the school was renamed Trooper Marc Diab Memorial Park, in his honour.[2]
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The St. Joseph Jaguars have many sports teams which are known locally as some of the most competitive in the school board. Teams include:
On June 17, 2009, this school was the site of multiple stabbings, at least four students and one female teacher who had tried to break up a fight between several students on the school property have been injured, two male students were rushed to Credit Valley Hospital with severe stab wounds, while a female teacher at this school was among the injured she suffered minor injuries when she tried to break up the fight and was not transported to the hospital. Peel Regional Police said they received the initial call at around 8:30 a.m. after reports of multiple stabbings the school was placed in lockdown mode between 8:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. shortly after the lockdown was lifted the school was evacuated and remained closed for the rest of the day while police continued their investigation in the stabbing.[3] On the same day when the stabbings took place, Peel Regional Police also announced that two suspects aged 16 and 17 who cannot be named under the provisions of Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act were arrested and charged with attempted murder.[4]