St. Joseph's Catholic High School (Windsor)

St. Joseph's Catholic High School

Fortes in Christo
Strong in Christ
Address
2425 Clover Avenue
Windsor, Ontario, N8P 2A3
Canada
Coordinates 42°19′01″N 82°54′44″W / 42.31689°N 82.91220°W / 42.31689; -82.91220Coordinates: 42°19′01″N 82°54′44″W / 42.31689°N 82.91220°W / 42.31689; -82.91220
Information
School type Catholic high school
Founded 1989
School board Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board
Superintendent J. Bumbacco
Area trustee B.Holland
Principal B. Roberts
Grades 9 to 12
Enrollment 1150 (2014)
Language English/French Immersion
Area East Windsor
Colour(s) Gold and Navy
Team name Lasers

St. Joseph's Catholic High School is a Catholic high school in Windsor, Ontario operated by the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board. B. Roberts is the current principal. A new school 160,000 square feet (15,000 m2) in size with space for more than 1,200 students has been built at the corner of McHugh and Clover Avenue, just north of Tecumseh Road East in Windsor. It opened in September 2006. This newer school has replaced the former one at 5420 Empress Street in Windsor, which is being converted into a mosque and community centre. The construction project for the new building cost Can$38 million making the school the second most expensive high school built in southern Ontario in the last five years.

The new school building includes a physical education workout facility, state of the art technology integrated into classrooms, automated seating in the 500 seat cafetorium, newly created football field & track, beautifully designed grand atrium, St. Joseph's Chapel, and an eco-friendly green roof over the back portion of classrooms. It also features an auto shop, construction shop, kitchen for cooking classes and art studio. St. Joseph's has a wide variety of sports also including football, soccer, baseball, volleyball, basketball, badminton,curling, wrestling and golf.

St. Joseph's High School currently offers Specialist High Skills Major programs in four areas of study: Health and Wellness, Visual Arts & Media, Construction Technology and Business.

Its family of elementary schools includes:

  1. St. Anne French Imm. CES
  2. L.A. Desmarais CES
  3. H.J. Lassaline CES

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