St. Peter Catholic High School

Infobox Education in Canada
name= St. Peter Catholic High School


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motto= "Dedicated to Excellence"
motto_translation=
streetaddress= 750 Charlemagne Boulevard
city= Orleans
province= Ontario
postalcode= K4A 3M4
schoolnumber=
schoolboard= Ottawa Catholic School Board
affiliation=
superintendent= Michael Baine
trustee= Kathy Ablett, R.N., Chairperson
principal= Sue Arbour
viceprincipal= Chris Hughes, Bill Deslauriers, Marie Brazeau
administrator= Carla Boyle
schooltype= Catholic high school
grades= 7 to 12
feeders= St. Clare, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Theresa, Our Lady of Wisdom
language= English
area= Ottawa
mascot= Knight
teamname= Knights
colours= Silver, Blue, White
founded= 1992
enrollment= 1900
enrollment_as_of= September 2008
homepage= http://www.stpeterhigh.ca

St. Peter Catholic High School is a catholic high school located in the suburb of Ottawa, Orleans. The current principal is Mrs. Sue Arbour. The school offers grades 7-12 and a daycare service. The current school population rests at 1849 students with 125 staff members.

Academic Program

St. Peter Catholic High school offers many programs academically. These include religious and family life education courses taught at all grade levels, English, health and physical education, the arts, history, geography, mathematics, science, business, and technology. It also has a French as second language program offering core, extended and immersion. The science programs include Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Environmental Studies. The arts that are offered throughout the grades 9-12 are dramatic arts, visual arts (including photography), music (including instrumental and guitar) and dance. St. Peter is also suited for special needs and cooperative education. Courses are offered in Open, Applied, Academic, College and University depending on the type of course it is.

Sports

The St. Peter Catholic High school mascot is a Knight.

Grades 7-12 are all offered over 40 sports. "From the OCCSB school profile":
* Grade 7-8 Boys'/Girls' Basketball, Soccer, Cross-country, Volleyball and Badminton
* Junior: Boys' Football, Girls' Basketball, Field Hockey
* Senior: Boys' Football, Soccer, Volleyball
* Girls' Basketball, Varsity Girls' Ice Hockey [ [http://www2.occdsb.on.ca/profile.php?profileID=61 OCCSB School Profile] ] but there is also Track and Field, Badminton, boys' Ice Hockey, Golf, Alpine Skiing, Rugby union and Ultimate Frisbee.

St. Peter's is also known for its championship teams. In 2006-2007 these were the boys junior football team, girls varsity basketball team, senior boys soccer team, senior boys rugby team and the golf team.

Clubs

Clubs at St. Peter's include Choir, Band (8/9, and Sr. concert bands, as well as Jazz), 7/8 chess club, "Artists Anonymous", Improv Team, Reach for the Top, SPK TV, Student Council, Arts Council, Fitness Club, and the St. Peter's Players.

School Layout

St. Peter's is a large school, consisting of three stories. The school has two gymnasiums (one dually used as a cafeteria and a gymnasium), 10 washrooms (5 male, 5 female), 4 changing rooms, a chapel and a library. A large, three story extension was built onto the school in late 2004, though 8 portables still exist on school grounds. The entire second floor (excluding the extension) consists of the sciences and computer studies. Extra portables were added during the summer of 2007.

Annual Events

The Canley Cup is an annual event held by St Peter Catholic High school in order to acquire canned goods to donate to the Cumberland food bank. During the 2008 campaign, the school raised over 52,000 cans. This was enough to fill three food banks. The competition concludes with the entire school carrying the cans on a 7 kilometer walk to the food bank. Afterwards, a barbecue is held.

See also

*Schools
*Ottawa Carleton Catholic School Board

References

External links

* [http://www2.occdsb.on.ca/ OCCSB site]
* [http://www2.occdsb.on.ca/peh/ St. Peter High's Official Website]