Waterloo Catholic District School Board - St. Mary's High School, St. David Catholic Secondary School, Blessed Sacrament Catholic School (Paperback)

Chapters: St. Mary's High School, St. David Catholic Secondary School, Blessed Sacrament Catholic School, Monsignor Doyle Catholic Secondary School, St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School, Resurrection Catholic Secondary School, St. Luke Elementary School, St. Matthew Elementary School, St. Margaret Elementary School. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 34. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: St. Mary's High School is a Catholic secondary school in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. It serves most of Kitchener's Catholic students, with others attend 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. However, many transferring students were upset at the new soul-less building compared to the old St. Mary's. 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. The school's fall 2005 enrollment was 2,200 students. 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 d...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=71007