|
|
||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total enrolment | 1,195 |
| Principal | Patricia Coburn Tel: 416-393-5544 Fax: 416-393-5768 |
| Superintendent |
Anthony Petitti Tel: 416-222-8282 ext. 2370 |
| Parish | The Epiphany of Our Lord 3200 Pharmacy Avenue Scarborough, Ontario M1W 3J5 416-499-2196 |
| Local Trustee |
John Del Grande Tel: 416-512-3407; Fax: 416-512-3407 e-mail: john.delgrande@tcdsb.org |
| CSAC Chair | Dennis Hastings Voice Mailbox: #88544 csac.maryward@tcdsb.org |
| Child Care | Family Day Care Services 416-297-9660 |
| Extended French | Secondary |
History & TraditionMary Ward Catholic Secondary School is a co-educational secondary school founded in 1985 by the Metropolitan Separate School Board (now Toronto Catholic District School Board). The school is named after Mary Ward, founder of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Loretto Sisters) and carries the traditions of Christian community and excellence in education that have been developed by the Loretto Sisters. The school occupies a wonderful new building at the corner of McNicoll Avenue and Kennedy Road in Scarborough.
Founded in 1985, the school is one of only seven in Canada which offers a unique mode of curriculum delivery emphasizing individualized learning and self-paced progress. The individualized learning is coupled with a unique and highly acclaimed teacher advisor-student program. A complete slate of academic programs is offered at all levels of study. Programs of a specialty nature such as English as a Second Language, gifted studies, extended French, cooperative education, technology, music, drama and visual arts are also available. In addition the school offers a full range of co-curricular athletics, student clubs and spiritual program which form an integral part of the entire school curriculum.
At Mary Ward the students are taught the responsibility of learning and the value of appropriate time management.
Mary
Ward Catholic Secondary School sincerely follows the Mission and vision
statements as articulated by the Toronto Catholic District Separate School
Board. Further, we as a school community, committed ourselves again to the
code of beliefs on which the school was founded:
"Because we believe in the worth and dignity of all human persons, we, the members of the Mary Ward school community, declare the following:
We, the members of the Mary Ward community declare our willingness to continue the many positive things we have been doing to build a better society. When abuses occur, we pledge that we will act with courage and concern to stop negative behaviour. We make our commitment to this declaration in the name of Jesus, who modeled his behaviour, and whose spirit guides our actions."
The school meets the academic needs of the students by means of the following:
Offering a full component of courses at the advanced, general and basic level of studies
The school meets the co-curricular needs of the students by offering:
As a school community we believe we must allow our students to maximize their growth potential in all areas within the framework of a school community shaped by beliefs and commitments such as those indicated above.
November 4, 2010
7:00 p.m.
November 6
25th Anniversary--Details
School Calendar 2010-2011
| School Begins | September 7, 2010 |
| Thanksgiving Day | October 11, 2010 |
| Christmas break | December 20-31, 2010 |
| Family Day | February 21, 2011 |
| Mid-Winter Break | March 14-18, 2011 |
| Good Friday | April 22, 2011 |
| Easter Monday | April 25, 2011 |
| Victoria Day | May 23, 2011 |
| Last day of classes for elementary students | June 29, 2011 |
PA Days 2010-2011
Exam Dates 2010-2011
Mary Ward students recognized by the
Toronto Star High School Newspaper Awards
The Toronto Star High School
Newspaper Awards took place on May 27, 2010. Reporters, editors,
photographers, designers and illustrators of the Toronto Star judged
more than 750 entries in 22 different categories from dozens of high
schools across Ontario.
In the Comics category, Mariah I., was awarded 1st place and Adrian A., was awarded 2nd place.
Tara A., was awarded 1st place for the Feature Writing – Long category.
In the Illustration category, Jan C., was awarded 1st place and Danielle R., 2nd place.
Nairy K., captured 2nd place in the category of Opinion Writing.
The 1st place award for Sports Photography when to John Austin
2nd place in the Sports Writing – Feature category went to Adrian K., and 2nd place for Sports Writing – Reporting was given to Samantha L.
TCDSB Students participated in Concours et
Festival d'art oratoire, an annual French public-speaking event for
students from grades four through 12 studying French as a Second
Language in Ontario schools.
At this year’s event, held at York University on May 8th, Benjamin
D., Grade 9 Student at Bishop Allen Academy was awarded 1st place
for "L'eau"; Kristina Loudine, Grade 10 Student at Msgr. Percy
Johnson was awarded 2nd place of "Les Phobies" and Alfred Chen,
Grade 11 Student at Mary Ward was awarded 3rd place for "La tension
religieuse: pourquoi existe-t-elle?"
Congratulations TCDSB Skills
Canada Winners
This year’s Skills Canada Competition at ROM Park in
Kitchener/Waterloo was a great success for many TCDSB Students.With
over 1,800 students from all across Ontario competing in events in
the trades and technology sectors, TCDSB students participated in 26
different events and placed in the top three in 9 of those events.
Gold medals were awarded to Team Carpentry: Arthur Kurek and Philip
Kapera of Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School; Culinary Arts: Cara
Davis of Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts; Ishara Wijesinghe of
St. Joseph Morrow Park Catholic Secondary School was awarded the
gold medal for her pin design
Silver medals were awarded to the 2D Character Animation team:
Raphaella Lauro and Valerie Garnace St. Joseph Morrow Park Catholic
Secondary School; Kyan D’Angelo of Mary Ward Catholic Secondary
School for IT Software Application; and Jean Luc Moniz and Rebecca
LaFortune of Dante Alighieri Academy for TV and Video Production .
Bronze medals where awarded to Jennifer Reyes of Blessed Mother
Teresa Catholic School who competed in the Restaurant Service
category; Peter Nhieu and Anthony Dang of Archbishop Romero Catholic
Secondary School in the Geographic Information Systems category; and
the team who competed in the Robotics section, Geoffrey Blasutti,
Steve Pasqualoni, Daniel Adamo, Matthew Hiew of Michael Power/St.
Joseph High School.
On May 23rd, Cara Davis of Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts went
on to the National Skills Canada Competition and captured the Gold
Medal in the Culinary Arts category.
Teen Vogue "Girl of the Week"
Danielle Roche has been named "Girl of the Week" by Teen Vogue magazine.
She is also a recipient of this year's Mario Gasparatto Visual Arts Bursary.
http://www.teenvogue.com/connect/blogs/snapshot/2009/06/girl-of-the-week-danielle-roche.html
Toronto Star High School Newspaper Awards
Congratulations to Karizza Sanchez on being awarded the Toronto Star
High School Newspaper Award for Critical Writing, and to the staff of the Planet, which captured the award in the best volunteer newspaper
category
School Learning Improvement Plan -- 2009-2010
EQAO Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics:
Academic Year | Academic | Applied |
| 2008 - 2009 | ||
| 2007 - 2008 | ||
| 2006 - 2007 | ||
| 2005 - 2006 | ||
| 2004 - 2005 | ||
Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT):
The OSSLT shows the extent to which Ontario students are meeting the minimum literacy standard expected by the end of Grade 9. The test assesses the reading and writing skills as they apply to all subjects as out-lined in the Ontario Curriculum. Students must pass the OSSLT as one of the 32 requirements for an Ontario Secondary School Diploma.
| School Year | Grade 10 |
| 2008 - 2009 | |
| 2007 - 2008 | |
| 2006 - 2007 | |
| 2005 - 2006 | |
| 2004 - 2005 |
Students
| Parents
Staff
Trustees
Schools
Programs K - 12
Services
About
Us News
Facilities
Links
Site Map|
80 Sheppard Ave. E., Toronto, ON M2N 6E8, General Inquiries: webmaster@tcdsb.org or 416 222-8282, www.tcdsb.org