St. Theresa Catholic Secondary School

St.Theresa Catholic Secondary School (STCSS) is a Roman Catholic Secondary School in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. It operates under the direction of the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board. The school is named after the patron saint, St. Theresa (1873–1897). St. Theresa C.S.S. is a uniform school.HistorySt. Theresa C.S.S. opened in September 1998. St. Theresa was built because of an overcrowding at its sister school, Nicholson Catholic College. In the early 1990s when Nicholson simply became too overcrowded the school board finally decided that it was time for a new school to be built.An opening ceremony was held on November 7, 1999, attendees including Archbishop Francis J. Spence, Principal Dension, former Liberal MPP Ernie Parsons, and Dr. Gregory Cosgrove, the Director of Education at the time.After the school opened it had a population of just a little over 300 kids and a few years later it had another wing added.In 2013, the school was presented with the Premier's Accepting Schools Award for its innovative and outstanding leadership in creating a safe and inclusive school. This innovation is can be noticed by reading the banner that hangs on the stairs by the office, which contains all the students signatures and a declaration that the school community has decided to take a stand against bullying. Though much action has been taken to eradicate bullying, which has caused instances of bullying to be greatly reduced, the school is not totally bully free and progressive actions are still being taken to ever improve the system.