Iona Catholic Secondary School is a school in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board

Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board

The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board is one of the largest school boards in Ontario, Canada. It oversees 148 school facilities throughout Peel Region and Dufferin County...

. It provides education to students from the Clarkson and Lorne Park areas of Mississauga, Ontario

Mississauga, Ontario

Mississauga is a city in Southern Ontario located in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area. With an estimated population of 734,000, it is Canada's sixth-most populous municipality, and has almost doubled in population in each of the last two decades...

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Elementary feeder schools

St. Christopher's Elementary School, St. Helen Elementary School, St. Luke's Elementary School, St. Francis of Assisi Elementary School, and St. Louis Elementary School as well as others in the area.

Arts program

Iona's performing arts program is well known in the Mississauga area for its annual Musical Play, written by Siobhan Duffy, the drama teacher.

In September 2007, Iona began its first year of the Regional Arts Program (RAP) for grade nine students, allowing them to take either Dance, Drama, Art, or Music for both semesters as their major.
In December 2007, Iona hosted their first Arts night as an arts school in their cafetorium (cafeteria/ auditorium). They continued this tradition twice a year, once for Christmas and once for spring. In December 2008 Iona transferred their Arts Night from the cafetorium to the RBC theater in Mississauga Living Arts Center. Due to the popular demand, they transferred to a bigger theater, Hammerson Hall, which is also in Mississauga Living Arts Center.

The faculty in Iona has been rated one of the best in Ontario and the academic acceleration rate of students is fairly high with an overall school average of 87%.

Athletics

The boys varsity baseball team won the ROPSSAA title in 2011. The first baseball title won by the school. It is being considered the biggest title in the schools history. The school has reportedly won 1 ROPSSAA championships, the first in 2010. In 2009 the Iona swim team travelled to OFFSA Swimming Championships held at The Etobicoke Olympium (Toronto) and won their first OFFSA individual championship in 100 meter backstroke while setting a regional record (103.99- Patrick Gajos).
http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/596739
http://www.mississauga.com/article/27922
The girls soccer team came in third at OFSSA this past weekend. (June)

Notable alumni

• Matt Stajan
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• illScarlett
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  , Canadian indie rock
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   band
• Ray Mariuz
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  , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
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• Andre Durie
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  , Toronto Argonauts
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  Running Back

External links

• Dufferin-Peel website
• Iona website
• http://www.mississauga.com/article/27922
• http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/596739