Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School

Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School [File:File:MTSspartans06.jpg </gallery> ]
Address
1065 Sunningdale Rd E. London, Ontario, N5X 4B1, Canada
Information
School board	London District Catholic School Board
Vice principal	Mr. M. Blanchard & Mr. R. Townend
School type	Secondary
Grades	9 to 12 (also a choice of 5th year)
Language	English (also French Immersion)
Area	London
Motto	CARPE DIEM
Mascot	Spartans
Team name	MTS Spartans
Colours	Green & White
Founded	2000
Enrolment	about 1500
Homepage	http://www.ldcsb.on.ca/schools/mths/index.htm

Mother Teresa.

Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School (also known as MTS) is a high school in London, Ontario administered under the London District Catholic School Board.

Background

MTS currently enrolls about 1500 students including French Immersion. In 2000 the main building had several unused classrooms, but by 2008 the school had 13 portables. In 2009, three more were added and at the start of the 2009/2010 school year the school has a total of 20 portables (regarded as the third most in the province behind St. Thomas Aquanis's 21 in 2000). Plans for a new catholic secondary school in the north west corner of London are already in place to take the stress off MTS.

The building program includes general classrooms and rooms for family studies, computer science, foods and nutrition, marketing, construction and technology labs, art studios, T.V. Studio, seminar rooms, 3 gymnasiums, lecture hall, offices, support spaces, and a Chapel. The building solution includes a fiber optic infrastructure, multimedia communication lab and a resource centre. It also has a construction and transportation technology facilities, and 50'x35' stage, equip with 50' catwalk and over 75 professional grade stage lights.

Every classroom, including all portables, contain TVs, and all TVs within the main building have cable.

Sports

MTS is regarded as one of the top sports schools in the city with multiple trips to OFSAA, WOSSA, and the city championships every year in all sports since opening in 2000.

The school has a football field with a scoreboard called J.R. Regan Field. An 8-lane 400m track surrounds the field. There is also a smaller indoor track on the second floor. It has a separate soccer field usually used for the football team to practise on. There are 3 indoor gymnasiums. Two can be put together to form 1 large one; two of them have gallery seating and bleachers. All 3 have multi-use scoreboards. There is also an aerobics room and a workout room.

Mother Teresa is best known for its Senior football team winning OFSAA in 2007 and 2009. Its Junior football team going undefeated at home since the schools opening until 2010 and winning the City Championship in 2008. Also its Hockey team has reached the city championships 5 years in a row, capturing the city title twice in 2007 and 2010. The Mother Teresa girls soccer team also won the AAAA OFSAA Gold Medal in the spring of 2011. The girls were undefeated, going 7-0 in the regular season, 3-0 in the city playoffs and then 6-0 at OFSAA.

Mother Teresa is also known for volleyball, basketball, badminton, tennis and track and field.

MTS student Alysha Newman is currently the country's high school scolastic record holder in the Pole Vault. Current Canadian Track and Field Champion and Ontario record holder, Gregory MacNeil, attended MTS, and now attends the University of Wisconsin.

Current TVRAA, WOSSA and OFSAA Senior Girls Cross Country Champion Jaclyn White attends MTS. In addition to these accomplishments with her school: Jaclyn White won the 2010 OTFA finals, and came in 17th in the Canadian Nationals. She was a member of the Track and Field Team. ^[1]

Rival school in sports and in general is the Lucas Vikings.

Parishes

Main:

• Holy Family
• St. Micheal

Others:

• St. Andrew the Apostle
• Holy Cross
• St. Marys
• St. Peters Cathederal Basilica
• St. Patrick (Lucan)

References

1. ^ London Runner. Londonrunner.ca. Retrieved on 2011-06-26.