St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School--Centre for Arts, Media and Technology (secondary, grade 9-12)

School Calendar 2012

Professional Activity Days 2012

• February 17, 2012
• June 27, 2012
• June 28, 2012
• June 29, 2012

PA and Exam Day Calendar 2011-2012

Recent News

St. Patrick CSAC hosts Building a Responsible Teenager with Dr. Alex Russell
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.

Parent Multilingual Resource Centre Grand Opening
The Catholic School Advisory Council (CSAC) at St. Patrick C.S.S. is pleased to have been awarded a Parents Reaching Out (PRO) Grant from the Ministry of Education for 2011-2012 year to establish a "Parent Multilingual Resource Centre" at the school.  The Centre will provide information and resources to parents in their own language. The Grand Opening inaugural ceremony will be held on Monday, March 26th at 7:00 PM.

Cardboard Boat Races
The St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School Physics team of Jen M., Paolo P., Laura F. and Daryl L. In the TCDSB Cardboard Boat races at Marrocco-Merton on December 8 they mastered a completely new boat design to advance to a third place finish from among 16 teams.

Their design skills and problem-solving abilities were showcased impressively. They tested their original design at the Skills Canada competition on Nov. 29 by first building a half-scale model, assessing its strengths and weaknesses, then building the full-scale model in the competition.

Certain flaws in the design became evident, so they re-designed the boat completely from scratch for the TCDSB races. Not satisfied with that design, they put together an entirely new design that they felt would better meet the rigours of the competition. Their instincts were excellent: they finished the construction of the boat with time to spare on race day, and finished with their best time to date in the actual race, shaving 10 seconds off their previous best time.

What was most impressive throughout the process was the spirit of teamwork, the ability to discuss and debate the merits of the various designs on the basis of their knowledge of Physics and construction, and to compromise and collaborate to arrive at the final design. They are a prime example of what we are aiming for in our technology component of an arts, media and technology school.

Principal's from around the Globe visit St. Patrick
As part of the 10th International Confederation of Principals (ICP) World Convention held in Toronto this summer, 26 Principal's from around the world visited St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School on August 19.  Over 2,000 principals, vice-principals, school leaders and educators from 41 countries spent the week engaged in professional learning sessions focussed on improved student achievement.  Hosted by the Ontario Principals’ Council, this was the first time the event was held in Canada.

When visiting St. Patrick, Principal's toured the schools, took part in a question and answer session and participated in presentations.

TCDSB Students Participate in  “Now Hear This” poetry contest:  St. Patrick Student Captures First Prize
Students studying English at St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School were given the unique opportunity of working with a professional writer in conjunction with their core curriculum.  The program, NOW HEAR THIS, sponsored by the Toronto Catholic District School Board enabled the classroom teacher, Mrs. Werden, to collaborate with a professional writer, Mr. L. Frolick, to produce writing which would be considered for publication.  Including St. Pat’s, thirteen TCDSB secondary schools participated in this educational, productive, and very creative activity: Bishop Allen, Dante Alighieri, James Cardinal McGuigan, Jean Vanier, Loretto College , Madonna, Michael Power/St.Joseph, Neil McNeil, Notre Dame, St. Basil-the-Great, St.Joseph’s College, and St. Mary’s

 At the end of the eight weeks, NOW HEAR THIS, received 1,150 entries from which 65 were chosen to be published in the anthology, The Capybara.  At the official presentation held at the Gardiner Museum, not only were 7 of the 65 published pieces written by St. Pat's students, but the overall first prize winner, Jordan Pereira, is also a grade 12 student at St. Pats! It was a very proud and rewarding moment for Mrs. Werden, Jordan and his family and friends, and for our whole school! 

TCDSB Awards Night
This team from St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School were awarded Student Achievement Awards at the annual TCDSB Awards Night on May 4th for qualifying for the international finals of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers Construction Challenge, which took place in Las Vegas in March. Students designed and built a roadway incorporating nine transportation infrastructure components; a water filtration system that filters organic and inorganic contaminants and prepared a proposal for an infrastructure improvement in their local community.



                                   John, Adebowale, Cesar, Simon, Daniel, Harveer, Jose, Sebastian and Argus

Celebrating 2010 – 2011 Exemplary Practices


 

Standing Up
During January 2011, staff and students at St. Patrick created an Anti-Bullying campaign during which students participated in many events designed to draw awareness to the issues surrounding bullying. These events included the wearing of brightly coloured shirts to promote the idea that people should not be targeted because of what they’re wearing. Students also participated in a campaign called “I am a Survivor” during which they took a vow of silence to represent the fact that people often lose their voice after being victimized. During the morning announcements, true stories were read over the PA which addressed different bullying survivor stories around our country. It was then followed up by an Arts assembly, where students and teachers performed poetry, songs, and interpretive dances all dealing with the impact of bullying. The goal of the assembly was to give students a voice and challenge them to be better citizens. At the end of the week a mural will be painted on our school wall which will give students “hope” for a brighter future.