St. Andrew's College, also known as SAC, is an independent school

Independent school

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 founded in 1899 located in Aurora

Aurora, Ontario

Aurora is an affluent town in York Region, approximately 20 km north of Toronto. It is partially situated on the Oak Ridges Moraine, and is a part of the Greater Toronto Area and Golden Horseshoe of Southern Ontario.Many Aurora residents commute to Toronto and surrounding communities.In the...

, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. It is a university-preparatory school

University-preparatory school

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 for boys in grades 6 to 12, with a focus on academic achievement, athletics, and leadership development. It is accredited by the Canadian Educational Standards Institute

Canadian Educational Standards Institute

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 and is affiliated with other associations, including CAIS

Canadian Association of Independent Schools

Canadian Association of Independent Schools is an association for independent schools that operate within Canada or offer a curriculum leading to a Canadian diploma in a location outside of the country. Member schools are non-profit institutions with volunteer Boards of Governors who are...

, CASE

Council for Advancement and Support of Education

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, NAIS

National Association of Independent Schools

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 and the International Boys' Schools Coalition.

St. Andrew's College was first situated in Toronto

Toronto

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 on land east of Old Yonge Street

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 over to Bayview Avenue

Bayview Avenue

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, in a house named Chestnut Park that was previously owned by Sir David Macpherson. In 1905 the school moved to Rosedale, and made its final move to the current campus in Aurora in 1924. The school has a 110 acre (0.4451546 km²) campus suburban environment. Its Georgian architecture is built around the traditional quadrangle

Quadrangle (architecture)

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 form. There are four boarding house

Boarding house

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s on campus which are home to one half of the approximately 560 boys. Many teaching faculty also live on campus.
St. Andrew’s College's Arms were registered with the Canadian Heraldic Authority

Canadian Heraldic Authority

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 on August 15, 2006.

Academics

The school's mission statement is Dedicating ourselves to the development of the complete man, the well-rounded citizen. Sports are a compulsory activity and considered an essential part of school life and culture; 57 teams across 24 sports are offered by the school.

SAC students and faculty will use Fujitsu

Fujitsu

is a Japanese multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is the world's third-largest IT services provider measured by revenues....

 T5010 Tablet Computers for the 2009-2010 year. The laptop will be renewed every three years. Certified technicians maintain the students' laptops to ensure they are in working order. As of 2002, every classroom and common area at St. Andrew's College is covered by a wireless network

Wireless network

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.

The students have a broad selection of courses to choose from, including Advanced Placement (AP) classes to better prepare them for post-secondary studies. As well, many AP examinations are offered at this testing location. Example of AP courses offered are chemistry, English, calculus, statistics, economics and computer science.

Most of the graduates of St. Andrew's College move on to post-secondary education

Tertiary education

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 around the world, including Canadian, American

United States

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 and British universities

British universities

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.

Students

More than half the students from over 25 countries attending St. Andrew's College live in residence. Dayboys, from the York Region and surrounding area, are a part of the four day houses: Ramsey, Laidlaw, Smith, and the new established 'New House'. Middle School consists of students in grades 6 through 8 while Upper School comprises students in grades 9 through 12. Macdonald House is the home to all boarders attending grades 6 through 8. Upper School residents live in the four boarding houses: Flavelle, Sifton, Memorial and Macdonald. The programs for Middle School students are generally independent from those for Upper School. The Middle School clans are Douglas, Montrose, Wallace and Bruce. Each student is also part of a clan, where they participate in various activities to earn Clan Points.

In addition, St. Andrew's students hail from an array of different backgrounds. Half of the school's student body are boarders and nearly 50% of the boarding community is international, coming from such countries as the Bahamas, Mexico

Mexico

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, Hong Kong

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, Japan

Japan

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, Taiwan

Taiwan

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, Korea

Korea

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, the Philippines, Germany

Germany

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, Indonesia

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, Spain

Spain

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, China

China

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, Nepal

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 and the United States

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 to name a few. The remaining students are from various provinces across Canada.

The school also provides many leadership opportunity for students. Some of these are through student clubs such as Outreach, Model UN, and St. Andrew's for a Greener Environment (SAGE) to either employment opportunities or volunteering at the school's summer camp. Clubs usually meet at a designated Monday slot, but can be expanded into lunch times and into the evening hours.

Prefects

The Prefect system consists of between 10 to 14 graduating-class students who are elected by the Upper School Students and Staff to conduct leadership duties throughout the year.
The Head prefect for 2010-2011 is Chris Adams-McGavin, under him is deputy head prefect Will Egi, Zach Sweirad, Alex Harris, Jerome Biroo, Nick Mulder, Sonny Atkins, Alec Mccleave, Danny Mcconnell, Arun Partridge, David Head, Nick Chretien, Richard Occipinti and Seung Hoon Yoo.

Academic facilities

Coulter Hall - A three-floor building designated for use by the Social Sciences and English departments. The basement floor is the lockers for Smith and Laidlaw houses and also houses the History and Cadet departments and the first floor are home to social science courses while the second is home to the history

History

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 and business

Business

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 departments.

Ketchum Auditorium - The school's auditorium, adjacent to Coulter Hall. The Ketchum Auditorium is home to St. Andrew's annual school plays and drama department.

McLaughlin Hall - A three-storey wing connecting the Bedard Athletic Centre, Coulter Hall, and the new Rogers Hall. It is completely devoted to science-related studies. The first floor is designated for geographic studies. The second floor is designated for biological studies and computer science. The third is designated for mathematics, chemistry and physics. It also features a permanently installed Focault pendulum, one of only a handful in Canada.

Towers Library - the main library at St. Andrew's College. It is named after Graham Towers

Graham Towers

Graham Ford Towers, CC was the first Governor of the Bank of Canada from 1934 to 1954.Born in Montreal, Quebec, educated at St. Andrew's College in Toronto, he graduated from McGill University in 1919. During World War II, he was Chairman of the Foreign Exchange Control Board and Chairman of the...

, the first governor of the Bank of Canada

Bank of Canada

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, and an Old Boy.

Wirth Art Gallery - is a new facility designed to house the arts and media arts departments for the school. It is also the location of noted in-house local artist Tino Paolini.

Student and school facilities

Ackerman Field - named after Gordan Ackerman, a former football coach and teacher at the College, the Ackerman Field is the school's premier sports field. It is home primarily to the Saints football program.

Bedard Athletic Centre - This building, named after the school's sixth Headmaster, Robert Bedard, is home to the school's athletic needs. It houses one of the two gymnasiums on campus, as well as 6 squash courts, a 25-metre six lane swimming pool, the fitness and weight facility, ten locker rooms, and a fully staffed sports injury clinic.

Dunlap Hall - The school's administrative facility. Like McLaughlin Hall, Dunlap Hall is separated into two floors: the first serves numerous functions including the Headmaster's office, admission office and the school's administration office. The second floor serves as the university guidance counselling department, which includes the alumni office and the main university

University

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 guidance office; in 1999, two original classrooms were converted into the guidance office.

Staunton Gallery - The main part of the school where most of the students congregate, which has recently been dedicated to departing headmaster Ted Staunton. The commons area is adjacent to the Wirth Art Gallery.

Great Hall - The dining hall where breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served daily. It is also the site for many more formal meals and ceremonies, like the yearly St. Andrew's Day dinner. The music rooms are also located in the basement of the Great Hall.

High Ropes Course - The high ropes course is school's only rope course and is frequently used to train the school's cadets, especially those in grade 12 who wish to become cadet instructors, where completing the high ropes course is mandatory.

Memorial Chapel - The school's main chapel, which is dedicated to the Andreans who fought and died during World War I

World War I

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. The donation was made by Sir Joseph Flavelle

Joseph Flavelle

Sir Joseph Wesley Flavelle, 1st Baronet was a Canadian businessman.Born in Peterborough, Canada West, he married Clara Ellsworth in 1882. Flavelle made his fortune in the meatpacking business as president of William Davies Company, which was the British Empire's largest pork packing firm...

, who also donated funds to establish Flavelle House. Morning services as well as some special services like the Remembrance Day Service are held in the Memorial Chapel.

Quad - Located directly in front of the boarding houses, the quad is supposed to represent the sacred ground at St. Andrew's, and is used to host Prize Day and the annual Cadet inspection. However, students are allowed to use the quad for athletic purposes at designated times during the day.

Yuill Family Gymnasium - The main athletic facility for all lower-school students. Yuill may also be used for upper-school activities, such as the annual Homecoming

Homecoming

Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back alumni of a school. It most commonly refers to a tradition in many universities, colleges and high schools in North America...

 dance or some assemblies. Moreover, the Yuill gym is home to the middle-school rockclimbing facility.

Residential facilities

In addition to the school's academic and athletic facilities, there are four residential facilities for the boarding

Boarding

Boarding may refer to:*Temporarily residing somewhere, as in a boarding school or boarding house*Boarding , a naval term for the forcible attempt at capturing another naval vessel*Boarding , customs, coastguard etc...

 students at St. Andrew's. They are:

• Memorial House — named after the soldiers who died during World War I
  World War I
  World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
  
   and World War II
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  .
• Flavelle House — named after Sir Joseph Flavelle
  Joseph Flavelle
  Sir Joseph Wesley Flavelle, 1st Baronet was a Canadian businessman.Born in Peterborough, Canada West, he married Clara Ellsworth in 1882. Flavelle made his fortune in the meatpacking business as president of William Davies Company, which was the British Empire's largest pork packing firm...
  
  .
• Macdonald House — named after St. Andrew's first Headmaster.
• Sifton House — named after the school's prolific alumni and donors, the Sifton family, descended from Clifford Sifton
  Clifford Sifton
  Sir Clifford Sifton, PC, KCMG was a Canadian politician best known for being Minister of the Interior under Sir Wilfrid Laurier...
  
  .

Cadet Corps

St. Andrew’s is also home to Canada’s second largest Royal Canadian Army Cadets

Royal Canadian Army Cadets

The Royal Canadian Army Cadets is a Canadian national youth program sponsored by the Canadian Forces and the civilian Army Cadet League of Canada. Administered by the Canadian Forces, the program is funded through the Department of National Defence with the civilian partner providing support in...

 Corps. Established in 1905, the #142 St. Andrew's College Highland Cadet Corps is now a credit earning, multi-year leadership program, but still culminates in an annual inspection. The school's cadet corps is also affiliated with the 48th Highlanders of Canada

48th Highlanders of Canada

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, retaining the same motto ("Dileas Gu Brath" - "Faithful Forever") as well as uniform (scarlet tunic and Modern Gordon tartan). In 2005, the centennial year, the Corps was granted the Freedom of the City

Freedom of the City

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 of Aurora.

The Pipes and Drums Band is an integral part of the St. Andrew's College Highland Cadet Corps and one of its best known elements. The primary responsibility of the Pipe Band is to provide music for the Battalion when it is on the march. In this role the Band will be front and centre at the Annual Church Parade, the Headmaster's Parade and the Annual Inspection in May.

The Cadet Corps closely resembles that of the Canadian army. Beginning from grade 8, all students at St. Andrew's must participate in the Cadet program. Those who wish to further pursue their leadership position in the Cadet Corps can either become platoon

Platoon

A platoon is a military unit typically composed of two to four sections or squads and containing 16 to 50 soldiers. Platoons are organized into a company, which typically consists of three, four or five platoons. A platoon is typically the smallest military unit led by a commissioned officer—the...

 instructors or apply for senior positions within the corps. There are four mandatory levels in the cadet program, which accompanies each grade, and they are as follows:

• Green Star (Grade 8) - if the student passes the final Green Star exam, he will be promoted from a cadet to a lance corporal.
• Red Star (Grade 9) - if the student passes the final Red Star exam, he will be promoted from a private to a corporal.
• Silver Star (Grade 10) - if the student passes the final Silver Star exam, he will be promoted from a corporal to a master corporal.
• Gold Star (Grade 11) - if the student passes the final Gold Star exam, he will be promoted from a master corporal to a sergeant.

As well, the St. Andrew's College Cadet Corps has won a multitude of awards. It won the Strathcona Cup for general efficiency of private school cadet corps in
1944, 1945, 1947, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1973, 1980, 1981 and 1983. Moreover, it won the Earl Grey Challenge Trophy for the Best Cadet Corps in Canada in 1960-1961.

Rank structure

Similar to the Canadian Forces

Canadian Forces

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, a cadet can be promoted on merit gained through Cadet accreditation and leadership within the corps. The rank structure is equivalent to that of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets; the Cadet Corps is one of only a few Cadet Corps in Canada which still keeps Cadets officers ranks.

Piping and drumming

In addition to the normal Cadet Corps, the Pipes

Pipes

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 and Drum

Drum

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s Band are also paramount to the school's Cadet Corps. Internationally renowned as "North America

North America

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's piping heartland" for its Piping and Drumming program, St. Andrew's College attracts hundreds of potential pipers each year to its summer "Ontario School of Piping and Drumming at St. Andrew’s College" camp.

Like the Cadets in the Royal Canadian Army Cadets program, pipers and drummers can elevate their rank in the same way that the normal school Cadets do.

St. Andrew's terms

• GLC - short for "Guided Learning Centre," students usually come to the GLC to finish their outstanding homework, assignments or tests.
• Demerits - will be given out if students miss a breakfast, assembly, house meeting, late for study and lights out, or other misbehaving. Boarding students will be given a Tier One Gating if they get 9 demerits while day boys can only have 6 before they are given a Tier One Gating.
• Tier One Gating - a detention given out to students either because of an accumulation of demerits, a disciplinary or academic problem. Students serve this gating in the school's Resource Centre for 5 hours on Saturday or Sunday.
• Tier Two Gating - The same as a Tier One Gating, except the student must come in for five hours on both days of the weekend.
• Help Desk - A centre manned by Fujitsu
  Fujitsu
  is a Japanese multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is the world's third-largest IT services provider measured by revenues....
  
  -certified professionals and interns where students can bring their tablet laptops for any software or hardware problems.
• The Shads - the name for the creek that runs through the Malone playing fields, also the origin of the name of the Shad Valley
  Shad valley
  Shad Valley is a Canadian summer enrichment program for high school students that runs every year, primarily in July. The program is open to both Canadian and international students, and runs in ten participating university campuses across Canada, where the students live in residence...
  
   organization.
• Day boy - Informal name given to a day student.
• Boarder - Informal name given to a boarding student.
• New/Old boy - Name and occasionally form of rank among students, indicating if they had attended SAC a year prior.
• ER - Abolished in 1996, The ER (early report) ("quarters") system was a boarding student punishment which required senior boarders to run couple laps around the school quad at 06:55am, or junior boarders at the Mcdonald House triangle at 06:55am regardless of the temperature. The demerits point system replaced the ER system.

School events

Each year, St. Andrew's hosts certain events that are special only to the school. Some of these activities and events involve the school's entire student body, while others invite Old Boys (SAC alumni), alumnies and their friends and families. These events serve different purposes, some of which are integral to the school's identity while others are used for fundraising

Fundraising

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 causes.

• Annual Cadet Inspection - the annual Cadet inspection is mandatory for the entire student body at St. Andrew's. The Inspection is usually held in May and invites prominent representatives from all across Canada to inspect the school's student body. A tradition that finds its root since 1906, the annual inspection is integral to the school's identity and preserving the school's Scottish
  Scotland
  Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
  
   background.
• Cadets in Concert - This musical concert showcases the school's Pipes
  Pipes
  Pipes may refer to:*Pipe, a cylindrical conveyance*PIPES *Yahoo! Pipes*Pipeline *Bagpipes or Uilleann pipes*PIPE deal or private investment in public equity*Pipes , a Transformers character...
  
   and Drum
  Drum
  The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
  
  s and feature the Corps Concert Band, Stage Band and a few outstanding soloists, percussionists and dancers. It highlights traditional Celtic music
  Celtic music
  Celtic music is a term utilised by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic people of Western Europe...
  
  , military band
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   music, and some show tunes.
• Carol Service - The annual Carol Service is held at Yorkminister Park Baptist Church in midtown Toronto and showcases the school’s musicians and singers. The church holds over two thousand people and is generally filled to capacity. Like the annual Cadet Inspection, the Carol Service is mandatory and everybody from the student body must attend.
• Focus Festival of the Arts - This program is a three day festival of plays, a film festival, visual arts
  Visual arts
  The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
  
  , music and social events for students, parents and guests. Boys who have never been involved in drama or on the stage before are encouraged to participate by writing their own plays, directing, producing or acting in performances large and small.
• Homecoming - an annual gathering of all St. Andrew's alumni
  Alumnus
  An alumnus , according to the American Heritage Dictionary, is "a graduate of a school, college, or university." An alumnus can also be a former member, employee, contributor or inmate as well as a former student. In addition, an alumna is "a female graduate or former student of a school, college,...
  
   to return to St. Andrew's. Held in conjunction with the 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 reunion dinners, this annual gathering is for the entire Andrean community. The homecoming celebration includes games for the children of community members in the Quad and in the Great Hall, and various sports competitions, especially soccer and football. For Upper School students, the homecoming event usually includes the annual homecoming dance on Saturday evening.
• MacPherson Tournament - an annual hockey
  Ice hockey
  Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
  
   event where the St. Andrew's hockey team competes with hockey teams from other schools for the MacPherson Tournament Cup. The cup is named after three Andreans: Lloyd MacPhearson, Jim Hamilton and Bob Meagher, all of whom loved hockey with passion and contributed greatly to the St. Andrew's hockey team. The tournament has a North American flavour, hosting schools from Saskatchewan
  Saskatchewan
  Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
  
  , New Brunswick
  New Brunswick
  New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
  
  , New Hampshire
  New Hampshire
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  , Massachusetts
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  , Quebec
  Quebec
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  , Indiana
  Indiana
  Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
  
  , Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
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  , Ohio
  Ohio
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  , Florida
  Florida
  Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
  
  , New York
  New York
  New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
  
  , Nova Scotia
  Nova Scotia
  Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
  
   and Michigan
  Michigan
  Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
  
   as well as a variety of regions in Ontario
  Ontario
  Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
  
  .
• Prize Day - Prize Day is the culmination of the school's academic year, and features many awards and prizes earned by the school's students. There are two ceremonies, one for the Middle School and one for the Upper School. Prize Day takes place after exams, which are usually completed by early June.
• St. Andrew's Dinner - every winter, a traditional St. Andrew's night dinner is held, complete with Haggis
  Haggis
  Haggis is a dish containing sheep's 'pluck' , minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally simmered in the animal's stomach for approximately three hours. Most modern commercial haggis is prepared in a casing rather than an actual stomach.Haggis is a kind...
  
  . All students must attend, wearing their kilts for this special occasion. Like the annual Cadet Inspection, the St. Andrew's Dinner has taken place since the inception of the school and is integral to the preservation of the school's Scottish
  Scotland
  Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
  
   tradition.

Clans

Middle School Clans:

• Bruce Clan
• Douglas Clan
• Wallace Clan
• Montrose Clan

Students in a particular Upper School house, both day and boarding, are in the same clan.

Upper School Clans:

• MacPherson Clan, Flavelle House
• Buchanan Clan, Memorial House
• Chattan Clan, Smith House
• Ramsay Clan, Ramsey House
• Robertson Clan, Laidlaw House
• Stewart Clan, Sifton House
• New House

Athletics

St. Andrew's College is one of the original members of Ontario’s “Little Big Four” (the others being Ridley College

Ridley College

Ridley College is a co-educational boarding and day university-preparatory school located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, 20 miles from Niagara Falls...

, Trinity College School

Trinity College School

Trinity College School is a coeducational, independent boarding/day school located in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada. TCS was founded on May 1, 1865, more than 2 years prior to Canadian Confederation. It includes a Senior School for grades 9 to 12 and a Junior School for grades 5 to 8.Among its...

, and Upper Canada College

Upper Canada College

Upper Canada College , located in midtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is an independent elementary and secondary school for boys between Senior Kindergarten and Grade Twelve, operating under the International Baccalaureate program. The secondary school segment is divided into ten houses; eight are...

). The photographs of each year’s representative teams line the walls along the first and second floors of the Bedard Athletic Centre. Sports are mandatory - all Upper School boys must participate in two out of three sports terms during the year, while Middle School students must for all three terms.

St. Andrew’s has a tradition of sporting, as shown by its participation in both private and public school leagues and associations:

• Private schools competition
• Little Big Four (L.B.F.) 1899-1968
• Independent School League (I.S.L.) 1968-1982
• Independent Schools Athletic Association (I.S.A.A.) 1982-1993
• Conference of Independent Schools Athletic Association (C.I.S.A.A.)1993–present
• Canadian Association of Independent Schools (C.A.I.S.) 1981–present

• Public schools competition
• York Region Secondary Schools Athletic Association (Y.R.S.S.A.A.) 1971-1995
• Georgian Bay
  Georgian Bay
  Georgian Bay is a large bay of Lake Huron, located entirely within Ontario, Canada...
  
   Secondary Schools Athletic Association (G.B.S.S.A.A.) 1973-1986
• Durham-York Secondary Schools Athletic Association (D.Y.S.S.A.A.) 1986-1995
• York Region Athletic Association (Y.R.A.A.) 1995-2004
• Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (O.F.S.A.A.) 1948–present

St. Andrew's College has teams for the following sports:

Fall Football Canadian football Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area... Cross Country Cross country running Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road... Soccer Football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball... Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

Winter Alpine Skiing Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... Biathlon Biathlon Biathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting... Curling Curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a... Fencing Fencing Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games... Hockey Ice hockey Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take... Indoor Track Nordic Skiing Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles... Squash Squash (sport) Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball... Swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

Spring Badminton Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their... Baseball Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond... Cricket Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the... Golf Golf Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes.... Lacrosse Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh... Rugby Rugby football Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:... Table Tennis Table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net... Tennis Tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all... Track & Field Triathlon Triathlon A triathlon is a multi-sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events. While many variations of the sport exist, triathlon, in its most popular form, involves swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances...

Headmasters

• Reverend George Bruce (1899–1900)
• Reverend Bruce Macdonald (1900–1935)
• Ken Ketchum (1935–1958)
• Dr. J. R. "Bob" Coulter
  Joseph Robert Coulter
  Joseph Robert "Bob" Coulter was a Canadian Football player, pilot, and educator.Coulter played football at the University of Toronto , becoming team captain and winning the first Johnny Copp Trophy in 1935. He went on to play quarterback for the Toronto Argonauts in their 1936, 1940 & 1941...
  
   (1958–1974)
• Dr. Thomas Hockin (1974–1981)
• Robert Bedard
  Robert Bedard (tennis player)
  Robert Bédard is a lifelong tennis player who was the Canadian number 1 ranked singles player for most of the 1950s and early 1960s.-Canadian championships:...
  
   (1981–1997)
• E.G. Staunton (1997–2009)
• Kevin McHenry (2009 - )

Notable faculty

• Robert Bédard
  Robert Bedard (tennis player)
  Robert Bédard is a lifelong tennis player who was the Canadian number 1 ranked singles player for most of the 1950s and early 1960s.-Canadian championships:...
  
  , the sixth Headmaster, was Canada's top ranked tennis player for two decades.
• Thomas Cossitt
  Thomas Cossitt
  Thomas Charles Cossitt was a Canadian politician.Born in Brockville, Ontario, the son of Edwin Comstock Cossitt and Marjorie Helen Delahaye, he graduated from St. Andrew's College and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto. After graduating, he was the owner and...
  
  , a former member of the Canadian House of Commons
  Canadian House of Commons
  The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
  
  
• Thomas Hockin, the fifth headmaster, was a professor in political science
  Political science
  Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
  
   and a renowned politician under the Progressive Conservative
  Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
  The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
  
   government. He went on to be the Chief Executive Officer
  Chief executive officer
  A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
  
   at the Investment Funds Institute of Canada, and in 2009 became the Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund
  International Monetary Fund
  The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
  
  .
• Jim McGillivray, one of the world's top bagpipers and instructors.
• Frank Miller
  Frank Miller (politician)
  Frank Stuart Miller, was a Canadian politician, who served as the 19th Premier of Ontario for four months in 1985.-Early life and political career:...
  
  , former Premier of Ontario (Progressive Conservative, Feb. - June 1985)
• Steven D. Rush, nationally ranked masters squash player.
• William Scoular
  William Scoular
  William Scoular is a stage director, writer and filmmaker.He was born in Glasgow, Scotland and is a graduate of Oxford University where he read English at Lincoln College. He first attracted attention for his assured direction of a professional production of The Importance of Being Earnest at the...
  
  , playwright, director, and teacher.

Arts

• Stephen Amell
  Stephen Amell
  Stephen Amell is a Canadian actor known for his role on the television series Rent-a-Goalie, as well as his work co-starring opposite Shirley MacLaine and Mischa Barton in the feature length motion picture Closing the Ring....
  
   - Canadian Actor
  Actor
  An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
  
  
• Timothy Findley
  Timothy Findley
  Timothy Irving Frederick Findley, OC, O.Ont was a Canadian novelist and playwright. He was also informally known by the nickname Tiff or Tiffy, an acronym of his initials.-Biography:...
  
  , OC
  Order of Canada
  The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
  
   - notable Author
• Lawren Harris
  Lawren Harris
  Lawren Stewart Harris, CC was a Canadian painter. He was born in Brantford, Ontario and is best known as a member the Group of Seven who pioneered a distinctly Canadian painting style in the early twentieth century. A. Y. Jackson has been quoted as saying that Harris provided the stimulus for the...
  
  , CC
  Order of Canada
  The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
  
   - Group of Seven Painter
• George Nozuka
  George Nozuka
  George Koichi Nozuka better known by his stage name George is a Canadian singer. He is signed to HC Entertainment Group record label as their main act.-Career:...
  
   - Canadian/American
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   Pop and R&B
  Rhythm and blues
  Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
  
   singer/songwriter
• Justin Nozuka
  Justin Nozuka
  Justin Tokimitsu Nozuka is a American-Canadian singer-songwriter. His debut album Holly has been released in Europe, Canada, Japan and the United States...
  
   - Canadian/American
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   Folk singer/songwriter
• Kiefer Sutherland
  Kiefer Sutherland
  Kiefer Sutherland is an English-born Canadian actor, producer and director, best known for his portrayal of Jack Bauer on the Fox thriller drama series 24 for which he has won an Emmy Award , a Golden Globe award , two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Satellite...
  
   - Canadian Actor

Business

• Anthony S. Fell
  Anthony S. Fell
  Anthony S. Fell, OC is a Canadian businessman and chairman of RBC Capital Markets.From 1980 to 1998, he was the Chief Executive Officer of RBC Dominion Securities Limited. He sits on the board of directors of multiple corporations, including Bell Canada Enterprises, CAE, and Loblaw Companies Ltd....
  
   - Businessman, Order of Canada
• Rob McEwen
  Rob McEwen
  Rob McEwen, CC is a Canadian businessman. He is the Chairman and CEO of US Gold Corporation and Minera Andes Inc., Chairman of Lexam VG Gold Inc. and was the founder and former Chairman and CEO of Goldcorp Inc., which is the world’s second largest gold producer based on market capitalization...
  
  , CC
  Order of Canada
  The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
  
   - Prolific entrepreneur
• Graham Towers
  Graham Towers
  Graham Ford Towers, CC was the first Governor of the Bank of Canada from 1934 to 1954.Born in Montreal, Quebec, educated at St. Andrew's College in Toronto, he graduated from McGill University in 1919. During World War II, he was Chairman of the Foreign Exchange Control Board and Chairman of the...
  
  , CC
  Order of Canada
  The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
  
   - Former Governor of the Bank of Canada
  Bank of Canada
  The Bank of Canada is Canada's central bank and "lender of last resort". The Bank was created by an Act of Parliament on July 3, 1934 as a privately owned corporation. In 1938, the Bank became a Crown corporation belonging to the Government of Canada...
  
  

Media

• http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/dinnick.wilf.html Wilf Dinnick - former CBC
  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
  The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
  
  , CTV
  CTV television network
  CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
  
   and Global National
  Global National
  Global National is the national newscast of Canada's Global Television Network. Dawna Friesen anchors the program's weekday edition from the Global BC studios; Robin Gill currently anchors the weekend edition...
  
   reporter, now an ABC
  American Broadcasting Company
  The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
  
   reporter.
• Harry B. Housser - Former Toronto Stock Exchange President, featured on Time
  Time (magazine)
  Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
  
  magazine's front cover on April 5, 1937.
• Jack McClelland, OC
  Order of Canada
  The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
  
   - Publisher
• Alastair Sweeny
  Alastair Sweeny
  Alastair Sweeny is a Canadian publisher, historian, and author. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he attended St. Andrew's College, received a Bachelors degree from the Trinity College in the University of Toronto, and a Master of Letters and Doctor of Philosophy from Trinity College, Dublin.Sweeny has...
  
   - Historian, publisher

Military

• Major Allan Best - Deputy Commanding Officer, 48th Highlanders of Canada.
• Ian Purdie - current governor of the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires and Aide de Camp to the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
  Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
  The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario is the viceregal representative in Ontario of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United...
  
  .

Politics

• Thomas Cossitt
  Thomas Cossitt
  Thomas Charles Cossitt was a Canadian politician.Born in Brockville, Ontario, the son of Edwin Comstock Cossitt and Marjorie Helen Delahaye, he graduated from St. Andrew's College and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto. After graduating, he was the owner and...
  
   - A member of the Canadian House of Commons
  Canadian House of Commons
  The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
  
  .
• E.L. Cousins - Engineer and former Toronto Harbour Commissioner.
• John Crosbie
  John Crosbie
  John Carnell Crosbie, PC, OC, ONL, QC is a retired provincial and federal politician and the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada...
  
   PC
  Queen's Privy Council for Canada
  The Queen's Privy Council for Canada ), sometimes called Her Majesty's Privy Council for Canada or simply the Privy Council, is the full group of personal consultants to the monarch of Canada on state and constitutional affairs, though responsible government requires the sovereign or her viceroy,...
  
  , OC
  Order of Canada
  The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
  
  , QC
  Queen's Counsel
  Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
  
   - Retired politician, and the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (2008 - ).
• Vincent Massey
  Vincent Massey
  Charles Vincent Massey was a Canadian lawyer and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 18th since Canadian Confederation....
  
  , PC
  Queen's Privy Council for Canada
  The Queen's Privy Council for Canada ), sometimes called Her Majesty's Privy Council for Canada or simply the Privy Council, is the full group of personal consultants to the monarch of Canada on state and constitutional affairs, though responsible government requires the sovereign or her viceroy,...
  
  , CH
  Order of the Companions of Honour
  The Order of the Companions of Honour is an order of the Commonwealth realms. It was founded by King George V in June 1917, as a reward for outstanding achievements in the arts, literature, music, science, politics, industry or religion....
  
  , CC
  Order of Canada
  The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
  
   - Philanthropist and the 18th Governor General of Canada (first Canadian born, 1952–1959).
• John Alexander Douglas McCurdy
  John Alexander Douglas McCurdy
  John Alexander Douglas McCurdy was a Canadian aviation pioneer and the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1947 to 1952. -Early years:...
  
   - Member of the Aerial Experiment Association
  Aerial Experiment Association
  The Aerial Experiment Association was a Canadian aeronautical research group formed on 30 September 1907, under the tutelage of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell...
  
  , inventor of the aileron
  Aileron
  Ailerons are hinged flight control surfaces attached to the trailing edge of the wing of a fixed-wing aircraft. The ailerons are used to control the aircraft in roll, which results in a change in heading due to the tilting of the lift vector...
  
  , and the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
  Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
  The Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia is the viceregal representative in Nova Scotia of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the...
  
   (1947–1952).
• Roy McMurtry
  Roy McMurtry
  Roland "Roy" McMurtry, OC, OOnt is a judge and former politician in Ontario, Canada and the current Chancellor of York University.-Early life:McMurtry was born in Toronto and educated at St. Andrew's College, graduating in 1950...
  
   - Politician and Chief Justice of Ontario (1996–2007).
• Frank Moores
  Frank Moores
  Frank Duff Moores served as the 2nd Premier of Newfoundland. He served as leader of the Progressive Conservatives from 1972 until his retirement in 1979.-Early life:...
  
   - Former Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
  Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
  The Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador is the first minister, head of government and de facto chief executive for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Before 1964, the position's official title was Premier of Newfoundland...
  
   (1971–1979).
• Edward Roberts
  Edward Roberts
  -External links:**...
  
   - The 11th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador
  Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador
  The Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador is the viceregal representative in Newfoundland and Labrador of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada and resides predominantly...
  
   (2002–2008).

Sports

• Geoff Browne - first Canadian to land on Bouvet Island
  Bouvet Island
  Bouvet Island is an uninhabited Antarctic volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, 2,525 km south-southwest of South Africa. It is a dependent territory of Norway and, lying north of 60°S latitude, is not subject to the Antarctic Treaty. The centre of the island is an ice-filled crater of an...
  
   while filming a documentary.
• Steve Gainey
  Steve Gainey
  Steve Gainey is a professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for the Hamilton Bulldogs of the AHL. He is the son of former NHL player and executive Bob Gainey.-Playing career:...
  
   - hockey player, currently for the Phoenix Coyotes
  Phoenix Coyotes
  The Phoenix Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team based in Glendale, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their home games at Jobing.com Arena....
  
  .
• Greg Hotham - hockey player
  Hockey
  Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
  
   for the Pittsburgh Penguins
  Pittsburgh Penguins
  The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original...
  
   and Toronto Maple Leafs
  Toronto Maple Leafs
  The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
  
  .
• Brad Smith
  Brad Smith (Canadian football)
  Bradley Smith is a professional Canadian football wide receiver and slotback for the Edmonton Eskimos...
  
   - football player, currently for the Edmonton Eskimos
  Edmonton Eskimos
  The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895...
  
  .
• Thaine Carter
  Thaine Carter
  Thaine Carter is a professional Canadian football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He most recently played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the Blue Bombers in the sixth round of the 2009 CFL Draft. He played CIS football for the Queen's...
  
   - Linebacker, currently playing for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded...
  
  .
• Karl McCartney
  Karl McCartney
  Karl Ian McCartney is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Conservative Party member of Parliament for Lincoln, and was first elected in 2010.-Biography:...
  
   - football player, currently playing for the Calgary Stampeders
  Calgary Stampeders
  The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium...
  
  
• Michael Del Zotto
  Michael Del Zotto
  Michael Del Zotto is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the New York Rangers.-Early career:...
  
   - hockey player, currently playing for the New York Rangers
  New York Rangers
  The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...
  
  

Cadet inspections

The school's first cadet inspection was held on May 14, 1906. In its first year the total strength of the Corps was 68, which was the number of available uniforms.

External links

• St. Andrew's College website
• 142 St. Andrew's College Highland Cadet Corps
• Ontario School of Piping and Drumming