| St. Mary Catholic Secondary School | |
| Address | |
| 1918 Whites Rd. Pickering, Ontario, L8S 2G7, Canada |
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| Information | |
| Principal | John Mullins |
| School type | High school |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Mascot | Leo The Lion/Monarchs |
| Homepage | http://www.stmarycss.ca |
St. Mary Catholic Secondary School is a Canadian secondary school in Pickering, Ontario, operated by the Durham Catholic District School Board (DCDSB). St. Mary is located on Whites Road close to rival school Dunbarton.
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St. Mary Catholic Secondary School is known for its accoladed sports teams, the Monarchs. Current feeder schools of St. Mary are St. Monica, St. Isaac Jogues, Our Lady of the Bay, St. Marguerite Bourgeoys, St. Elizabeth Seton, and St. Joseph in Uxbridge from which St. Mary has garnered many of its prime athletes. St. Mary offers a wide variety of subjects and has an extensive drama and music department. Furthermore, the school also has an outstanding hockey program. St. Mary continues to be a leader in the Durham board with organizations such as Learning for Hope, a non-profitable organization, which is based at St. Mary and operates and creates a difference through the work of students and teachers alike.
Founded in 1989
St. Mary has many sports teams, which have won the school numerous, often consecutive titles in the OFSAA, LOSSA and many City titles.
St. Mary Monarchs Are the only team in LOSSA history to win 5 consecutive LOSSA championships Senior Program
LOSSA Football Membership: 1999-present
Titles: Five (2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999)
Coaches during those 5 years ( Cordinators — Gordy Judges, Jim Mora & Bert Smith
Junior Program
LOSSA Football Membership: 2006-present; 1996-1997
Titles: One (2007)
2007: The resurrection of the Monarch Junior football program in 2006 brings home a LOSSA title as the Monarchs, held to a tie by the Pickering Trojans during the regular season, make amends by defeating the Trojans 28-6 in the championship final. The Junior Monarchs would advance through to the Junior Metro Bowl finals defeating Crestwood (Kawarthas) 44-7 and St. Michael's College 20-8. In the Bowl Championship, St. Mary's would fail in their attempt for their first Bowl Championship falling to Notre Dame (Halton) 34-7.
2003: The Senior Monarchs become the first team in LOSSA history to capture five consecutive titles. Led by All-Star Quarterback, Erik Glavic, the Monarchs defeat the Paul Dwyer Saints 27-18. This was the first LOSSA football final to be contested by two schools from the Durham Catholic District School Board. For the second consecutive year, the Monarchs failed to advance past round one in the Golden Horseshoe playoffs losing to Markham (York Region) 7-0.
2002: The Monarchs become the first school in the history of LOSSA football to win four consecutive titles as they down the Dunbarton Spartans 21-14 in the first ever final between the two Pickering White's Road schools. Advancing to the Golden Horseshoe Bowl semi-finals, the Monarchs were defeated by Lakeshore Catholic (Port Colbourne) 27-14 thereby being denied a second consecutive Golden Horseshoe Bowl final appearance.
2001: The Monarchs, complete the season with a perfect record, capturing their third consecutive title as they easily defeat the Henry Street Hawks by a score of 41-12. LOSSA competed in the Golden Horseshoe Bowl playoffs and St. Mary's were able to defeat Notre Dame (Welland) 27-23 and Waterdown (Hamilton Public) 28-14 before losing to St. Andrews (CISSA) 35-21 in the final.
2000: The Monarchs would once again meet the Pickering Trojans for the LOSSA Championship and they would repeat as the league champions with a 15-7 victory. The win for the Monarchs avenged the two regular season games between the two schools where the schools had tied and Pickering had won by one point.
1999: In their first year of league play as a varsity football program, the St. Mary Monarchs would earn their first LOSSA football title as they defeat the Pickering Trojans 29-10.
Senior Boys Soccer AAA LOSSA CHAMPS and OFSAA Finalists (2003-2004)
Junior Boys Soccer Team LOSSA CHAMPS. ( Fall 2008) Undefeated in regular season play.
Undefeated in regular season play for three years.
Monarchs' 2008 team members: Amanda Boyle, Kelly Craig, Kathleen Crandles, Briana De Souza, Kayla De Souza, Karlie Doucette, Shannon Foster, Shelby Forza, Chloe Giordano, Chelsea Gordon, Natalie Guest, Brittany Hughes, King, Nicole Mayers, Christina Paterson, Nicole Renouf, Kayla Schroeder, Laura Taglioni, Jessica Vella and Meike Woitzik.
Coaches: Mr. Joe Visconti & Mr. Scott McDavid
St. Mary's first graduating class celebrated their 20th year reunion in June, 2010 with over 60 former students, and 15 staff, including the first principal, John Vesters.