Holy Trinity Catholic High School, colloquially known as HT, is a

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s in Ontario. The high school is located in

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, Canada. School uniforms are mandatory during school hours, and courses are conducted in a

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manner. Though it is a Roman Catholic school, the student population has Catholic and non-Catholic components. The Super Cities Walk for Multiple Sclerosis held in Simcoe's Holy Trinity Catholic High School raised more than $57,000 in donations for

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Expansion

The school was founded in September 2001, with an initial enrollment of 750 students. The school outgrew the main building's original capacity of 1,000 students and an annex was built to accommodate the increase in enrollment. Construction for the annex began in 2006. John Burroughs, the

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at that time, expected enrollment to peak in the following years. The addition was ready for use in September 2007 with ten classrooms, a food services classroom and a conference room in the southwest corner of the school. On October 25, 2013, a fire was deliberately set in a girl's first floor washroom. Damage was totaled to be over $75,000.

Amenities

Technology

The technology department at Holy Trinity consists of Communication, Construction,

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, Design/Drafting, Manufacturing, Culinary Arts and

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. Some of the technology includes: *Haas

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Milling Machine *AXYZ

Router *

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G5 Computers with

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and

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software *

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, an interactive board which doubles as a computer screen; projectors are required for this board. *Daily televised announcements from the school television network (formerly Trinity Vision Network or "TVN", it was renamed to Holy Trinity Television or "HTTV" following a studio update before the 2013–2014 school year). This is also available online and in a

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, still available today on their YouTube channel. *Comprehensive

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(automotive) shop *

course teaching

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and

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Athletics

The secondary school is represented in many different intramural sports as the ''Holy Trinity

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''. ''Titan'' teams include

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, cross-country,

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, figure skating and

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. Holy Trinity's fundraising efforts in the 2006–2007 school year raised enough money to start a football team for the school. at Holy Trinity Catholic High School's official web site In 2018 the boys hockey team won the A/AA OFSAA championship held in Collingwood.

References

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