St. Francis Xavier Secondary School (Mississauga)

St. Francis Xavier Secondary School
Location
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Information
School board Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Superintendent Lucy Papaloni
Principal Jim Horvath
Vice principal Massimo Giannobile
Linda Gallant
Cathy Greco
Irene Carvalho
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 Hospitality, Health & Wellness, and Sports
Population 1921 (As of March, 2014)
Chaplain Mrs. Betty-Anne Picket

St. Francis Xavier Secondary School is a Catholic high school in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, overseen by the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board. It has 1921 students , about 130 teaching and support staff, and a childcare centre. The school mascot is the Tiger. The school has an International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma program[1] and Specialist High Skills Major programs for Hospitality, Health & Wellness, and Sports.[2]

The school is located in St. Francis Xavier Parish in the Archdiocese of Toronto. It is the high school for St. Gertrude, St. Hilary, St. Matthew, St. Jude, and San Lorenzo Ruiz Elementary schools, and the primary high school for graduates of Fairwind Senior Public School and Bristol Road Middle School, even though they are in the Peel District School Board.

History

The school opened in September 1990 on a temporary site where John Cabot Catholic Secondary School is now located. After two years, it moved into its permanent building near the corner of Bristol and Hurontario. As part of the Dufferin-Peel portable replacement plan, the school received a three-floor, 22-room addition that was completed in June 2001. Recently, further growth of the school has necessitated more portable units: five were added in 2006, five more in 2007, and one more in 2009. Beginning with incoming grade-9s in September 2010, the school will cap its intake to reduce the number of students to 1950 in 4–5 years.[3]

Construction of Saviour of the World Chinese Catholic Church started during the 2002–03 school year. The Church now shares property with the school.

Sports

The St. Francis Xavier Tigers have many sports teams and clubs, including (there are both boys and girls teams unless otherwise noted):

The school is well known in GTA basketball circles for the two Rimrocker basketball tournaments it hosts every year: a 16-team Senior Boys Rimrocker tournament in the final week before Christmas, and a 32-team Junior Boys Rimrocker tournament in 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:[4]

2013-14: Junior Boys Cross Country (Kyle Lewis, Prajeet Sareen, Sachin Fernando, Nathan Gomes);[5] Junior Boys Wrestling Individual - Matthew Nuguid; Junior Girls Wrestling Individual - Lydia Zomparelli, Madeline Drinovac; Girls Wrestling Individual - Kayla Melo; Boys Wrestling Individual - Julian Romeo; Senior Badminton [6]

'2012-13: Boys Wrestling Individual - Isaac Morales;[7] Girls Wrestling Individual - Junsi Zhang, Tobi Owotomo;[8] Senior Mixed Doubles Badminton (Esther Tang/Alex Le) [9]

2011-12: Girls Wrestling Individual - Tiffani Roras[10][11]

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;[12] 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;[12] 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[12]

2007-08: Tennis - Senior Boys Singles, Senior Mixed Doubles; Junior Boys Football; Wrestling Individual - Melissa DeCiantis, Julie Huynh;[12] 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 & Overall Combined Tennis; Senior Tier 2 Football; Junior Boys Individual Cross Country Running; Wrestling Individual - Jamillah Mensah, Latacha Smellie, Megan Treglia;[12] 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,[13] Melissa DeCiantis, Latacha Smellie, Tameka Bromfield;[12] Track and Field - Midget Boys 3000m

2004-05: Junior Boys Tennis; Girls Wrestling Team; Wrestling Individual - Latacha Smellie, Chatele O'Sullivan (OFSAA Silver Medallist);[12] 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;[13] Track and Field - Athena McBean Midget Girls 100m (OFSAA Champion[14]) 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[12]

2001-02: Senior Girls Basketball; Wrestling Individual - Madison Fisher [12]

2000-01: Wrestling Individual - Madison Fisher;[12] Junior Boys Hockey; Senior Girls Team Track; Track and Field - Sarah Kish Junior Girls Javelin (OFSAA Champion[14]

1999-00: Senior Girls Basketball; Wrestling Individual - Eddie Haddad;[13] Junior Boys Basketball; Senior Boys Soccer; Junior Boys Soccer

1998-99: Wrestling Individual - Haig Istanboulian;[13] 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)

Music programs

The Music program at Xavier currently involves over 250 students a year. Ensembles that perform there include: [15]

The bands perform concerts annually and attend festivals and trips abroad.

School clubs

St. Francis school clubs include Tiger Tales (the school magazine), art club, robotics club, computer club, yearbook committee, DECA, Environmental Intelligence, Gamers Club, xFactor, Science Club (XSC), FX Players, Radio FX and many more.[16]

Other activities

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.

Notable alumni

See also

References

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  5. ↑ "ROPSSAA Championships Junior Boys Teams". Peelschools.org. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  6. ↑ http://www.bramptonguardian.com/sports-story/4468068-badminton-champs-crowned/
  7. ↑ "2013 ROPSSAA Wrestling Open Boys Individual Results" (PDF). Peelschools.org. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  8. ↑ "2013 ROPSSAA Wrestling Open Girls Individual Results" (PDF). Peelschools.org. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  9. ↑ "ROPSSAA Senior Badminton Championships 2013" (PDF). Peelschools.org. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
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  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "OFSAA Past Champions : Girls’ Track & Field" (PDF). Ofssa.on.ca. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
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  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "City stars go for Cup". Mississauga Article. 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
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