St. Francis Xavier Secondary School (Mississauga)

St. Francis Xavier Secondary School is a Catholic high school in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, overseen by the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board. It has 1,862 students,[4] about 130 teaching and support staff, and a childcare centre. The school mascot is the Tiger. The school has an International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma program[1] and Specialist High Skills Major programs for Hospitality and Health & Wellness.[2]

St. Francis Xavier Secondary School
Address
50 Bristol Road West

Mississauga
,
Ontario
,
L5R 3K3

Canada
Coordinates43.61273°N 79.66426°W / 43.61273; -79.66426
Information
School typeSeparate High School
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
FoundedSeptember 1990
School boardDufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
SuperintendentWayne Brunton
PrincipalMr. Dan Compagnon
Grades9 to 12
LanguageEnglish (French, Spanish, and Italian included in school curriculum)
Colour(s)Blue and Maize    
Team nameXavier Tigers
Special ProgramsInternational Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IB)[1] and Specialist High School Majors Program (SHSM) for Hospitality, Transportation and Health & Wellness[2]
Population1862 (As of October 31, 2019)[3]
ChaplainMrs. Betty-Anne Picket

The school is located in St. Francis Xavier Parish in the Archdiocese of Toronto. The school catchment includes graduates of St. Hilary, St. Matthew, St. Jude, San Lorenzo Ruiz Elementary schools, St. Valentine students living east of Mavis Rd. and is the most common high school for graduates of Fairwind Senior Public School and Bristol Road Middle School, even though they are in the Peel District School Board.

History

The school opened in September 1990 on a temporary site where John Cabot Catholic Secondary School is now located. After two years, it moved into its permanent building near the corner of Bristol and Hurontario. As part of the Dufferin-Peel portable replacement plan, the school received a three-floor, 22-room addition that was completed in June 2001. Recently, further growth of the school has necessitated more portable units: five were added in 2006, five more in 2007, and one more in 2009. Beginning with incoming grade-9s in September 2010, the school will cap its intake to reduce the number of students to 1950 in 4–5 years.[5]

Construction of Saviour of the World Chinese Catholic Church started during the 2002–03 school year. The Church now shares property with the school.

Feeder Schools
  • San Lorenzo Ruiz Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Hilary Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Jude Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Matthew Catholic Elementary School
  • St. Valentine Catholic Elementary School (East of Mavis Road)

Sports

The St. Francis Xavier Tigers have many sports teams and clubs, including the following during the 2019-2020 school year (there are both boys and girls teams unless otherwise noted):

  • badminton (senior & junior)
  • baseball (boys varsity)
  • basketball (senior & junior boys & varsity girls)
  • cricket (varsity boys)
  • cross-country running (senior, junior & midget)
  • curling (senior open boys, junior novice/senior open girls & junior novice/senior novice mixed)
  • flag football (varsity girls)
  • football (varsity boys)
  • golf (varsity boys & varsity girls)
  • rugby (senior & junior girls)
  • rugby sevens (senior & junior girls)
  • soccer (senior & junior boys, varsity girls)
  • softball - slow pitch (varsity girls)
  • swimming (senior & junior)
  • table tennis (varsity boys)
  • tennis (senior & junior)
  • track & field (senior, junior & midget)
  • volleyball (varsity boys, senior & junior girls)
  • wrestling (senior & junior)

The school is well known in GTA basketball circles for the Rimrocker basketball tournaments it hosts every year: an 8-team Senior Girls Rimrocker in October[6] and 16-team Senior Boys and Junior Boys Rimrocker tournaments now held concurrently in mid-December after being held separately for 14 years.[7] The school has also hosted 6 OFSAA Championships: 2011 Boys' AAAA Soccer, 2014 Boys' AAAA Basketball, 2015 Girls' AAAA/AAA and AA/A Rugby, 2018 Girls' AAA Rugby and 2019 Girls' AAA Basketball.

Recent ROPSSAA & OFSAA championships include:[8]

2019-2020: Senior Girls Sevens Rugby; Senior Girls Flag Football; Senior Girls Basketball; Junior Boys Cross-Country Team (OFSAA Silver); Junior Boys Cross Country Individual - Treshan Fernando; Junior Boys Doubles Tennis - Peter Guo & Raphael Peralta; Junior Boys Wrestling Individual - Jordan Samuel, Antoni Pyziak; Junior Girls Individual Wrestling - Jessica Deol; Senior Girls Wrestling Individual - Chiara Decena-Barbieri, Zaniq King, Osa Olaye; Junior Novice Girls Curling; Senior Boys Table Tennis Singles - Hugo Quach; Senior Mixed Doubles Table Tennis - Qilu Zhang & Leo Zhang

2018-2019: Senior Girls Wrestling Team (OFSAA Silver); Senior Girls Wrestling Individual - Chiara Decena-Barbieri (OFSAA Gold), Ayisha Hilal, Zaniq King (OFSAA Bronze); Senior Boys Wrestling Individual - Patrik Leder (OFSAA Gold); Junior Combined Wrestling Team; Junior Girls Wrestling Team; Junior Girls Wrestling Individual - Alexandria Ojha, Ayisha Hilal, Gillian Rodriguez Lee; Junior Boys Wrestling Individual - Elias Funes Costa, Kyle Cieplik; Senior Girls Badminton Doubles - Crystal Lai & Angela Gu; Junior Boys Badminton Team; Midget Boys Cross Country - Treshan Fernando;[9] Midget Boys Cross Country Team;[10] Senior Novice Mixed Curling; Junior Novice Girls Curling; U14 Boys Swimming - Team Medley; Alyssa Zhang 50m U14 Girls Freestyle (OFSAA Gold Medallist); Alyssa Zhang 50m U14 Girls Butterfly (OFSAA Gold Medallist); Calvin Lam 50m U14 Boys Freestyle; Calvin Lam 100m U14 Boys IM; 15+ Boys Swimming - Team Medley; Senior Girls Tier 2 Rugby

2017-2018: Junior Boys Swimming Team; Swimming Girls U14; Alyssa Zhang 50m U14 Girls Freestyle (OFSAA Gold Medallist); Alyssa Zhang 50m U14 Girls Butterfly (OFSAA Gold Medallist); Junior Girls Wrestling Individual - Aswini Vellalaghan, Chiara Decena-Barbieri, Aaima Gilani, Elizabeth McNamee; Senior Boys Wrestling Individual - Patrik Leder (OFSAA Gold Medallist), Felipe Ledo; Senior Girls Wrestling Team; Senior Girls Wrestling Individual - Aswini Vellalaghan, Chiara Decena-Barbieri, Zaniq King, Gillian Rodriguez Lee, Bianca King, Angel Williamson; Senior Mixed Curling; Senior Boys Basketball (OFSAA Silver Medallists).

2016-2017: Over-all Tennis Team; Senior Girls Tennis Team; Junior Girls Tennis Team; Junior Girls Doubles Tennis - Stephanie Nguyen & Jenny Nguyen; Senior Girls Doubles Tennis - Caitlin Le & Meagan Duff ; Swimming U14 Girls Team; Swimming Girls U14 200m Medley Relay; Swimming Girls U14 Alyssa Zhang x2 (OFSAA Gold Medallist x2); Senior Girls Volleyball; Junior Boys Wrestling Individual - Patrik Leder; Junior Girls Wrestling Individual - Chiara Decena-Barbieri, Elizabeth McNamee, Angel Williamson; Senior Boys Wrestling Individual - Patrik Leder (OFSAA Gold Medallist), Conner Tenn; Senior Girls Wrestling Individual - Ayesha Mazhar, Bianca King; Girls Badminton Singles - Crystal Lai; Girls Badminton Doubles - Sissi Cao & Louisa Chan; Junior Boys Soccer.

2015-2016: Junior Boys Wrestling Individual - Patrik Leder; Junior Girls Wrestling Individual - Bianca King; Senior Boys Wrestling Individual - Patrik Leder (OFSAA Gold Medallist); Senior Girls Volleyball; Junior Boys Basketball

2014-2015: Boys Tier 2 Football; Senior Girls Wrestling - Lydia Zomparelli; Junior Girls Volleyball; Senior Boys Rugby; Boys Tier 2 Baseball

2013-14: Junior Boys Cross Country (Kyle Lewis, Prajeet Sareen, Sachin Fernando, Nathan Gomes);[11] Junior Boys Wrestling Individual - Matthew Nuguid; Junior Girls Wrestling Individual - Lydia Zomparelli, Madeline Drinovac; Girls Wrestling Individual - Kayla Melo; Boys Wrestling Individual - Julian Romeo; Senior Badminton;[12] Junior Girls Volleyball

'2012-13: Boys Wrestling Individual - Isaac Morales;[13] Girls Wrestling Individual - Junsi Zhang, Tobi Owotomo;[14] Senior Mixed Doubles Badminton (Esther Tang/Alex Le)[15]

2011-12: Girls Wrestling Individual - Tiffani Roras (OFSAA Bronze Medallist)[16][17]

2010-11: Junior Boys Tennis Doubles (Yash Krisha/Nadeem Hemraj) ; Midget Boys Cross Country (Daniel Gasbarri/Joshua Carr/Darren Rodrigues/Bodean Ovidiu)

Junior Girls Wrestling Individual - Ashley Tam; Girls Wrestling Individual - Paige Simms, Tiffani Roras;[18] Senior Badminton - Men's Doubles (Alex Le/Mathew Pang), Mixed Doubles (Eric Huang/Danielle Sadakham)

2009-10: Junior Girls Wrestling Individual - Tiffany Lewis, Crisnel Balmaceda; Junior Boys Wrestling Individual - Isaac Morales; Girls Wrestling Team; Girls Wrestling Individual - Paige Simms, Christina Boyington, Nolle Simms, Tiffani Roras;[18] Badminton Boys Singles - Matthew Pang.

2008-09: Tennis - Senior Boys Singles Tarun Kishan; Junior Girls Wrestling Team; Junior Girls Wrestling Individual - Isabelle Azevedo, Mercedes Psenicnik, Paige Simms, Noelle Simms; Junior Boys Wrestling Individual - Daniel Ciliman; Senior Girls Wrestling Individual - Bianca Fung, Isabelle Azevedo, Nolle Simms, Mercedes Psenicnik[18]

2007-08: Tennis - Senior Boys Singles, Senior Mixed Doubles; Junior Boys Football; Wrestling Individual - Melissa DeCiantis, Julie Huynh;[18] Girls Varsity Tier 2 Hockey; Badminton - Senior Mixed Doubles; Varsity Boys Tier 2 Baseball; Christa Acquah Senior Girls 100mH

2006-07: Junior Boys, Senior Girls & Overall Combined Tennis; Senior Tier 2 Football; Junior Boys Individual Cross Country Running; Wrestling Individual - Jamillah Mensah, Latacha Smellie, Megan Treglia;[18] Badminton - Junior Boys Doubles Brian Li Nishant Raina, Junior Mixed Doubles Salman Aslam Nadia Aslam; Track and Field - Junior Boys 1500m & 3000m, Senior Girls Shot Put Kristen Obrochta

2005-06: Girls Wrestling Team; Wrestling Individual - Isaias Morales,[19] Melissa DeCiantis, Latacha Smellie, Tameka Bromfield;[18] Track and Field - Midget Boys 3000m

2004-05: Junior Boys Tennis; Girls Wrestling Team; Wrestling Individual - Latacha Smellie, Chatele O'Sullivan (OFSAA Silver Medallist);[18] Junior Boys Soccer; Track and Field - Junior Girls 100m 200m Athena McBean, 4 × 100 m Ashley Lapinski Athena McBean Jamillah Mensah Christa Acquah, Shot Put Kristen Obrochta, Junior Boys High Jump Darren Duncan

2003-04: Senior Tier 2 Football; Wrestling Individual - Mike Ayoub;[19] Track and Field - Athena McBean Midget Girls 100m (OFSAA Champion[20]) 200m, 4 × 100 m Athena McBean Jamillah Mensah Ashley Lapinsky Jessica Currie, Darren Duncan Midget Boys 100mH, Eshan Fernando Senior Boys 110mH

2002-03: Senior Girls Basketball; Senior Girls Tier 2 Volleyball; Wrestling Individual - Chatele O'Sullivan[18]

2001-02: Senior Girls Basketball; Wrestling Individual - Madison Fisher[18]

2000-01: Wrestling Individual - Madison Fisher;[18] Junior Boys Hockey; Senior Girls Team Track; Track and Field - Sarah Kish Junior Girls Javelin (OFSAA Champion[20]

1999-00: Senior Girls Basketball; Wrestling Individual - Eddie Haddad;[19] Junior Boys Basketball; Senior Boys Soccer; Junior Boys Soccer

1998-99: Wrestling Individual - Haig Istanboulian;[19] Senior Boys Soccer (OFSAA AAA Champions); Junior Boys Team Track

1997-98: Boys Cricket; Junior Girls Team Track; Senior Boys Soccer (OFSAA AAA Silver Medallist)

Music programs

The Music program at Xavier currently involves over 250 students a year. Ensembles that perform there include: [21]

  • Junior Band
  • Senior Band
  • Jazz Band
  • Grade 10 Guitar Ensemble
  • Grade 11/12 Guitar Ensemble
  • Chamber Choir

The bands perform concerts annually and attend festivals and trips abroad.

School clubs

St. Francis school clubs include Tiger Tales (the school magazine), Hip Hop Club, Investors Club, Sound FX (show choir), art club, robotics club, computer club, yearbook committee, DECA, Environmental Intelligence, Gamers Club, xFactor, Science Club (XSC), FX Players, Radio FX, Ping Pong Club and many more.[22]

Incidents

May 2017 Stabbing

On May 31, 2017 a student was stabbed following an altercation with other students, leading to the lockdown of the school and Hold and Secures in other schools in the area.[23]

Notable alumni

See also

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