| St. Marguerite d'Youville Secondary School | |
| Address | |
| 10815 Dixie Road Brampton, Ontario, L6R 2W5, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School board | Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board |
| Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Superintendent | Catharine Saytar |
| Area trustee | Joyce Anderson |
| Principal | Kevin Greco |
| Vice principal | D. Alva R. Ariganello D. Belchoir J. Quenneville |
| School type | Separate Secondary School |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Language | English, programs include French Spanish |
| Area | Brampton—Springdale |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Motto | To Trust, To Risk, To Love, To Serve |
| Team name | Panther |
| Colours | Blue and Black |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Enrolment | 1993 (As of October 31, 2009) [1] |
| Homepage | http://www.dpcdsb.org/schools/DYOUV/ |
St. Marguerite d'Youville Secondary School is a school in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board. It is a high school located in Brampton, Ontario.
The current three level school building at 10815 Dixie Road North in Brampton was built in 2002 and opened for classes in September 2002. It replaced an older, smaller facility at 115 Glenvale Boulevard the school was previously located at (built in 1975, at one time occupied by St. Thomas Aquinas SS). The older two level building was at capacity, with numerous portables providing additional classroom space.
Back in 1999, the DPCDSB considered a plan with the public board to include St. Marguerite D'Youville (then searching for a new site) in a dual-school campus in the Springdale community. This campus would have included both public and catholic schools and also a community centre and park. A number of student and vehicular congestion concerns were brought up with the plan.[2]
Initially the new Dixie Road building was on the outer reaches of development in Brampton, but over the next few years more and more surrounding farmland was developed into residential neighbourhoods and public transit access was improved. As time went on, enrollment from the surrounding area increased and a number of portables were added to the new school grounds, on the east side of the building where a small field was.
Father Tobin Road, located to the immediate north of the current building, was named after a longtime Chaplin/Priest at the school, Father Tobin, who retired at the end of the 2002/2003 school year.
Initially, Brampton Transit was contracted to provide a special bus service (Route 87 d'Youville school special) before and after school for students between Trinity Common Mall and the Dixie Road building. This was phased out when further development in the area warranted the extension of the Route 18 Dixie bus service from Octillo Blvd to Father Tobin Road in 2007.
Facilities include: