St. Peter's Secondary School (Peterborough)
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St. Peter's Secondary School is an urban high school located in Peterborough, Ontario
. The school is administered by the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board
. The school is built for 1400 students from Grade 9 to 12. As of 2006, the school is run by superintendent
Deirdre Thomas and principal Kathy Ross. It belongs to the Diocese of Peterborough
, under the Bishop Nicola De Angelis
.
Peterborough, Ontario
Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in southern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto. The population of the City of Peterborough was 74,898 as of the 2006 census, while the census metropolitan area has a population of 121,428 as of a 2009 estimate. It presently ranks...
. The school is administered by the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board
Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board
The Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board has its headquarters in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada....
. The school is built for 1400 students from Grade 9 to 12. As of 2006, the school is run by superintendent
Superintendent (education)
In education in the United States, a superintendent is an individual who has executive oversight and administration rights, usually within an educational entity or organization....
Deirdre Thomas and principal Kathy Ross. It belongs to the Diocese of Peterborough
Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough is a Roman Catholic diocese that includes part of the Province of Ontario. It was first established July 11, 1882 by Pope Leo XIII and was found through the union of the Vicariate of Northern Canada and the western part of the Diocese of Kingston...
, under the Bishop Nicola De Angelis
Nicola De Angelis
Nicola De Angelis, C.F.I.C is the 11th and current Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada....
.
Notables
- St. Peter's is known in Canada, and globally, as the school which regularly raises the most money for the annual Terry Fox Run For The CureTerry FoxTerrance Stanley "Terry" Fox , was a Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer research activist. In 1980, with one leg having been amputated, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research...
, bringing in over $85 000 in 2002 and its most recent 2010 campaign topping the $1 000 000 mark for total funds raised in the school's 21 year history with the run.
- In 1991, with the opening of a new 1400 capacity building, SPSS became the first Peterborough high school in decades to institute a school uniform policy.
- A film adaptation of Steven Gould's Science Fiction novel Jumper, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Hayden Christensen had filmed some scenes in the halls, and classrooms of St. Peter's.