St. Charles College (Sudbury)

St. Charles College is a Catholic Secondary School located at 1940 Hawthorne Drive in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. The school motto is "Goodness Discipline and Knowledge" and is based on the Basilian motto, Bonitatem et disciplinam et scientiam doce me, which comes from Psalm 119 of the Bible `- Teach me good judgement and knowledge: for I believe your commandments.[1]

St Charles College (SCC)
The newly renovated main entrance and southeast wing
Address
1940 Hawthorne Drive Greater Sudbury , Ontario , P3A 1M8 Canada
Information
Funding type	Catholic high school
Motto	Goodness, Discipline, Knowledge
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholic Church
Established	1951
School board	Sudbury Catholic District School Board
Principal	Aaron Barry
Grades	7–12
Colour(s)	Maroon and black
Mascot	Cardinal
Team name	Cards
Rivals	LaSalle Secondary, St Benedict, Sudbury Secondary School, Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School, Lockerby Composite School, Lively District Secondary School, Chelmsford Valley District Composite School
Website	scc.scdsb.edu.on.ca

The school was established in 1951 by the city's Catholic school board, in conjunction with the Basilian Fathers, as a boys-only school. (Girls attended Marymount College.) The school's original campus was located on Pine Street in the city's west end.

In the early 1980s, enrolment so exceeded the school's capacity that a second campus, located in the former St. Hubert School on Travers Street in the West-End neighbourhood, was launched for Grade 9 students. The school also used the site of the former Collège Sacré-Coeur on Notre-Dame Avenue. In 1986, the Catholic and public school boards traded redundant buildings and St. Charles College moved to a new campus in Garson, the site of the former Garson-Falconbridge Secondary School.

In 1993, the boards traded buildings again, and the school moved to its present campus. At that time, the school also became co-educational, admitting female students for the first time.

Renovations took place during 2014 and are now completed as of September 2015. Renovations included the new main office extension, cafeteria, and grade 7/8 classrooms/hallway.

The school is known for its dominant sports teams such as Cards hockey, soccer, football, golf, and many more.

The school is also known for its superior arts department. The arts department puts on three high quality performances for the public every year. Starting with its annual Christmas concert, musical production in May, and its spring concert.

The school mascot is a cardinal and is a reference to the cardinals of the Vatican. In 2015, a Catholic priest complained about the prominence of the Cardinal logo on the building and the school board quietly decided to remove the sign from its prominent position. This has yet to be done, as there is little support in the community for such a move and the sign is symbol of pride among students and staff.

On April 30, 2020, the Canadian Supreme Court rejected an appeal from the Basilian Fathers of Toronto to deny payment of nearly $2.5 million including $500,000 in punitive damages, to sex abuse victim Rod MacLeod.[2] MacLeod, who was previously awarded this compensation by a jury in April 2018,[3][2] was sexually abused by former St. Charles teacher Father William Hodgson Marshall.[4] when he was a student at St. Charles in the 1960s.[2] In 2011, Marshall pled guilty to committing abuse he committed in Sudbury and other Catholic high schools in Windsor and Toronto between 1952 and 1986.[4] MacLeod's case was profiled in the 2019 documentary film Prey.