Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Catholic School

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Catholic School
Address
8 Seasons Drive
Morningside Heights, Scarborough, Ontario, M1X 1X9, Canada
Coordinates 43°49′45″N 79°14′01″W / 43.829265°N 79.233688°WCoordinates: 43°49′45″N 79°14′01″W / 43.829265°N 79.233688°W
Information
School number 456 / 694815
School board Toronto Catholic District School Board
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Superintendent Nicola D'Avella
Area 7
Area trustee Gary Tanuan
Ward 8
Principal Paola Cherrier
School type Catholic Elementary school
Grades JK-8
Language English
Motto We are many Faces, but just one Family
Established 2013
Enrollment 467
Parish St. Barnabas
Full-Day Kindergarten Yes
Year 4 Catchment - (2013-2014)
Homepage Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Catholic School

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Catholic School (occasionally called Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati CS, BPGFCS, or simply as Frassati) is a Roman Catholic elementary school located in Morningside Heights, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada part of the Toronto Catholic District School Board with the school is named after Pier Giorgio Frassati.

Background

Until the development of Morningside Heights, there were two newer Catholic elementary schools in the northeastern Scarborough Area, St. Bede in Malvern opened in 1989 and St, Dominic Savio in Rouge Hill opened in 1999.

When the area was developed in 2002, many children in that area attend schools in the Malvern area such as St. Bede, St. Gabriel Lalemant, and Sacred Heart.

In 2007, the Toronto Catholic District School Board approved the funding from the province to build the new school for the Morningside Heights neighborhood.[1] Originally named Morningside Heights North, the school was named Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati in 2010. The board held a groundbreaking ceremony on November 15, 2011 to start construction on the Frassati school that was completed in January 2013.[2] The new, barrier-free three-storey building consisting of a multi-purpose room, library, early learning rooms, and new landscaping.

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati held an open house event on June 13, 2013 organized by St. Bede and St. Gabriel Lalemant schools.[3] The school finally opened in September 2013.

While Frassati is a feeder school, its graduates attend Blessed Mother Teresa, Blessed Pope John Paul II, Francis Libermann, and Mary Ward secondary schools.

References

  1. "Toronto Catholic District School Board letter". Tcdsb.org. Retrieved 2013-11-03.
  2. "About Us". Tcdsb.org. Retrieved 2013-11-03.
  3. "Open House 2013". Tcdsb.org. Retrieved 2013-11-03.

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