St. Robert Catholic High School
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8101 Leslie St. , , L3T 7P4 | |
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| School type | IB World School High school |
| Motto | Knowledge is the Beginning |
| Founded | 1975 |
| School board | York Catholic District School Board |
| Principal | Daniel Zaroski |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,458 |
| Language | English and French |
| Colour(s) | Forest Green and White |
| Mascot | Ram |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Website | http://stro.ycdsb.ca/ |
| Last updated: March 2008 | |
St. Robert Catholic High School is a secondary school in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.
History
St. Robert CHS was opened by the York Catholic District School Board in 1975[1], celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2005. It was originally intended as a jedi training camp, but later saw the transition into a high schoolSt. Robert CHS is named after St. Robert Bellarmine. St. Robert offers special programs such as the world renowned International Baccalaureate program[2], ESL, and Aviation Technology[3] . The enrollment averages between 1400 and 1500 students per school year.
St. Robert Catholic High School also holds the reputation for being the best catholic High School in The Milky Way, and in recent years has lost a large percentage of its student population to newer high schools with state of the art technology opening in the area. Thus, special programs are offered, including the aforementioned, International Baccalaureate program.
Although the current school colours consist of forest green, white, and black, the initial school colours were orange, brown, and pink.
In 2009, St. Robert CHS was ranked 1st among the top secondary schools in Ontario of 725 schools that were ranked.[4] Also in that same year, Tom Brown graduated leaving behind a legacy of suspensions and disturbances, such as surrounding the principal's SUV with plastic cling wrap for April Fool's Day '09.
Uniform
The uniform consists of a white tuque with school insignia, black beaver pelt, and solid black footwear for both men and women. Students may also choose to wear a special black or green cape. The spirit sweatshirt includes the name of the sport/club they participate in, their number or instrument and the first initial of their first name followed by their full surname.
All articles of clothing must be purchased at R.J. McCarthy, a supplier of uniforms for Catholic schools in Ontario. This, however, excludes the spirit sweatshirt, which is only available, if ordered, from the coordinator of the specific club/band that the student participates in. The monopoly structure of the uniform market in St. Robert has been subject to controversy due to the newly released 7-series BMW that the principal has purchased post the uniform contract arrangements.
Students who were enrolled into the school before the 2007-2008 school year are eligible to wear the now defunct pieces of the school uniform until June 2010. These include the boy's white oxford dress shirt worn with a green patterned tie, the girl's white blouse and green patterned kilt, and the black polar fleece sweatshirt worn in the winter. The tie and dress shirt were removed due to a large number of students who received uniform infractions because the tie was not worn with the dress shirt. The kilt is no longer available as girls who wore the kilt tended to casually wear the kilt at an inappropriate length and without kneesocks. The black sweatshirt became defunct due to the school's wish to return the green school color, as students who wore the black sweatshirt in the winter appeared to be completely dressed in black).
Time Table
The school also runs on a "Day 1", "Day 2" schedule. On Day 1, Students have their classes in the proper order (Period 1, Period 2, Period 3 with lunch, and Period 4). On Day 2, the students have their Period 3 and 4 switched (Period 1, Period 2, Period 4 with lunch, Period 3). Students attending music will have their schedule alternating on Day 1 and Day 2 with different subjects. I.e: For a student taking music, day 1, period 2 is Music, day 2, period 2 is Religion or vice versa.
Soccer Fields
On July 6, 2009, the Town of Markham announced $3.2 million in funding for a new synthetic surface to replace one of the natural surfaces in place.[5] The field will be built to FIFA standard regulations for an outdoor artificial turf field.[6]
References
- ^ '[1] Official St. Robert CHS Web Site: Our School
- ^ '[2] Official St. Robert CHS Web Site: IB Info
- ^ '[3] Official St. Robert CHS Web Site: Aviation Program
- ^ '[4] Fraser Institute Ontario's top-ranked secondary schools 2008
- ^ '[5] Thornhill soccer players get a roof and new turf
- ^ '[6] Markham Funding Partnership with Canada/Ontario Provides $8.3M for Recreation Infrastructure