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Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School École secondaire Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau
Address
90 Bur Oak Avenue Markham, Ontario, L6C 2E6 Canada
Coordinates	43°53′21″N 79°18′46″W / 43.88917°N 79.31278°W / 43.88917; -79.31278
Information
School type	Public
Motto	Strive Higher, Soar Further
Religious affiliation(s)	Secular
Founded	2002
School board	York Region District School Board
Superintendent	Kandeephan Ganeshalingam
Area trustee	Ron Lynn
Principal	Dawn Imanda-Chan
Grades	9–12
Enrolment	1730 (2021–2022)
Colour(s)	Yellow, white, red, and black
Mascot	The Trailblazer
Team name	Trudeau Trailblazers
Website	trudeau.hs.yrdsb.ca
Last updated: April 2024

Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School (French: École secondaire Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau, commonly known as PETHS, PET, or Trudeau) is a public, bilingual English and French-immersion secondary school in Markham, Ontario. It was named in honour of the 15th prime minister of Canada, Pierre Elliott Trudeau.

History

Construction of Pierre Elliott Trudeau HS commenced in June 2001. The school opened on September 3, 2002 with 500 students in grade 7, 8, 9 and 10. The grade 7 and 8 students were from Castlemore Public School, a designated feeder school, and were segregated from the high school students. The Class of 2005 was the first graduating class.

Location and feeder schools

Located in northern Markham between Major Mackenzie Dr. and 16th Avenue on Kennedy and Bur Oak Avenue, Trudeau is a part of the York Region District School Board, Trudeau primarily serves students who reside in northern Unionville, which include the communities of Cachet, Angus Glen, and Berczy Village. Trudeau also serves students in the French-immersion program who live in the communities of Stouffville, and most of the City of Markham. During the school year of 2017–2018, the opening of Bill Hogarth Secondary School resulted in mandatory transfers from approximately half of the French immersion students at Trudeau.

PETHS's feeder schools include:

• Ashton Meadows P.S.
• Beckett Farm P.S.
• Castlemore P.S.
• Stonebridge P.S.
• Milliken Mills P.S. (French immersion)
• Sir Wilfrid Laurier P.S. (French immersion)

Academics

PETHS was intended to be an academic school from the onset. Initially upon opening, it hired many teachers from Bayview Secondary School, with the intent of implementing the International Baccalaureate program, which as of 2021 had not yet been achieved. The school is slowly phasing out the AP program, though exams can still be written. AP courses are no longer offered. In addition, Trudeau now offers a Specialist High Skills Major in business, health & wellness, arts & culture and information computer technology.

As of 2019 the Fraser Institute Report Card on Secondary Schools gave PET an overall rating of 8.8, ranking it 12th out of 739 schools in Ontario.

School events

Academic

PETHS has historically participated in and excelled at the McMaster University Engineering Olympics, winning in multiple events. Since 2005, they have participated in the York Region Science Olympics and have ranked in the top 7. Since 2004, its students have entered the University of Toronto Biology Contest and have placed in the top third of all international schools to participate. The school also regularly participates in the Sir Isaac Newton Physics Contest and University of Waterloo Canadian Mathematics Competition. Trudeau's music department has advanced to the Gold Level at the OBA competitions. PETHS's Computer Science Club won the YRDSB ECOO Programming Competition in 2016 and 2017.

Student Council

Trudeau Student Activity Council is an extracurricular club whose main role concerns managing all other clubs at the school. It is composed of students from all grades. In 2016, a new position, "Equity Chair", was added to enhance diversity at PETHS. Events held by the Student Council include Trudeaumania, a welcoming event for grade nine students; Blazer's Bash, which is a school-wide event taking place near the end of May; and many school spirit days usually focused on Spirit week in the late winter before March Break.

See also

• Education in Ontario
• List of secondary schools in Ontario

References

1. "Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School". Secondary School Profile. Ontario Ministry of Education. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
2. "Course Calendar".
3. "Report Card for Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School". Fraser Institute. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
4. "McMaster Engineering Olympics – 2014 Winners". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
5. "Secondary School Science Olympics 2010". York Region District School Board website. Archived from the original on 2012-08-06.
6. "Top Schools". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
7. "Sir Isaac Newton Exam | Department of Physics | Faculty of Science | University of Waterloo". Archived from the original on August 21, 2013. Retrieved 2011-07-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
8. Jordan Cohen (31 March 2017). "Congrats to @trudeauhs PETHS team 1 – 1st place at this year's #Yrdsb #ecoo computer programming competition!!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

• Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School website Archived 2006-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
• YRDSB information website

• York Region District School Board
• High schools in the Regional Municipality of York
• Buildings and structures in Markham, Ontario
• Educational institutions established in 2002
• 2002 establishments in Ontario