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400 Pacific Ave, Oshawa, ON L1J 1V9, Canada
- SCHOOL TYPE: Catholic
- WEBSITE: St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School
- SCHOOL LEVEL: Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and Elementary
- GRADES OFFERED: PK - 6
At St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, we are called to celebrate and nurture the God-given talents of each student as we serve with excellence in the light of Christ. We recognize our call to love and serve from our Master teacher Jesus Christ, and we are committed to creating a Catholic learning community under the protection of Mother Mary. The Catholic Graduate Expectations are our foundation as we strive for academic excellence and the acknowledgement of those who achieve it. We recognize God as the source of all life and actively work to focus on social issues within our local and global communities.
The Vanier neighbourhood is in southwest Oshawa, and is a mixed area of residential subdivisions, large areas of retail/commercial, as well as undeveloped, open lands. Oshawa's large shopping mall, Oshawa Centre, is in the northeast region of Vanier, and there is also a shopping centre in the southwest. A recreation complex is in the west end, as well as the Durham campus of Trent University. Vanier's eastern boundary is the Oshawa Creek and the bike trail that runs along it. Housing is mixed, with single-detached homes, semi-detached, duplexes, low-rise apartment complexes, and townhomes. This is an older neighbourhood, with homes varying in age and style, mostly bungalows and side-splits from around the 1950s-1970s, as well as some older, 2-storey frame homes.