St. Thomas of Villanova College
| St. Thomas of Villanova College or Villanova College | |
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2480 15th Sideroad King City, Ontario, L7B 1A4 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°56′46″N 79°32′26″W / 43.94611°N 79.54056°WCoordinates: 43°56′46″N 79°32′26″W / 43.94611°N 79.54056°W |
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| School type | High and Middle school |
| Motto | Unitas, Veritas, Caritas (Unity, Truth, Love) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Catholic Order of Saint Augustine , Augustinian Secondary Education Association |
| Founded | 1999 |
| School board | Independent School |
| School number | 878561 |
| Principal | Mark Musca |
| Headmaster | Paul Paradiso |
| Grades | 4-12 |
| Enrollment | 800 students |
| Language | English & French & Spanish |
| Colour(s) | Silver and navy blue |
| Athletics conference | Conference of Independent Schools of Ontario |
| Mascot | Knightro |
| Team name | Knights |
| Website | www |
| Last updated: February 16, 2008 | |
St. Thomas of Villanova College is a middle school and high school in King City, Ontario, Canada. It was established at Mary Lake by lay educators Paul Paradiso and Grant Purdy in 1999 at Mary Lake Augustinian Monastery as a Catholic school together with the Order of Saint Augustine's friars of Toronto. The school campus is within the grounds of this Augustinian monastic foundation in King City. The school boasts facilities including a full-service Library and Resource Centre, computer labs, science labs, and an athletic centre that includes an Olympic sized court, in addition to three others, a weight room, indoor running track, and a great hall. Outdoor fields include two soccer fields and one football field and running track. The school also uses the 'House system', with houses such as St. Augustine, St. Nicholas, St. Rita, and St. Monica.
It has a curriculum for students in grades four to twelve. It is the first and to date only Canadian institution to become a member of the Augustinian Secondary Education Association. It is a privately-operated independent school, not officially sponsored by the Augustinian Order.
The college is named in honour of St. Thomas of Villanova, a sixteenth-century Spanish Augustinian. Thomas was born in the province of Ciudad Real in 1488, and was raised in Villanueva de los Infantes, a nearby town; hence his name, Thomas of Villanova. In the year 1544, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V appointed Thomas as Archbishop of Valencia. Thomas succeeded in the spiritual renewal of his diocese, and gained the title "Father of the Poor". He gave two-thirds of the income of his diocese to care for the poor in various ways. Each day up to 5 poor people came to his door to be fed and to receive money.
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