St. Mary's High School (Kitchener)

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name=St. Mary's High School


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streetaddress= 1500 Block Line Road
city= Kitchener
province= Ontario
postalcode= N2C 2S2
areacode= 519
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url=http://stmary.wcdsb.edu.on.ca/welcome.html
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schoolboard=Waterloo Catholic District School Board
affiliation=Roman Catholic
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principal= Theresa Horan
viceprinceipal= John Deitrich
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schooltype= Catholic
grades= 9-12
language= English
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enrollment= 2, 200
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St. Mary's High School is a Catholic secondary school in Kitchener, Ontario,
Canada. It serves most of Kitchener's Catholic students, with some others attending Resurrection Catholic Secondary School. Members of its sports teams are known as the "Eagles".

The school was originally located in the city's downtown, where it was founded as the girls' school to complement the boys-only St. Jerome's High School next door. As the latter school had older infrastructure, it was closed and St. Mary's was made co-ed in 1990. In 2002, the school moved from the downtown to the southern suburbs, where there would be far less commuting time for most students.

The former school buildings have been given differing fates: one auxiliary building was demolished; the main St. Jerome's facility is being renovated to house Wilfrid Laurier University's Faculty of Social Work; and the main St. Mary's building now houses both the Catholic School Board offices, and the Kitchener Downtown Community Centre.

In the autumn of 2004, a new branch of the Kitchener Public Library opened within the new school building. As of 2005, students were not being let into the library at lunch times. The librarians claim that only 70 students are allowed in at a time. The school's fall 2005 enrolment was 2,200 students, however ended up only being 2,077 by the end of the year. This population was still far higher than the anticipated capacity; 25 portable classrooms are currently installed on the grounds, and no student parking is available due to the need for faculty parking.

This year the schools population is 2,198.

The new school building features a Triple Gym, an auditorium/theatre known as Alumni hall, as well as a large cafeteria. The school also houses tennis courts and 2 soccer/football fields. There were basketball courts at the school, but they are now taken up by portables.

Many events have occurred at the new school since its opening in 2002. These events include a bomb scare in 2004, a fire in the central stairwell in 2005, as well as a chemical scare in 2006. The people who caused these events have never been caught.

For the most part, St. Marys has won many competitions in the past 4 years. These include the Jr. Boys Soccer team winning the 2006 OFFSA championships. In recent years, every team has won at least a COWWSA championship, with the exception of the football, and wrestling teams. In late spring 2007, the girls slo-pitch team became WCSSA champions. They ended their season with 22 wins and 0 losses: a perfect season. They also competed in two tournaments in addition to regular season, one in Toronto hosted by Bishop Allen and one in Kitchener at the Peter Hallman ballpark. They won both tournaments.

Alumni Hall Productions include:

The Donnelly's (2003)The Nerd (2003)Julius Caesar (2004)Bang, Bang You're Dead (2004)The Ends of the Earth (2005)The Hollow (2005)The Prisoner of 2nd Avenue (2006)Antigone (2006)Pirates of Penzance (2007)The Foreigner (2007)Love is Contagious (2008)

The schools most famous production is The Pirates of Penzance, the only show in SMH history to sell out all four nights (May 2nd - May 5th 2007)

External links

* [http://stmary.wcdsb.edu.on.ca/about/history/timeline1.htm History of St. Mary's High School]
* [http://stmary.wcdsb.edu.on.ca/welcome.html St. Mary's High School official website]