St. Augustine Catholic High School (Ontario)

St. Augustine Catholic High School
St. Augustine Catholic High School
Address
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	2188 Rodick Road; Markham, Ontario, L6C 1S3; Canada
Coordinates	43°52′31″N 79°21′28″W / 43.87528°N 79.35778°WCoordinates: 43°52′31″N 79°21′28″W / 43.87528°N 79.35778°W
Information
School type	Public, Separate high school
Motto	Caritas Veritas Unitas; (Charity, Truth, Unity)
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholic
Founded	2001
School board	York Catholic District School Board
Superintendent	Jennifer Sarna
Area trustee	Carol Cotton
School number	765708
Principal	Phyllis Vander Doelen
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1082 (September 2018)
Language	English
Colour(s)	Maroon, Gold, Blue
Team name	Titans
Website	stau.ycdsb.ca staugustinechs.ca

St. Augustine Catholic High School is a Separate high school in Markham, Ontario, Canada. It is a technologically oriented school, is part of the York Catholic District School Board, and opened in 2001. As of September 2018, it had an enrollment of 1082 students^[2] and 80 faculty members. In the Fraser Institute's Report Card on Ontario’s Secondary Schools 2015, the school was ranked 17th out of 737 secondary schools in Ontario with an overall rating of 8.8 out of 10.^[3]

Even though St. Augustine CHS has a short history, it has earned itself a distinguished reputation in the York Catholic District School Board as a strong academic school, earning high grades in the grade nine EQAO mathematics and the grade ten OSSLT. Giving many different special programs that set it apart from other high schools in Ontario. Programs like a Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) Program and the unique STEM + Focussed Laptop Program. The St. Augustine CHS STEM+ Focused Laptop Program is an inter-disciplinary approach to inquiry and problem-based learning. It incorporates real-world challenges and the engineering design process to foster critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication skills guided by the traditional principles of Catholic social teachings.

Curriculum[]

Following the Ontario curriculum like other Catholic high schools in the York Catholic District School Board, studies at St. Augustine CHS include: Math, English language studies, Modern Language studies, Canadian and world studies, Technology, Visual Art, Musical Studies, Religion, Business, and Science.

Elementary Feeder Schools[]

The term "feeder schools" refers to the Elementary Schools that can populate the High School.

Footnotes[]

^ "St Augustine Catholic High School (765708)". Secondary school profile. Ontario Ministry of Education. 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
^ "St Augustine (765708)". School profile. Education Quality and Accountability Office. 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-01-28. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
^ Cowley, Peter; Easton, Stephen (2018-02-18). "Report Card on Ontario's Secondary Schools 2018" (PDF). Studies in Education Policy. Fraser Institute: 61. ISSN 1707-2395. Retrieved 2019-04-24.

Gallery[]

Taken near the front door of the school, November 2006.
An overall picture of the school taken near Rodick Road Parking Lot Entrance

External links[]

Official website

[1] "St Augustine Catholic High School (765708)". Secondary school profile. Ontario Ministry of Education. 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2012-03-05.

[2] "St Augustine (765708)". School profile. Education Quality and Accountability Office. 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-01-28. Retrieved 2012-03-05.

[3] Cowley, Peter; Easton, Stephen (2018-02-18). "Report Card on Ontario's Secondary Schools 2018" (PDF). Studies in Education Policy. Fraser Institute: 61. ISSN 1707-2395. Retrieved 2019-04-24.

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