All Saints Catholic Secondary School is a secondary school

Secondary school

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 located in Whitby

Whitby, Ontario

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, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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 open for students in grades 9-12. It offers a broad range of academic programs including Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP), Cooperative Education

Cooperative education

Cooperative education is a structured method of combining classroom-based education with practical work experience. A cooperative education experience, commonly known as a "co-op", provides academic credit for structured job experience...

  (Co-Op

Cooperative education

Cooperative education is a structured method of combining classroom-based education with practical work experience. A cooperative education experience, commonly known as a "co-op", provides academic credit for structured job experience...

), Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM), Advanced Placement (AP), French Immersion

French immersion

French immersion is a form of bilingual education in which a child who does not speak French as his or her first language receives instruction in school in French...

, Head Start Program, Centre for Success/Reconnect, and Electronic learning.

The school also has a wide variety of extracurricular activities to fulfill students academically, athletically, artistically, and/or spiritually. It is located adjacent to Donald A Wilson Secondary School

Donald A Wilson Secondary School

Donald A. Wilson Secondary School is a high school located in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. It was opened in 2004, has students in grades 9 to 12 and offers a wide range of academic and extra-curricular activities...

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Athletics

All Saints Catholic Secondary School offers a fairly wide range of athletic teams including basketball

Basketball

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, soccer, volleyball

Volleyball

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, baseball

Baseball

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, softball

Softball

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, hockey

Hockey

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, lacrosse

Lacrosse

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, rugby

Rugby football

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, tennis

Tennis

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, ultimate frisbee, badminton

Badminton

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, golf

Golf

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, cross country, track and field

Track and field

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, swimming

Swimming (sport)

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, and curling

Curling

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Clubs

All Saints also offers many different organizations that students can choose to be a part of, such as the traditional Student Council

Student council

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,and Yearbook

Yearbook

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 committees. Other popular clubs include Kelly Cup Mock Trials, Chaplaincy, Development and Peace, Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving (OSAID), Environmental Club, 24-Hour Famine, Terry Fox Committee, White Pine Reading, Debate Team, French Club, Japanese Club, Writers Club, Robotics Team, Black History Month, Weight Training Club, Mixed Ensemble Choir, the Junior and Senior Jazz Band, and the junior and senior concert band.

Notable alumni and groups

• Zack Greer
  Zack Greer
  Zack Greer is a Canadian lacrosse player who plays for the Long Island Lizards in Major League Lacrosse and the Edmonton Rush of the National Lacrosse League. Greer attended high school at All Saints Catholic Secondary School in Whitby, and grew up playing box lacrosse...
  
  , Lacrosse player
• Taryn Davidson
  Taryn Davidson
  Taryn Davidson is a Canadian model.-Early life:Davidson is the second eldest of four children, Talia, Lauren, and Sean, and lived her first few years in New Liskeard, Ontario, a town of 10,000. She spent much of her time playing ice hockey. Her father, Ron Davidson teaches Ultra Skills hockey...
  
  , Model
• Austin Guzzo, Baseball player
• James Neal, NHL hockey player
• Riley Deveau, Trainer - Nick Talman

External links

• Official web site
• Profile at the Ontario Ministry of Education
  Ministry of Education (Ontario)
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   web site
• Profile at the Education Quality and Accountability Office
  Education Quality and Accountability Office
  The Education Quality and Accountability Office is an arm’s-length Crown agency of the Government of Ontario, Canada, legislated into creation in 1996 in response to recommendations made by the Royal Commission on Learning in February 1995....
  
  web site