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St. John's College (Brantford)
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St. John's College is a Roman Catholic high school
located in Brantford, Ontario
, Canada
. As with many Catholic schools, school uniforms are mandatory during school hours. Several courses in theology/religious studies are mandatory for students attending SJC.
in September, 1992, as well as Holy Trinity Catholic High School
in Simcoe, Ontario
in 2001.
, soccer, cheerleading
, rugby
, volleyball
, football
, baseball
, softball
, track and field
, golf
, wrestling
, badminton
, curling
, fly fishing
and tennis
. The 2009 Senior Girls Basketball team captured the AAAA OFSAA gold medal on November 28th 2009. The Eagles finished the season with a perfect 45-0 record.
, Fame
, Little Shop of Horrors
, Our Town
, Godspell
, Into the Woods
, Evita and Footloose. For a short while, St. John's major musical productions of Jesus Christ Superstar
(1995), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
(1996), and Peter Pan
(1998), were produced at the Brantford Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts. The 1984 musical Kiss Me Kate will be performed during the 2009-2010 school year.
During the production of Joseph, the Saturday night performance was stopped in the middle of the "Close Every Door" scene due to a bomb threat, which was later attributed to a student at the school, who was arrested and charged. EVITA was presented in 2008 at the Sanderson Centre from May 28 - 31.
Also notable is the school's yearly participation in the Sears Drama Festival, which has brought the department several awards of excellence.
St. John's College is also the only secondary school in Brantford with a debate team, and placed 1st in the categories of Debate Team and Individual Debator in 2008 through the regional tournament of the Ontario Student Debating Union.
The school's Green Team or environmental club recently added a water filtration system to one water fountain in the school. The filtration system was installed to promote students to use reusable water bottles rather than plastic water bottles.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in Brantford, 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....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. As with many Catholic schools, school uniforms are mandatory during school hours. Several courses in theology/religious studies are mandatory for students attending SJC.
History
In 1941, Brantford Catholic High School opened in the basement of St. Ann's Elementary School with just one Grade 9 class. A new class was added each year until 1951 when the school moved to a former residence on Dufferin Ave. From 1951 to 1978, the priests of the Congregation of the Resurrection acted as the principals. In 1959, the schools name changed to St. John's College. In the 1970-71 school year, St. John's College absorbed with Providence College at the present day Paris Road location. In the 1980s, the student population had grown so much that several expansions were added to the building. A new cafeteria, triple gym, teacher lounge, and 13 classrooms were constructed with help from community fundraising. In 1989, more additions were made with the addition of the current main entrance, 9 classrooms, administrative offices, the 'cafetorium', health center and guidance center. In 1991, enrolment exceeded 1700 students. This necessitated the opening of Assumption CollegeAssumption College School (Brantford)
Assumption College is a Roman Catholic Secondary School in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.-Mission Statement:"Assumption College Schoolis our catholic learning communityWhere we strive for exellenceand we work to BecomeRespectful,Responsible Individuals...
in September, 1992, as well as Holy Trinity Catholic High School
Holy Trinity Catholic High School (Simcoe)
Holy Trinity Catholic High School, colloquially known as "HT", is one of the newest Roman Catholic high schools in Ontario.The high school is located in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. Wearing school uniforms during school hours is mandatory, and courses deal in a theological manner...
in Simcoe, Ontario
Simcoe, Ontario
Simcoe is an unincorporated community and former town in Southwestern Ontario, Canada located near Lake Erie. It is the county seat and largest community of Norfolk County....
in 2001.
Athletics
The team name for all St. John's teams is the St. John's Green Eagles. A few of the Eagles teams throughout the year include basketballBasketball
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...
, soccer, cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
, 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:...
, 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...
, football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, 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...
, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, 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....
, wrestling
Amateur wrestling
Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games under the supervision of FILA : Greco-Roman and freestyle. Freestyle is possibly derived from the English Lancashire style...
, 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...
, 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...
, fly fishing
Fly fishing
Fly fishing is an angling method in which an artificial 'fly' is used to catch fish. The fly is cast using a fly rod, reel, and specialized weighted line. Casting a nearly weightless fly or 'lure' requires casting techniques significantly different from other forms of casting...
and 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...
. The 2009 Senior Girls Basketball team captured the AAAA OFSAA gold medal on November 28th 2009. The Eagles finished the season with a perfect 45-0 record.
Other extracurricular activities
St. John's College is steeped in the arts, particularly Drama and Music. The music program is very well respected and has received numerous honours, including gold standing in the regional and national MusicFest competitions. The Drama department is known for its ambitious major productions, including CatsCats (musical)
Cats is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot...
, Fame
Fame (musical)
A stage musical based on the 1980 musical film Fame has been staged under two titles. The first, 'Fame – The Musical' conceived and developed by David De Silva, is a musical with a book by Jose Fernandez, music by Steve Margoshes and lyrics by Jacques Levy. The musical premiered in 1988 in Miami,...
, Little Shop of Horrors
Little Shop of Horrors (musical)
Little Shop of Horrors is a rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood. The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman...
, Our Town
Our Town
Our Town is a three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder. It is a character story about an average town's citizens in the early twentieth century as depicted through their everyday lives...
, Godspell
Godspell
Godspell is a musical by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak. It opened off Broadway on May 17, 1971, and has played in various touring companies and revivals many times since, including a 2011 revival now playing on Broadway...
, Into the Woods
Into the Woods
Into the Woods is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It debuted in San Diego at the Old Globe Theatre in 1986, and premiered on Broadway in 1987. Bernadette Peters' performance as the Witch and Joanna Gleason's portrayal of the Baker's Wife brought acclaim...
, Evita and Footloose. For a short while, St. John's major musical productions of Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...
(1995), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical with lyrics by Tim Rice. The story is based on the "coat of many colors" story of Joseph from the Hebrew Bible's Book of Genesis. This was the first Lloyd Webber and Rice musical to be performed publicly...
(1996), and Peter Pan
Peter Pan
Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie . A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to grow up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys, interacting with...
(1998), were produced at the Brantford Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts. The 1984 musical Kiss Me Kate will be performed during the 2009-2010 school year.
During the production of Joseph, the Saturday night performance was stopped in the middle of the "Close Every Door" scene due to a bomb threat, which was later attributed to a student at the school, who was arrested and charged. EVITA was presented in 2008 at the Sanderson Centre from May 28 - 31.
Also notable is the school's yearly participation in the Sears Drama Festival, which has brought the department several awards of excellence.
St. John's College is also the only secondary school in Brantford with a debate team, and placed 1st in the categories of Debate Team and Individual Debator in 2008 through the regional tournament of the Ontario Student Debating Union.
The school's Green Team or environmental club recently added a water filtration system to one water fountain in the school. The filtration system was installed to promote students to use reusable water bottles rather than plastic water bottles.
Family of Elementary Schools
- Christ The King
- Holy Family
- Notre Dame
- Our Lady of ProvidenceOur Lady of Providence Elementary SchoolOur Lady Of Providence Elementary School is a Roman Catholic elementary school in Brantford, Ontario. It teaches grades JK to 8. The sports teams at Our Lady of Providence are known as the "Hawks".-External links:**-References:...
- Resurrection
- Sacred Heart
- St Bernard'sSt. Bernard's School (Brantford)St. Bernard's School is a Catholic Elementary School located in Brantford, Ontario. It teaches grades JK to 8.-Extra-Curricular activities:St. Bernard's offers a Music Program to all students in Grade 8. This program features a 30-piece orchestra, including 2 bass and electric guitars, a 6-piece...
- St. Jean de BrebeufSt. Jean de Brebeuf Elementary SchoolSt. Jean de Brebeuf is a French language Catholic Elementary School, for grades Kindergarten to Grade 8, and is part of Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board....
- St. Leo'sSaint Leo's Elementary School (Brantford)St. Leo's Elementary School is a Roman Catholic elementary school in Brantford, Ontario. It teaches grades JK to 8. Great students like Jacob Spencer, Jordyn Rizzo and well all the grade 7.dents-External links:**...
- St. Patrick'sSaint Patrick Elementary School (Brantford)St. Patrick Elementary School is a Roman Catholic elementary school in Brantford, Ontario. It teaches grades JK to 8.-External links:**...
- St. Pius X
- St George-German School