Robert F. Hall Catholic Secondary School

Infobox Education in Canada
name = Robert F. Hall


established = September 6, 1992
schoolboard = Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
schooltype = Catholic
principal = Edward McMahon
free_label_1=Vice Principals
free_1= Irene Carvalho
Emmanuel Farrugia
Linda Gallant
faculty =
enrollment = 1,950
mascot = The Wolfpack
colours = Green,Gold(yellow)
city = Caledon
province = Ontario
country = Canada
website = http://w3.dpcdsb.org/RFHAL/
grades = 9-12
address = 6500 Old Church Road
free_label_2=Newspaper
free_2= "The Howler"

Robert F. Hall Catholic Secondary School (sometimes referred to as Hall or abbreviated as RFH) is a catholic school located in Caledon, Ontario, Canada. The school was named after Robert Francis (Bob) Hall (1925-1989), the first lay person after whom a catholic secondary school has been named in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board. The patron saint of Hall is St. Francis of Assisi.

Enrollment

As of September 21, 2007, Robert F. Hall Catholic Secondary School has a total enrollment of 1,957 students [http://www.dpcdsb.org/NR/rdonlyres/1B1DE247-95A8-4380-988F-14377B44EA4E/19630/EnrolmentReportMidSeptember2007.pdf] (a number which the building has trouble accommodating, due to the 1400 lockers in the school) . It is open to residents in Caledon, Bolton, Orangeville, Shelburne, and other small villages in the area. However, an admission fee of $60 (CAD) is required: $20 for the religion retreat, $10 for dress down days, most of what is left goes to the yearbook.

Academics

Robert F. Hall requires students to go through four or five years of schooling. During these four or five years, a student must accumulate 30 credits to graduate. A credit may be gained by completing a course successfully with a passing mark of 50% or higher. Eighteen of these must be obtained by completing compulsory courses, which include:
*English
*Mathematics
*Science
*Geography
*History
*Religion
*French
*Physical education

The remaining twelve credits must be attained through elective courses, which are of a very wide variety. Robert F. Hall has taken steps to offer courses in unique areas, such as cosmetology and Italian.

Extracurricular Activities

There are multiple student groups, school clubs and sports teams that are currently active at Robert F. Hall. Most recently, the school implemented the Peer Mentoring program, which gives freshmen a chance to meet with senior students, whom are priorly selected, for some peer guidance.

Facebook incident

On February 1, 2007, eleven students were suspended for sentences ranging from three to eight days, due to defamatory comments made on the highly popular student network Facebook [Teotonio, Isabel. (February, 2007) [http://www.thestar.com/article/180712 "11 suspended for cyber-bullying"] "Toronto Star".] [Laurie, Scott. (February, 2007) [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070212/cyberbullying_suspensions_070212/20070212?hub=TopStories "Students suspended for 'cyber-bullying' principal"] "CTV"] [Ferenc, Leslie. (February, 2007) [http://www.thestar.com/News/article/181019 "Students Baffled"] "Toronto Star".] . Which included the Student Council President, and a large part of the annocenement crew. A student had created a public group, which allowed students to express their personal resentment towards Edward McMahon, the school's principal, whom had been accused of integrating unfavourable policies into the school. After the group had initially come to the attention of school administrators, it was subsequently closed down. Although the story has received some national attention, there has been no indication of any of the board's decisions being negated.

References

External links

* [http://w3.dpcdsb.org/RFHAL/ School Website]
* [http://www.freewebs.com/thehowler/ School Newspaper - The Howler]