St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School (Oakville)
| St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School | |
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| Address | |
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124 Dorval Drive Oakville, Ontario Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°26′06″N 79°40′50″W / 43.4351°N 79.6806°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Separate Secondary School |
| Motto | "aequalitas, veritas, excellentia" ("equality, truth, excellence") |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Founded | 1990 |
| School board | Halton Catholic District School Board |
| Superintendent | Toni Pinnelli |
| Area trustee | Ms. A.A. LeMay (Board chair), Mr. H. Karabela, Mr. A. Danko, Mr. P. Marai, Mr. A. Quinn |
| Principal | Mr. Paul Di Ianni |
| Vice Principal(s) | Mr. Paul Di Ianni |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Enrollment | c. 1200 (September 2016) |
| Language | English, with language classes in French |
| Area | Halton |
| Colour(s) | black, white and grey |
| Mascot | Black Tom Pirate |
| Team name | Aquinas Raiders |
| Newspaper | aquinas |
| Website | sta |
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School is a high school located in the western part of Old Oakville in Oakville, Ontario. St. Thomas Aquinas is a member of the Halton Catholic District School Board. There are over 1600 students attending the school in grades 9 through 12.
At St. Thomas Aquinas, the current principal is Mr. Paul Di Ianni and the vice-principals are Mr. Adriano Perusin, Mr. Gord McCarles, and Mrs. Maria Thomas. The previous principal of St. Thomas Aquinas was Mr. Dwight Jonker, and before him was Mr. Pat Daly. Before him was Colin McGillicuddy (now a Superintendent), and the previous vice-principal was Mr. Jeff Crowell (now a Principal at St. Catherine of Alexandra in Georgetown). The school offers academic programs for university-bound students, applied programs for college-bound students, and essential programs for the learning challenged; it also offers co-op apprenticeship and workplace programs in computer engineering and cosmetology (see below). The school community prides itself on athletic achievements, and STA fields teams known as the "Raiders" in a wide variety of sports (see below). Arts-related groups include the Aquinas Concert Band (which won a bronze medal at the Atlantic Band Festival in Halifax in May 2006), a Jazz Band, a choir, a yearly school play, entries in the Sears Drama Festival, and the school's Tech Crew. Several leadership and school community groups also exist, including the school's Student Council, the STA Prefects, the STA Model United Nations Organization, the Athletic Council, and the Peace and Justice Club (the "PJs").
Today, after the opening of Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School, the feeder schools for St. Thomas Aquinas are St. Dominic, St. Joseph, St. James, St. Vincent and St. Luke Catholic Elementary schools.
The first St. Thomas Aquinas school building was built in the 1960s, when it was first opened as Gordon E. Perdue High School. In 1990, the school became a Catholic high school when it was transferred from the public board to the Catholic board for the sum of $1 (as some money was required, by law, to be exchanged).
The original school building was composed of five floors; three in the south end of the building and two in the north. The floors were offset by about 1/2 of a storey at a point just north of the school's main lobby. In the southern three-storey portion of the school were classrooms for the languages, mathematics, business and social studies departments, in addition to key school facilities such as the main office, the school's chapel and the library. In the northern two-storey portion of the school were the gymnasium, cafeteria, staff room and classrooms for the science, fine arts and technical studies departments.
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