Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School
| Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School and Regional Arts Centre (originally Michael Power • St. Joseph, Alderwood Campus) |
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28 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive New Toronto, Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, M8V 4B7 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°35′40″N 79°30′59″W / 43.59444°N 79.51639°WCoordinates: 43°35′40″N 79°30′59″W / 43.59444°N 79.51639°W |
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| School type |
Catholic High school Art school |
| Motto | Cursum Consumavi Fidem Servavi (I Have Finished The Race, I Have Kept The Faith) |
| Religious affiliation(s) |
Roman Catholic (Basilian Fathers and Sisters of St. Joseph) |
| Founded | 1985 (MPSJ Campus) 1986 (present day) |
| School board | Toronto Catholic District School Board |
| Superintendent | Douglas Yack Area 2 |
| Area trustee | Ann Andarchuk Ward 2 |
| School number | 540 / 731951 |
| Administrator | Maria Rebelo-Da Silva (Regional Arts Administrative Assistant) |
| Principal | Lisa Tomeczek |
| Vice Principals | Gabriele Piccolo Laura DiManno |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1202 (2016-17) |
| Language | English |
| Schedule type | Terms (Grade 9) Semesterd Grade 10-12) |
| Colour(s) | Red and Navy |
| Team name | Redmond Redhawks |
| Parish | St. Teresa |
| Program Focus |
Advanced Placement Arts Focus Regional Arts Program |
| Website | [1] |
Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School and Regional Arts Centre (also known as Father John Redmond, Father John Redmond CSS and RAC, FJRCSS, FJR, or Redmond in short) is a Roman Catholic high school located in the New Toronto area of Etobicoke in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Father John Redmond C.S.B. was born in Weston, Ontario in 1934 and aspired to helping others all his life. He was a faithful priest, dedicated teacher and accomplished coach. Educated in Toronto at St. Michael's College School and later University of Windsor, Father Redmond was ordained a Basilian priest in 1963.
His entire professional teaching career, which spanned from 1963 to his death on September 21, 1981, revolved around Michael Power Catholic High School. He was the school's athletic director for thirteen years, principal from 1976 to 1981, and nineteen years as a teacher. He helped develop thousands of Etobicoke teenagers into responsible adults through his example of a Christian life and through the discipline of sport.
Under Redmond's tutelage, Power won fifteen Toronto and District College School Athletic Association Track Championships and, provincially, nine out of ten Ontario Federation of Secondary Schools Association Crowns. In 1976, an American reporter wrote that the Power track team won a US invitational meet over 243 schools "handily".
Redmond was inducted into the Etobicoke Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.
During a period of reorganization by public school boards across Ontario following a decision by the Ontario Government to extend funding of Catholic schools to include secondary school grades 10 to 13 (OAC) in the 1980s, many public schools of the Etobicoke Board of Education in southern Etobicoke with low enrollment were ceded to the Metropolitan Separate School Board (later the Toronto Catholic District School Board).
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