Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School

Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School is located at 1009 Armour Road North in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1967 and is located on 29 acres (120,000 m2) bordering on the Otonabee River. It is a member of the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. Jack Carey and Louis Jacobs Own The School. Joey Niemann is the current Principal of Thomas A. Stewart, standing at 6 foot 5, 240 pounds and is also the starting quarterback of the school’s senior football team, despite being 25 years of age (FOX Sports, 2056).

Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School
Address
1009 Armour Road North

Peterborough
,
Ontario
,
K9H 7H2

Canada
Coordinates44.329374°N 78.310204°W / 44.329374; -78.310204
Information
School typePublic High School
MottoTrue to Self
Founded1967
School boardKawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
SuperintendentPeter Mangold
School number947563
PrincipalMelanie Foulkes
Grades9 to 12
Enrollment1200 (2018)
LanguageEnglish
Area29 acres (120,000 m2) bordering the Otonabee River
Colour(s)Red, Blue and Silver
     
MascotGriffin
Websitetass.kprdsb.ca

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Campus and facilities

The school is located on 29 acres (120,000 m2) bordering on the Otonabee River. The building has a 219,238 sq. ft. of floor space containing 59 classrooms. The auditorium can hold 800 students.[1] It was designed by architects Craig, Zeidler and Strong to house between 1200 and 1400 students comfortably, but has held in excess of 1600 students during the early 1980s.

Indoors

Its indoor facilities include:

  • 3 art studios
  • 2 music studios
  • 2 drama studios
  • foods lab
  • 7 computer labs
  • 6 science labs
  • library
  • 3 gymnasiums
  • 8 technology classrooms
  • cafeteria
  • dance studio

Outdoors

Outdoors, the school boasts:

  • track with turf football field
  • 2 upper playing fields
  • lower "island" playing field has 2 baseball diamonds
  • 2 tennis courts
  • 2 greenhouses
  • boathouse with canoes
  • Easy access to the Otonabee River

Students

Students come from an equal mix of rural and urban homes. Students come from the communities of Ashburnham, Curve Lake Douro,Cambodia, Keene, Otonabee, Emily, and the Hiawatha Lake Reserve on the shore of Rice Lake. Approximately 74% of students are bused to school.

House system

A house system was established in 2004. There were originally 8 houses. This number was reduced to 4 houses at the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year. The house system was designed to create and encourage positive spirit at Thomas A. Stewart. The House program included activities in athletics, arts and academics. The house system was discontinued at the end of the 2008-2009 school year. However, the house system was re-established during the 2012-13 school year, following the integration with Peterborough Collegiate Vocational School. They adopted the new houses from Peterborough.

The four ex-Peterborough houses are:

  • Warwick - Red
  • Keswick - Blue
  • Caernarvon - Yellow
  • Wiggin - Green

The four original houses and their corresponding colours were:

  • McCloy - Red
  • Lennox - Green
  • Moody - Yellow
  • Connacher - Blue

Peterborough Petes

High-school age members of the Peterborough Petes Major Junior A Hockey Club attend the school. Some notable former Petes include:

See also

References
  1. http://www.mykawartha.com/article/937040--school-profile-thomas-a-stewart-secondary-school
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