St. Robert Catholic High School | |
Address: | 8101 Leslie Street |
Country: | Canada |
Motto: | Knowledge is the Beginning |
Founded: | 1975 |
Superintendent: | Jennifer Sarna |
Trustee: | Carol Cotton |
Principal: | Elaine Dharmai |
Head Label: | IB coordinator |
Head: | Sheri Burke |
Key People: | Kara Christidis (Head Secretary), Derek Chan, Jennifer Kwong, Sheri Burke (Vice Principals)[1] |
Grades: | 9-12 |
Enrolment: | 1681 (2023)[2] |
Newspaper: | The Axiom,[3] La Silhouette (French newspaper)[4] |
Mascot: | Ram, Robbie the Ram |
Nickname: | St. Robs, STR |
Lastupdate: | December 2023 |
Hours In Day: | 8:30-2:32 |
St. Robert Catholic High School is a secondary school in Markham-Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.
St. Robert CHS was opened by the York Catholic District School Board in 1975,[5] and it celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2015. It is named after its patron saint, St. Robert Bellarmine. The extension added in January 1989 completes the school as it stands today.[6]
In mid-October 2017, Vice Principal Paul Paterson was found guilty of sexual misconduct following the allegations of him having sexual relationships with a male student.[7]
St. Robert CHS is one of the top-ranking secondary schools in Ontario according to the Fraser Institute. For 2017, the school scored 9.2 (out of 10), ranking 4th out of 747 schools across Ontario in the Fraser Institute's Report Card on Ontario's Secondary Schools 2019.[8]