St. Theresa Catholic Secondary School
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135 Adam Street Belleville, Ontario, K8N 5S1 Canada |
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| School type | Secondary |
| Motto | Cura Et Audax Virtute (Care and Bold Power) |
| Founded | 1998 |
| School board | Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board |
| Superintendent | Terri Slack |
| School number | 851752 |
| Principal | Carey Smith-Dewey |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | over 760 (2008) |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue, White, Maroon |
| Mascot | Mr. & Mrs. Titans |
| Team name | Titans |
| Newspaper | Titanium (currently inactive) |
| Website | sainttheresa |
St.Theresa Catholic Secondary School (STCSS) is a Roman Catholic Secondary School in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. It operates under the direction of the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board. The school is named after the patron saint, St. Theresa (1873–1897). St. Theresa C.S.S. is a uniform school.
St. Theresa C.S.S. opened in September 1998. St. Theresa was built because of an overcrowding at its sister school, Nicholson Catholic College. In the early 1990s when Nicholson simply became too overcrowded the school board finally decided that it was time for a new school to be built.
An opening ceremony was held on November 7, 1999, attendees including Archbishop Francis J. Spence, Principal Dension, former Liberal MPP Ernie Parsons, and Dr. Gregory Cosgrove, the Director of Education at the time.
After the school opened it had a population of just a little over 300 kids and a few years later it had another wing added.
In 2013, the school was presented with the Premier's Accepting Schools Award for its innovative and outstanding leadership in creating a safe and inclusive school. This innovation is can be noticed by reading the banner that hangs on the stairs by the office, which contains all the students signatures and a declaration that the school community has decided to take a stand against bullying. Though much action has been taken to eradicate bullying, which has caused instances of bullying to be greatly reduced, the school is not totally bully free and progressive actions are still being taken to ever improve the system.
As of 2012, there are over 70 teaching staff, six support staff and two administrators. The leader of the administration is the principal, followed by the vice principal. The administration generally operates with managerial elements and according to rigid policies set out by itself, the school board, and the Ontario government, and encourages student complacency. Students are not allowed to go against policy and have generally limited power to legally combat policies and the will of the administration, yet teachers have slightly more clout through unions such as OECTA. Students, parents and staff who have concerns about the administration can voice their opinions to the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board at board meetings, visiting the board office at 151 Dairy Avenue, Greater Napanee or by contacting the board by phone, fax or email (contact information available at www.alcdsb.on.ca).
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