Mother Teresa High School
Sports
Mother Teresa has many sports teams, including alpine skiing, badminton, baseball (does not have a team every year), basketball, cross country running, field hockey, golf, handball, hockey, Nordic skiing, rugby, Ski Club, soccer, softball, field lacrosse, swimming, Touch Football, football, track and field, varsity girls' rugby, varsity girls touch football, volleyball, weight room, and wrestling.
On May 28, 2014, the OFSAA division baseball team won the NCSSAA city championship giving the school its seventh city championship win of the school year.
Arts
Mother Teresa's Drama Department put on a production of twinkly stars in 2015. The production was nominated for 16 Cappies awards in total.
2011 Explosion
On May 26, 2011, an empty barrel of peppermint oil exploded in an auto-shop class, killing 18-year-old student Eric Leighton, a hockey player with the Almonte Thunder. as well as causing minor injuries to four other students and one staff member.
Renaming
On 4 September 2016, the school's patron Mother Teresa was canonized into Sainthood by Pope Francis. She is now referred to as Saint Teresa of Calcutta in the Catholic Church. The Ottawa Catholic School Board decided to rename the high school, St. Mother Teresa Catholic High School to keep with tradition.
See also
References
- ^ "Blackboard Learn". Archived from the original on 2013-01-01. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
- ^ "Metal drum that exploded had once stored peppermint oil". Ottawa Citizen. 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
- ^ "Ottawa student dies of injuries from high school blast". Montreal Gazette. 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
- ^ "High school explosion rocks school, sends teen to hospital". CTV News. 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
- ^ "Mother Teresa Catholic High School". Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-05-26.