Original location of St. Thomas Aquinas CSS on Glenvale Blvd
St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, one of the oldest school communities in Brampton, originally occupied a new building at 115 Glenvale Boulevard (built in the Bramalea G-section in 1975), opening for classes in September 1976 with an enrolment of 500 students and offering Grades 7-10 (by 1982 Grades 9-13 were offered). A "portapak" addition was built in the Fall of 1980 on the south side of the building, and increasing amounts of portables were also added to handle increasing enrolment over the years.
The school changed locations to its current building at 25 Corporation Dr. near Torbram in 1992, due to increasing student enrolment. The old building at 115 Glenvale became a holding school, housing the new regional school for the north region, Robert F. Hall Catholic Secondary School and eventually housing St. Marguerite d'Youville SS for a number of years. It is currently the home of Holy Name of Mary CSS.
The present 3-story, 17 acre location at 25 Corporation Dr. went through renovations to add the "new section" in 2001. The section consists of English classes and the Brian J. Dunn theatre.
In 2024, the Ontario Labour Relations Board ruled against a teacher who had refused to resume teaching at St. Thomas Aquinas following a physical altercation with a student.[2]
St. Thomas Aquinas requires all students to wear the school uniform, which consists of a red golf shirt with school emblem or a dry fit long sleeve golf shirt with the school emblem with black pants.
Chaplaincy
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School includes a chapel, and the chaplain is Olivia Novak. The designated parish of the school is St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church.
Cafeteria (nicknamed the "cafetorium" because of its partial auditorium) and Servery
Dance studio
Various classrooms specially equipped as cosmetics, science and computer labs
Track field with soccer goals
3 separate parking lots (one typically for teachers only)
Clubs At Aquinas
Chess Club
Debate Club
Eco Club
Hosa Health Sciences Club
Robotics
SR. Science Club
Notable alumni
This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations.(September 2024)
Anthony Gale, Olympic Sledge Hockey, Bronze Medalist, 2014. (Attended: 2007-2011)
Luciano Borsato, former professional NHL hockey player (Attended: 1980-1984)
