Blessed Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School
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Blessed Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School (BMTCSS or BMT) is a Catholic secondary school
in Scarborough
, a municipality of Toronto
, Ontario. It is part of the Toronto Catholic District School Board
.
In its conception, a new school in the Scarborough
area of Toronto
was to be named Mary Ward. Then trustee Harold Adams advocated for the new school to be named Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School.
Another school was built later, and that received the name Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School
.
The ideals of the school's patroness and namesake, Mother Teresa
, became the inspiration for the school's motto.
Blessed Mother Teresa was almost called Mary Ward, and because of Harold Adams - the Trustee then, the school came to be named Mother Teresa. The first four years was also known as the “Tin Can” experience because the school resided in relocatables and a port-o-pac and the new expansionist era, which began with year five in 1989-90 when under the leadership George Iantorno - the founding principal. A school filled with 650 students left the port-o-pac rooms and soon moved into the new structure and doubled its enrolment. In this new building the school began its new life. It's next task was to integrate many new staff and students into the school. Blessed Mother Teresa CSS has in its brief history shown itself to be a community school in two very fundamental ways: it embraces over 54 different ethnic minorities and it seeks to educate all who come to it, taking in students representing the complete spectrum of intellectual, artistic and athletic talent.
High school
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in Scarborough
Scarborough, Ontario
Scarborough is a dissolved municipality within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the eastern part of Toronto. It is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, and on the east by the Rouge River...
, a municipality of Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Ontario. It is part of the Toronto Catholic District School Board
Toronto Catholic District School Board
The Toronto Catholic District School Board is the publicly-funded Catholic school board for Toronto, Ontario, Canada, headquartered in North York. It is one of the two English boards of education in the City of Toronto, serving the former municipalities of Scarborough, North York, York, East York,...
.
History and tradition
Scarborough, Ontario
Scarborough is a dissolved municipality within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the eastern part of Toronto. It is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, and on the east by the Rouge River...
area of Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
was to be named Mary Ward. Then trustee Harold Adams advocated for the new school to be named Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School.
Another school was built later, and that received the name Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School
Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School
Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School is a Roman Catholic secondary school of the Toronto Catholic District School Board in Scarborough, Ontario, a district of Toronto. Mary Ward is a unique centre of self-directed learning and a member of the Canadian Coalition of Self-Directed Learning...
.
The ideals of the school's patroness and namesake, Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa , born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu , was a Roman Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, in 1950...
, became the inspiration for the school's motto.
Blessed Mother Teresa was almost called Mary Ward, and because of Harold Adams - the Trustee then, the school came to be named Mother Teresa. The first four years was also known as the “Tin Can” experience because the school resided in relocatables and a port-o-pac and the new expansionist era, which began with year five in 1989-90 when under the leadership George Iantorno - the founding principal. A school filled with 650 students left the port-o-pac rooms and soon moved into the new structure and doubled its enrolment. In this new building the school began its new life. It's next task was to integrate many new staff and students into the school. Blessed Mother Teresa CSS has in its brief history shown itself to be a community school in two very fundamental ways: it embraces over 54 different ethnic minorities and it seeks to educate all who come to it, taking in students representing the complete spectrum of intellectual, artistic and athletic talent.