St. Thomas More Collegiate
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7450 12th Ave. Burnaby, British Columbia, V3N 2K1 Canada |
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| School type | Independent |
| Motto | "Teaching young people to grow supported by a welcoming Catholic community" |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Founded | 1960 |
| School board | STMC Ltd. Board of Directors |
| President | Mrs. Neysa Finnie |
| Principal | Mr. Michel DesLauriers |
| Grades | 8-12 |
| Enrollment | ~660 |
| Language | English |
| Area | Edmonds |
| Colour(s) | Red, White and Black |
| Team name | Knights |
| Website | www |
St. Thomas More Collegiate or STMC is an independent private school located in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
The school is co-educational, offering academic, fine arts, and business programs, as well as athletic, performing arts, and other extracurricular programs, for students from grades 8 to 12.
The school participates in sporting events under the name of the "Knights", with the team colours of Red, White and Black.
In 1957, negotiations between Most Rev. Martin Michael Johnson, Archbishop of Vancouver, and Rev. Brother A.A. Loftus, Provincial Superior of the Congregation of Christian Brothers in North America, to help build a Catholic high school in the city of Burnaby / New Westminster.
Saint Thomas More Collegiate opened its doors in September 1960, with 110 students enrolled in grades 7, 8 and 9. Over the years enrollment and staff grew as did the facilities. Major construction was carried out in 1966, 1978, 1981, 1984, and with the introduction of co-education in 1999.
St. Thomas More Collegiate is classified as a Group 1 school under British Columbia's Independent School Act. It receives 50% funding from the Ministry of Education. The school receives no funding for capital costs. It is under charge of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver.
The school started phase 1 of its revitalization plan in the summer of 2009 and it was completed in May 2010. The new Fine Arts Wing contains four new classrooms, two specialty classrooms for Band and Choir, a student courtyard, and renovations to the school kitchen, administration areas and existing classrooms. After raising over $6.2 million, the school will go ahead with phase 2 of their plan in which it plans to build a new state-of-the-art double gymnasium. Construction of the gymnasium has been slated to begin in April 2012, with a completion date of spring/summer 2013.
St. Thomas More Collegiate is ranked by the Fraser Institute. In 2012, it was ranked 15th out of 316 schools in the Vancouver area.
The St. Thomas More Collegiate curriculum is based on the “Knights’ Compass”, formerly known as the "Irish's Compass", consists of a cross with a different field of education at each of the four ends, with Faith in the center. The outer fields are: Academics, Athletics, Arts, and Science/Technology.
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