St. Joseph's Morrow Park Catholic Secondary School
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3379 Bayview Avenue Bayview Woods-Steeles, North York, Ontario, M2M 3S4 Canada |
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| School type | Catholic High School |
| Motto | Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor (The love of Christ has gathered us together into one) |
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Roman Catholic (Sisters of St. Joseph) |
| Founded | 1960 |
| School board | Toronto Catholic District School Board |
| Superintendent | John Shain Area 4 |
| Area trustee | John Del Grande Ward 7 |
| School number | 516 / 815160 |
| Principal | Patricia Coburn |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 463 (2016-17) |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Willowdale |
| Colour(s) | Green, White and Black |
| Mascot | Jade the Jaguar |
| Team name | Morrow Park Jaguars |
| Newspaper |
The Pawprint sjmppawprint |
| Parish | Blessed Trinity |
| Program Focus | Extended French Gifted |
| Website | stjosephmorrowpark |
The Pawprint
St. Joseph's Morrow Park Catholic Secondary School (locally known as St. Joseph's Morrow Park, SJMPCSS, SJMP, or sporadically Morrow Park) is a publicly funded all-girls secondary school located in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1960 and is attached to the Sisters' motherhouse at Morrow Park. The Sisterhood was founded on October 15, 1650 in LePuy, France, by Jean-Pierre Medaille, a French Jesuit.
The school is part of the Toronto Catholic District School Board. It is a semestered school and presently has an enrolment of 657 students. The school has a range of programs that include resource assistance, English as a second language (ESL), and gifted programs such as the Queen's Enrichment Program, Catholic Schools United Nations Assembly, and Advanced Placement (AP).
St. Joseph's Morrow Park is the sister school of Brebeuf College School.
St. Joseph's Morrow Park Catholic Secondary School is a school for girls. It is attached to the Motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Joseph's of Toronto. In the year 1648, Jean-Pierre Medaille founded the congregation in LePuy, France. The community was active in giving support to the orphans, caring for the sick, and educating the younger students. In 1851, the Sisters of St. Joseph came to Toronto. St. Joseph's Morrow Park came about as a result of the relocation and expansion of St. Joseph's which was then operating at Bay and Wellesley. The new Motherhouse was built on Willowdale on a property given to the congregation. A day school and boarding school were part of this complex. In September 1960, St. Joseph's Morrow Park opened its doors with 147 students.
The 9th and 10th grades were placed under the sanction of the Metropolitan Separate School Board (now the Toronto Catholic District School Board) in 1967 while the tuition fees continued to be used for grades 11-13. In 1984, when the Province of Ontario decided that Catholic secondary schools were to be fully funded, Morrow Park was expanded into high school grades up to grade 13. By 1987, the operations and maintenance of SJMP were passed on to the MSSB.
In 2006, the Sisters of St. Joseph announced that Morrow Park, the school property, along with the school had been sold to Tyndale University College and Seminary. The TCDSB has chosen a site for the school.
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