St. Augustine Catholic High School (Ontario)

St. Augustine Catholic High School
St. Augustine Catholic High School
Address
	2188 Rodick Road; Markham, Ontario, L6C 1S3; Canada
Coordinates	43°52′31″N 79°21′28″W / 43.87528°N 79.35778°W / 43.87528; -79.35778
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	James Cocchetto
Grades	9-12
Enrolment	1249 (October 2020)
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 2019^[update], it had an enrolment of 1082 students^[3] and 80 faculty members. In the Fraser Institute's Report Card on Ontario’s Secondary Schools 2019, the school was ranked 12th out of 739 secondary schools in Ontario with an overall rating of 8.8 out of 10.^[4]

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 + Focused 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.

All Saints Catholic Elementary School
St. Justin Martyr Catholic Elementary School
St. Monica Catholic Elementary School
Blessed John XXIII Catholic Elementary School
St. Matthew Catholic Elementary School

Footnotes

^ "St Augustine Catholic High School (765708)". Secondary school profile. Ontario Ministry of Education. 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
^ "Enrolment Information" (PDF). York Catholic District School Board. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
^ "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.

[Enrollment_Information-2] "Enrolment Information" (PDF). York Catholic District School Board. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-12-31.

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

[4] 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.