| St. Francis Xavier Secondary School | |
| Location | |
| Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | |
| Information | |
| School board | Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board |
| Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Superintendent | Liz Kazimowicz |
| Principal | Jim Horvath |
| Vice principal | Rita Borg Linda Gallant Lee-Anne O'Leary Domenic Sbrocchi |
| School type | Separate High School |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Language | English (French, Spanish, and Italian included in school curriculum) |
| Team name | Xavier Tigers |
| Colours | Blue and Maize |
| Founded | September 1990 |
| Special Programs | International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IB) and Specialist High School Majors Program (SHSM) for Hospatility and Health & wellness |
| Population | 2206 (As of September 28, 2010) [1] |
| Chaplain | Mrs. D. Sheldrake |
St. Francis Xavier Secondary School is located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is a Catholic high school in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, and is home to 2206 students, about 130 instructional staff and support staff, and a childcare centre. The principal is currently Jim Horvath. The school mascot is the Tiger. The school has been noted for its International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program[2] and its Specialists High Skills Major for Hospitality and Health & Wellness. [3] With 2206 students,[4] it is the largest school in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board (as of September 28, 2010). It is also the largest Catholic High School in Ontario.
The school is located within St. Francis Xavier Parish in the Archdiocese of Toronto, and is the high school for St. Gertrude, St. Hilary, St. Matthew, St. Jude, and San Lorenzo Ruiz Elementary schools. Also, even though they are in the Peel District School Board, the school is the primary high school for Fairwind Senior Public School and Bristol Road Middle School graduates.
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The school opened in September 1990 on a temporary site where John Cabot Catholic Secondary School is now located. After two years, the staff and students moved into the permanent building, near the corner of Bristol and Hurontario. As part of the Dufferin-Peel portable replacement plan, the school received a three floor, twenty-two room addition which was completed in June 2001. Recently, with further growth of the school, more portables have been added to the school; 5 in 2006, 5 more in 2007, and 1 more in 2009. Beginning with incoming grade 9s in September, 2010, the school will introduce a cap. This is designed to eventually reduce the size of the school to 1950 students in 4 to 5 years. [5]
Construction of Saviour of the World Chinese Catholic Church started during the 2002/03 school year, the Church now shares property with the school.
The St. Francis Xavier Tigers have many sports teams and clubs. Teams include (boys and girls except where otherwise noted) Football (boys senior & boys junior), wrestling (varsity), hockey (varsity boys and girls), cross-country running (senior, junior & midget), golf (varsity), basketball (senior & junior), volleyball (senior & junior), cricket (varsity boys), soccer (senior & junior), rugby (varsity girls and boys), track & field (senior, junior & midget), baseball (boys varsity), fast pitch softball (girls varsity), tennis (senior & junior), curling (senior boys & senior mixed), and badminton (senior & junior). The school is also well known in GTA basketball circles for the three Rimrocker basketball tournaments it hosts every year. It hosts a 16-team Senior Girls Rimrocker tournament the first week after Thanksgiving, a 16-team Senior Boys Rimrocker tournament the final week before Christmas, and a 32-team Junior Boys Rimrocker tournament the second week of January. The junior boys tournament is one of the largest and most prestigious junior boys basketball tournaments in Ontario.
Recent ROPSSAA & OFSAA championships include: [6]
2010-11: Junior Boys Tennis Doubles (Yash Krisha/Nadeem Hemraj) ; Midget Boys Cross Country (Daniel Gasbarri/Joshua Carr/Darren Rodrigues/Bodean Ovidiu); Junior Girls Wrestling Individual - Ashley Tam; Girls Wrestling Individual - Paige Simms, Tiffani Roras [7]; Senior Badminton - Men's Doubles (Alex Le/Mathew Pang), Mixed Doubles (Eric Huang/Danielle Sadakham)
2009-10: Junior Girls Wrestling Individual - Tiffany Lewis, Crisnel Balmaceda; Junior Boys Wrestling Individual - Isaac Morales; Girls Wrestling Team; Girls Wrestling Individual - Paige Simms, Christina Boyington, Nolle Simms, Tiffani Roras [8]; Badminton Boys Singles - Matthew Pang.
2008-09: Tennis - Senior Boys Singles Tarun Kishan; Junior Girls Wrestling Team; Junior Girls Wrestling Individual - Isabelle Azevedo, Mercedes Psenicnik, Paige Simms, Noelle Simms; Junior Boys Wrestling Individual - Daniel Ciliman; Senior Girls Wrestling Individual - Bianca Fung, Isabelle Azevedo, Nolle Simms, Mercedes Psenicnik [9]
2007-08: Tennis- Senior Boys Singles, Senior Mixed Doubles; Junior Boys Football; Wrestling Individual - Melissa DeCiantis, Julie Huynh [10]; Girls Varsity Tier 2 Hockey; Badminton - Senior Mixed Doubles; Varsity Boys Tier 2 Baseball; Christa Acquah Senior Girls 100mH
2006-07: Junior Boys, Senior Girls & Over-all Combined Tennis; Senior Tier 2 Football; Junior Boys Individual Cross Country Running; Wrestling Individual - Jamillah Mensah, Latacha Smellie, Megan Treglia [11]; Badminton- Junior Boys Doubles Brian Li Nishant Raina, Junior Mixed Doubles Salman Aslam Nadia Aslam; Track and Field- Junior Boys 1500m & 3000m, Senior Girls Shotput Kristen Obrochta
2005-06: Girls Wrestling Team; Wrestling Individual - Isaias Morales [12], Melissa DeCiantis, Latacha Smellie, Tameka Bromfield [13]; Track and Field- Midget Boys 3000m
2004-05: Junior Boys Tennis; Girls Wrestling Team; Wrestling Individual - Latacha Smellie, Chatele O'Sullivan (OFSAA Silver Medallist) [14]; Junior Boys Soccer; Track and Field- Junior Girls 100m 200m Athena McBean, 4x100m Ashley Lapinski Athena McBean Jamillah Mensah Christa Acquah, Shotput Kristen Obrochta, Junior Boys High Jump Darren Duncan
2003-04: Senior Tier 2 Football; Wrestling Individual - Mike Ayoub [15]; Track and Field- Athena McBean Midget Girls 100m 200m, 4x100m Athena McBean Jamillah Mensah Ashley Lapinsky Jessica Currie, Darren Duncan Midget Boys 100mH, Eshan Fernando Senior Boys 110mH
2002-03: Senior Girls Basketball; Senior Girls Tier 2 Volleyball; Wrestling Individual - Chatele O'Sullivan [16]
2001-02: Senior Girls Basketball; Wrestling Individual - Madison Fisher [17]
2000-01: Wrestling Individual - Madison Fisher [18]; Junior Boys Hockey; Senior Girls Team Track
1999-00: Senior Girls Basketball; Wrestling Individual - Eddie Haddad [19]; Junior Boys Basketball; Senior Boys Soccer; Junior Boys Soccer
1998-99: Wrestling Individual - Haig Istanboulian [20]; Senior Boys Soccer (OFSAA AAA Champions); Junior Boys Team Track
1997-98: Boys Cricket; Junior Girls Team Track; Senior Boys Soccer (OFSAA AAA Silver Medallist)
The school is also well known in GTA basketball circles for the three Rimrocker basketball tournaments it hosts every year. It hosts a 16-team Senior Girls Rimrocker tournament the first week after Thanksgiving, a 16-team Senior Boys Rimrocker tournament the final week before Christmas, and a 32-team Junior Boys Rimrocker tournament the second week of January. The junior boys tournament is one of the largest and most prestigious junior boys basketball tournaments in Ontario.
The Music program at Xavier currently involves over 250 students a year. There are many different ensembles that perform at Xavier which include: [21]
The bands have won various awards from many festivals locally, such OBA Concert Band Festival, and internationally, such as Heritage Festivals in the US.
St. Francis has a variety of school clubs including Avant Garde - the school magazine, robotics club, computer club, yearbook committee, DECA, Environmental Intelligence, Gamers Club, STORM, xFactor, FX Players, and Radio FX. [22]
Every second year, the school hosts Relay For Life to raise money for the Canadian Cancer society. Other school events include the ShareLife walk, Cafe Night, Three For Five Theatre, Fx Music concerts, the school play, Unity Live, the Thanksgiving Food Drive, and the Christmas hamper drive.