St. Roch Catholic Secondary School
| St. Roch Catholic Secondary School | |
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| Address | |
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200 Valleyway Drive Credit Valley, Brampton, Ontario, L6X 0N3 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°40′23″N 79°48′24″W / 43.67296°N 79.80677°WCoordinates: 43°40′23″N 79°48′24″W / 43.67296°N 79.80677°W |
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| School type | Separate High School |
| Motto | Lux mentis... Lux orbis (Light of the Mind... Light of the World) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Founded | 2009 |
| School board | Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board |
| Superintendent | George Prajza |
| Area trustee | Linda Zanella |
| Principal | Casey Homick (2009-13) Manny Farrugia (2013-present) |
| Grades | 9 (2009) 9 to 12(2012-present) |
| Language | English, programs include French |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Area | Credit Valley |
| Colour(s) | Purple, Yellow, and Black |
| Team name | Ravens |
| Website | www |
St. Roch Catholic Secondary School is a high school in Credit Valley, Brampton, Ontario, Canada. The school's principal is Manny Farrugia and the vice principals are Ms. Hastings, Mr. Weatherbee and Ms. Glavine.
St. Roch is a Regional Centre for the Arts with curriculum in Dance, Drama, Instrumental Music, Media Arts and Vocal Music. Students wishing to pursue the arts must successfully complete a rigorous application and audition process involving teacher referrals, character recommendations and auditions in front of faculty.
RochTV is an in-school TV station run by the students of St. Roch Catholic Secondary School. The schools broadcast infrastructure operates at 1080i HD broadcast signal to LCD TVs, Smartboards, or HD data projectors that are installed in classrooms throughout the school.
The show broadcasts a bi-weekly production schedule in which segments highlight monthly stories, important events and team sport updates. Historically, Roch TV has been presented in a pre-recorded format, however in 2013, a shift to live TV has taken place.
Each year, Roch TV organizes a boot camp to provide all Media Majors with the opportunity to re-certify on all cameras as well as learn about any new equipment that requires training and certification. Roch TV also helps to train students on core equipment and also how to create basic segments for a newscast. Senior students are trained each year on audio equipment and the studio control room technology.
The school is located in the Estates of Credit Ridge Springbrook Community. The school's specific location is Credit Valley, Brampton, Ontario, 200 Valleyway Dr. Its catchment area is bounded by Winston Churchill Boulevard, the CN railway, Chinguacousy Road and Highway 407 West.
St. Roch is a Catholic School that includes a chapel. The school represents itself through St. Roch. The designated parish of the school is St. Jerome's Parish.
The mascot of the athletics teams is the Raven. St. Roch includes a variety of teams including boys football teams, Junior Boys Volleyball Team, Junior Girls Volleyball Team, Junior Boys Basketball Team, Junior Girls Basketball Team, Junior Swimming Team, Junior Hockey Team, Junior Girls Soccer Team, Junior Boys Soccer Team, Senior Girls Flag Football Team, Badminton Team, Table Tennis Team, Curling Team and Ski Team.
St. Roch requires all students to wear the School Uniform, which consists of a black rugby shirt with purple stripes and school emblem combined with casual beige pants embroidered with the Ravens athletic emblem. As of the 2016/17 school year, a black dry-fit shirt with the school emblem has been added as an alternative option to the rugby. Gym uniforms consist of black printed dazzle shorts and grey emblemed T-shirt.
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