St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School (London, Ontario)
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1360 Oxford Street West London, Ontario, N6H 1W2 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 42°58′08″N 81°20′05″W / 42.969°N 81.3348°WCoordinates: 42°58′08″N 81°20′05″W / 42.969°N 81.3348°W |
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| School type | Roman Catholic |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Catholic |
| Founded | 1990 (current location 1994) |
| School board | London District Catholic School Board |
| Superintendent | John Mombourquette |
| Area trustee | Linda Steele |
| School number | 4495 |
| Principal | Linda Thomas |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Enrollment | 901 (September 2014) |
| Language | English and French |
| Area | West London (Oakridge) |
| Colour(s) | Red and Black |
| Mascot | Dragon |
| Team name | Flames |
| Website | www |
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School (STA) is a Catholic secondary school in London, Ontario, located in the neighbourhood of Oakridge in the west end of the city. It currently serves students in the London District Catholic School Board in the London Areas of Byron, Oakridge, Westmount, Lambeth, as well as some areas outside of the city limits such as Delaware, Komoka and even as far as Mount Brydges.
STA was established at the site of the former St. Joseph Catholic school on Charles Street in 1990. Construction began on the school's permanent site in 1993, and the current building opened in 1994, and was highly technologically advanced for its time with internet access throughout the school, as well as cable television and VCRs in virtually every classroom. The building's size was inadequate to handle the influx of students to the school, and once the student parking lot became filled with 21 portable classrooms (rumoured to be the second highest in Ontario) in 1998 a satellite campus in downtown London was established at the former St. Peter's School on Clarence Street. From 1998 to 2001 grade nine students spent one semester at St. Peter's and the other half at the main STA campus. The campus was closed in 2001, a year after Mother Teresa Catholic School opened and relieved pressure from STA. At its peak in 2000, STA's population was about 1,800 students.
STA was built with a "cafetorium", a space which could be used as either a cafeteria or auditorium with portable seating stored under the stage. This cafetorium has been the site of many assemblies, school shows, and other various school events and performances.
The forum at STA was also used as a temporary location for Sunday services for St. George's Parish during church reconstruction in 1998–99.
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