St Michael's College School
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1515 Bathurst Street Forest Hill, Toronto, Ontario, M5P 3H4 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°41′04″N 79°25′04″W / 43.684431°N 79.417741°WCoordinates: 43°41′04″N 79°25′04″W / 43.684431°N 79.417741°W |
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| School type |
Catholic Private High school Catholic Private Elementary school |
| Motto | Doce Me Bonitatem et Disciplinam et Scientiam (Teach Me Goodness, Discipline, and Knowledge) |
| Religious affiliation(s) |
Roman Catholic (Basilian Fathers) |
| Established | 1852 |
| Sister school | Holy Name of Mary College School |
| School board |
Metropolitan Separate School Board (1967-1985) Conference of Independent Schools of Ontario |
| School number | 834696 |
| Principal | Gregory Reeves |
| Faculty | 79 |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Enrollment | 1300 |
| Language | English, French, Italian, Latin, Spanish |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colour(s) | Light blue, Navy (referred to as "double blue") |
| Mascot |
Bubba Lou Blue Leprechaun |
| Newspaper | The Blue Herald |
| Public transit access | Subway: St. Clair West |
| Website | www |
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St. Michael's College School is a private, all-boys Roman Catholic day school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Administered by the Basilian Fathers, it is the largest school of its kind in Canada, with an enrollment of approximately 1,080 students from grades seven to twelve. It is well known for its high standard of athletics and academics, notably its ice hockey and football programs. The hockey program has graduated numerous future National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey players. St. Michael's is the brother school of Holy Name of Mary College School, an independent, Catholic all-girls school in Mississauga. The school was once part of the Metropolitan Separate School Board (now Toronto Catholic District School Board) from 1967 to 1985
The Congregation of St. Basil (Basilian Fathers) was established as a religious congregation in France in 1822. As a result of the closing of seminaries in France during the French Revolution, two diocesan priests opened a secret school in the mountains of central France. After several years of operation and a change in the French laws, ten priests serving there openly bound themselves into a religious community. They reasoned that the school, by then located in the nearby city of Annonay, would have a better chance of continuing if it were conducted by a religious congregation that could accept and train new members to continue its operation after the founding fathers’ retirement.
The original members chose St. Basil the Great, a fourth-century teacher, bishop, and doctor of the Church, to be the namesake of the new community.
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