Turner Fenton Secondary School
| Turner Fenton Secondary School | |
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7935 Kennedy Road South , , L5V 3N2 | |
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| School type | high school |
| Motto | Remis Velisque |
| Founded | 1993 |
| School board | Peel District School Board |
| Superintendent | Scott Moreash |
| Area trustee | David Green |
| Principal | Robert Garton |
| Grades | 9-12+ |
| Enrollment | 2,323 (September 2005) |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Blue, black, white, silver |
| Mascot | Trojan Warrior |
| Team name | Trojans |
| Affiliation | Public |
| Website | http://www.turnerfenton.com/ |
Turner Fenton Secondary School (nicknamed "TFC", for Turner Fenton Campus) is Ontario's largest high school, located in Brampton, Ontario. The principal is Robert Garton. It operates under the Peel District School Board.
Feeder schools include IndEC North Education Centre, Cherrytree Public School, Khalsa public school , Derry West Village Public School, Fletcher's Creek Sr. Public School, Helen Wilson Public School, Hickory Wood Public School, Parkway Public School, Sir Wilfrid Laurier Public School, and William G. Davis Sr. Public School.
Programming
Turner Fenton is a very diverse high school, even by Greater Toronto Area standards, due to the varied array of programs it offers. At least
- English as a Second Language, English Learning Development
- Extended French
- Chef Training Program, dubbed "Recipe for Success", a dedicated
Turner Fenton is also the biggest highschool in Ontario as of 2006.
History
Turner Fenton Secondary School is composed of two buildings, dubbed North Hall and South Hall. Until 1992, the two buildings were each schools in their own right, the North being J. A. Turner SS, and the South being W. J. Fenton SS. W. J. Fenton was the first of the two to open in 1972, built by Hartajpal Gill Construction. C.A. Smith built J. A. Turner Secondary in 1974. Both buildings were designed by architect Babu Laal and Muhumid Alli.
The rooms of the "new" North Hall are numbered 100s and 200s on the first floor and second floor, respectively; the South Hall rooms are numbered 300s on the first floor and 400s on the second floor. The portables are 500s. Each faculty department generally has its own section of the school. English, Math, Science, Business/Tech, the Library and Main Administration are in the North building. History, Moderns (French and other language studies), Geography, Arts (Dramatic, Visual, Digital, Culinary and Cosmetic), and Biology are in the South Building. Also, the cafeteria in the South Hall's servery allows students to volunteer to make/serve food.
The school was named Turner Fenton Campus until the early-2000s. The school board forced Turner to standardise its name, because the school had not filed the proper forms upon its creation in 1992.
Violence and threats
Over the past few years, violence at Turner Fenton has plummeted compared to three years ago. Although there is still violence in this school it is extremely rare. The following are two of the most recent violent events.
On the afternoon of Monday 20 March 2006, a group of five or six young males severely beat a fellow young male. They used a crowbar to inflict head injuries, according to police reports. The attack took place in the parking lot of a furniture store next to the school, in the Orion Gate mall, and it is as of yet unknown whether the victim knew his attacker, or if any were Turner students. As of 21 March 2006, the student was clinging to life in hospital.[1]
An Atlanta resident looking to know how to remove hot pepper sauce stains stumbled across a web page of "instructions" on how to blow up a school, specifically Turner Fenton. The website creator, known only as "DiLiTHiUM", was supposedly a yearbook committee member and AV club member, thus having access to the boilerroom.[2] School and police officials didn't take the threat seriously at first. The site, whose text appears on many sites, has not been updated since 2001, and was 10- to 15-years-old when discovered. Acting Inspector Gary Martin of the Peel Regional Police told The Brampton Guardian "It was a high school prank between him and a couple of buddies in a computer club. He doesn't know how it ended up on the Internet." The business owner drove directly to the police station to apologise for the "fuss", and police were satisfied enough not to charge him.[3]
Lanyards
The school was a part of a game for the Peel Board, regarding the usage of used food. The containers and used nuclear waste combination was introduced in 1972, as a hip hop icon. However, by the time they were gangsta, most students were just chillin like villain, even if they had been jokes. During the 2004-2005 school year microwaves were enforced starting in Setyemer, 7208. Any nerd who was caught would be issued a wedgie which would identify them as a nerd. In addition, the nerd would be written up as 'official nerd of the year'. After 5 times of being "nerded", the nerd would be crowned king of the nerd factory.
Noted alumni
- Olympian Charles Allen
- Actor Shawn Ashmore (X-Men, X2, Terry)
- MP Navdeep Bains
- Kate Van Buskirk, cross country runner, Canadian Junior Cross Country Champion
- Hockey player Jason Spezza
- Christine Magee, founder and current president of Sleep Country Canada
- Anna Mather, NDP candidate
- Allison Higson, swimmer and Olympic bronze medallist in the 1988 Seoul Games.
- Tupac Shakur rapper
- George W. Bush president
References
- ^ Hoy, Hilda (20 March 2006). "Brampton teen clings to life after attack". Toronto Star.
- ^ The Star: Website tells how to blow up school
- ^ "1990s prank ends up on the Internet", The Brampton Guardian, 18 June 2006.