Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School
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{{Infobox school
| name = Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School
École secondaire Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau
| logo = Trudeau crest.png
| image = Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School aerial view 2023.jpg
| image_size = 270px
| caption =
| address = 90 Bur Oak Avenue
| city = Markham
| province = Ontario
| postcode = L6C 2E6
| country = Canada
| coordinates = {{coord|43|53|21|N|79|18|46|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}
| schooltype = Public
| motto = Strive Higher, Soar Further
| religious_affiliation = Secular
| founded = 2002
| schoolboard = York Region District School Board
| superintendent = Kandeephan Ganeshalingam
| trustee = Ron Lynn
| principal = Dawn Imanda-Chan
| grades_label = Grades
| grades = 9–12
| enrolment_as_of =2021–2022
| colours = {{Color box|yellow|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|white|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|red|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|black|border=darkgray}}
Yellow, white, red, and black{{cn|date=April 2024}}
| mascot = The Trailblazer
| team_name = Trudeau Trailblazers
| url = {{URL|http://trudeau.hs.yrdsb.ca/}}
| lastupdate = April 2024
}}
Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School ({{langx|fr|École secondaire Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau}}, Chinese: 沙壁学校, commonly known as PETHS, PET, or Trudeau) is a public, bilingual English and French-immersion secondary school in Markham, Ontario. It offers ESL study programs for foreign parents. It was named in honour of the 15th prime minister of Canada, Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
History
Construction of Pierre Elliott Trudeau HS commenced in June 2001. The school opened on September 3, 2002 with 500 students in grade 7, 8, 9 and 10. The grade 7 and 8 students were from Castlemore Public School, a designated feeder school, and were segregated from the high school students. The Class of 2005 was the first graduating class.
Location and feeder schools
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Located in northern Markham between Major Mackenzie Dr. and 16th Avenue on Kennedy and Bur Oak Avenue, Trudeau is a part of the York Region District School Board, Trudeau primarily serves students who reside in northern Unionville, which include the communities of Cachet, Angus Glen, and Berczy Village. Trudeau also serves students in the French-immersion program who live in the communities of Stouffville, and most of the City of Markham. During the school year of 2017–2018, the opening of Bill Hogarth Secondary School resulted in mandatory transfers from approximately half of the French immersion students at Trudeau.
PETHS's feeder schools include:
- Ashton Meadows P.S.
- Beckett Farm P.S.
- Castlemore P.S.
- Stonebridge P.S.
- Milliken Mills P.S. (French immersion)
- Sir Wilfrid Laurier P.S. (French immersion)
Academics
Trudeau offers a[Specialist High Skills Major in business, health & wellness, and arts & culture.{{cite web|url=http://www.careercruising.com/individual/CP_CourseCalendar.aspx?SID=12576&CSID=2070|title=Course Calendar}}
As of 2019 the Fraser Institute Report Card on Secondary Schools gave PET an overall rating of 8.8, ranking it 12th out of 739 schools in Ontario.{{Cite web|title = Report Card for Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School|url = https://www.compareschoolrankings.org/school/on/secondary/894672|publisher = Fraser Institute|access-date = 2024-04-22}}
School events
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PETHS has historically participated in and excelled at the McMaster University Engineering Olympics,{{cite web|url=http://olympics.mcmaster.ca/about/winners.php|title=McMaster Engineering Olympics – 2014 Winners|access-date=2011-07-21|archive-date=2012-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328011357/http://olympics.mcmaster.ca/about/winners.php|url-status=dead}} winning in multiple events. Since 2005, they have participated in the York Region Science Olympics{{cite web|url=http://www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/page.cfm?id=NW1004081|title=Secondary School Science Olympics 2010|website=York Region District School Board website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120806003719/http://www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/page.cfm?id=NW1004081|archive-date=2012-08-06}} and have ranked in the top 7. Since 2004, its students have entered the University of Toronto Biology Contest{{cite web|url=http://biocomp.utoronto.ca/top-schools?year|title=Top Schools|access-date=2011-07-21|archive-date=2012-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328011415/http://biocomp.utoronto.ca/top-schools?year|url-status=dead}} and have placed in the top third of all international schools to participate. The school also regularly participates in the Sir Isaac Newton Physics Contest{{cite web |url=http://sin.uwaterloo.ca/ |title=Sir Isaac Newton Exam {{!}} Department of Physics {{!}} Faculty of Science {{!}} University of Waterloo |access-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821223550/http://sin.uwaterloo.ca/ |archive-date=August 21, 2013 }} and University of Waterloo Canadian Mathematics Competition. Trudeau's music department has advanced to the Gold Level at the OBA competitions. PETHS's Computer Science Club won the YRDSB ECOO Programming Competition in 2016 and 2017.{{cite tweet|user=mrjcohen|author=Jordan Cohen|number=847873604603785216|date=31 March 2017|title=Congrats to @trudeauhs PETHS team 1 – 1st place at this year's #Yrdsb #ecoo computer programming competition!!}}
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.trudeau.hs.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/ Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060502131232/http://www.trudeau.hs.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/ |date=2006-05-02 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120623213751/http://www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/page.cfm?id=S00000099&sc=403 YRDSB information website]
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Category:York Region District School Board
Category:High schools in the Regional Municipality of York
Category:Buildings and structures in Markham, Ontario