St. Joseph High School (Ottawa)
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Dedication Today, Success Tomorrow
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| 3333 Greenbank Rd. Ottawa, Ontario, K2J 4J1, CAN |
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| School board | Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Principal | Stephen McCabe |
| Vice principal | Robin Howard Mary Kelly John Purificati |
| Students | 1425 |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Medium of Language | English, French |
| Mascot | McJagger |
| Patron saint(s) | St. Joseph |
| Team name | The jaguars |
| School Colour(s) | Blue, gold |
| Founded | 11 October 2002 |
| Homepage | http://www2.occdsb.on.ca/sjh/ |
St. Joseph High School, referred to as St. Joe's by the local community of Barrhaven, Ontario, is a Roman Catholic high school run by the Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board. In athletics, the school teams are referred to as the St. Joseph Jaguars and the school mascot is a jaguar named McJagger. St. Joe's has an enrollment of approximately 1425 students, from grades 7-12, along with 115 staff members.
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[edit] History
St. Joseph High School was opened in 11 October 2002 to account for the recent growth of the Ottawa, Ontario suburb, Barrhaven. The only other Catholic high school in the area, Mother Teresa High School, was desperately overcrowded when St. Joe's opened for the 2002-03 school year. Bearing the name of a high school present in the region in the late 1950s, the school began with an enrollment of over 1000 students. By 2005, this number had exceeded 1500 students.
[edit] Facilities
The building of St. Joseph High School followed the design of Edward J. Cuhaci, mimicking Holy Trinity High School and many other schools of the region. St. Joseph's has 3 floors, which contain a chapel, four gymnasiums, five computer labs, a library, an exercise room, two art rooms, and laboratories for chemistry, biology, physics, and general science. There are 18 portables outside the school, as well as 2 football fields, basketball nets, and a 400-metre track.
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[edit] Athletics
St. Joseph offers a wide variety of over 25 sports teams, ranging from football to badminton. In its beginning 3 years alone, St. Joe's sent 6 teams to the Ontario Federation of Secondary Schools Athletic Association provincial championships, with the 2005-06 Junior Cheerleading team even placing first in Ontario. Every year since its opening, the school has won the CAHPERD award for its physical education programs.
[edit] Intramurals
Grade 7 and 8, as well as Grades 9-12, are offered lunch-time intramurals in sports such as volleyball, basketball, or dodgeball. For their efforts, St. Joseph has been given the CIRA award for its programs.
[edit] Jag Jog
Every year, St. Joseph offers their Jag Jog fundraiser. The day involves a lunch-time barbecue, a 5-kilometre run, and a volleyball tournament. Prizes are given to the winning runners in the Jog and teams in volleyball, as well as the students who raise the most money.
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