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Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School (French: École secondaire Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau, commonly known as PETHS, PET, or Trudeau) is a public, bilingual English and French-immersion secondary school in Markham, Ontario. It was named in honour of the 15th prime minister of Canada, Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
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| Coordinates | 43°53′21″N 79°18′46″W / 43.88917°N 79.31278°W |
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| School type | Public |
| Motto | Strive Higher, Soar Further |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Secular |
| Founded | 2002 |
| School board | York Region District School Board |
| Superintendent | Kandeephan Ganeshalingam |
| Area trustee | Ron Lynn |
| Principal | Dawn Imanda-Chan |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrolment | 1730[1] (2021–2022) |
| Colour(s) | Yellow, White, Red, and Black[citation needed] |
| Mascot | The Trailblazer |
| Team name | Trudeau Trailblazers |
| Website | trudeau |
| Last updated: April 2024 | |
History
editConstruction of Pierre Elliott Trudeau HS commenced in June 2001 and opened on September 3, 2002 with 500 students in grade 7, 8, 9 and 10. The grade 7 and 8 students were from Castlemore Public School, a designated feeder school, and were segregated from the high school students. The Class of 2005 was the first graduating class of Pierre Elliott Trudeau HS.
Location and feeder schools
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Located in northern Markham between Major Mackenzie Dr. and 16th Avenue on Kennedy and Bur Oak Avenue, Trudeau is a part of the York Region District School Board, Trudeau primarily serves students who reside in northern Unionville, which include the communities of Cachet, Angus Glen, and Berczy Village. Trudeau also serves students in the French-immersion program who reside in the communities of Stouffville, and most of the City of Markham. During the school year of 2017–2018, the opening of Bill Hogarth Secondary School resulted in mandatory transfers from approximately half of the French immersion students at Trudeau.
PETHS's feeder schools include:
- Ashton Meadows P.S.
- Beckett Farm P.S.
- Castlemore P.S.
- Stonebridge P.S.
- Milliken Mills P.S. (French Immersion)
- Sir Wilfrid Laurier P.S. (French Immersion)
Academics
editPETHS was intended to be an academic school from the onset. Initially upon opening, Trudeau hired many teachers from Bayview Secondary School with the intent of implementing the International Baccalaureate program, which as of 2021 had not yet been achieved. The school is slowly phasing out the AP program, though exams can still be written. AP courses are no longer offered. In addition, Trudeau now offers a Specialist High Skills Major in business, health & wellness, arts & culture and information computer technology.[2]
As of 2019 the Fraser Institute Report Card on Secondary Schools gave PET an overall rating of 8.8, ranking it 12/739 schools in Ontario.[3]
School events
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PETHS has historically participated in and excelled at the McMaster University Engineering Olympics,[4] winning in multiple events. Since 2005, they have participated in the York Region Science Olympics[5] and have ranked in the top 7. Since 2004, its students began entering the University of Toronto Biology Contest[6] and have placed in the top third of all international schools to participate. The school also regularly participates in the Sir Isaac Newton Physics Contest,[7] and all applicable University of Waterloo Canadian Mathematics Competition. Trudeau's music department has advanced to the Gold Level at the OBA competitions. PETHS's Computer Science Club has won the YRDSB ECOO Programming Competition for 2016 and 2017.[8]
Student Council
editTrudeau Student Activity Council (often simplified to 'TSAC') is an extracurricular club whose main role concerns managing all the other clubs at the school. It is composed of students from all grades. In 2016, a new position, "Equity Chair" was added to enhance the diversity at PETHS. Events held by the Student Council include Trudeaumania, a welcoming event for grade nine students; Blazer's Bash which is a school wide event taking place near the end of May; as well as many school spirit days usually focused on Spirit week in the late winter before March Break.
See also
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edit- ^ "Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School". Secondary School Profile. Ontario Ministry of Education. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Course Calendar".
- ^ "Report Card for Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School". Fraser Institute. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ "McMaster Engineering Olympics – 2014 Winners". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
- ^ "Secondary School Science Olympics 2010". York Region District School Board website. Archived from the original on 2012-08-06.
- ^ "Top Schools". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
- ^ "Sir Isaac Newton Exam | Department of Physics | Faculty of Science | University of Waterloo". Archived from the original on August 21, 2013. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Jordan Cohen [@mrjcohen] (31 March 2017). "Congrats to @trudeauhs PETHS team 1 – 1st place at this year's #Yrdsb #ecoo computer programming competition!!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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