Turner Fenton Secondary School

High school in the Peel Region

Team nameTrojansNewspaperTurneround (1977–2014)^[2]
Trojan Times (2014–)^[3]Endowment$2 millionWebsitewww.turnerfenton.com

Turner Fenton Secondary School is a high school in the Peel Region, located in Brampton, Ontario, operated by the Peel District School Board. Turner Fenton Secondary School's name is inherited from two schools that were later merged, which were named after J. A. Turner, the first director of the Peel board, and W. J. Fenton, a pioneer educator.^[4] Turner Fenton offers the International Baccalaureate program.^[5]

History

Turner Fenton Secondary School is composed of two buildings, called the North Hall and the South Hall. Until 1992, the two buildings were each schools in their own right, the North being J. A. Turner SS, and the South being W. J. Fenton SS.

Notable alumni

Charles Allen, Olympic hurdler and sprinter
Aaron Ashmore, actor (Smallville)
Shawn Ashmore, actor (X-Men, X2, Terry)
Navdeep Bains, Liberal MP for Mississauga—Malton, and Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development^[6]
Rupan Bal, Punjabi actor
Vic Dhillon, former member of Provincial Parliament
Matt Duchene, Forward, Nashville Predators
Paul Ferreira, former Member of Provincial Parliament
Jonita Gandhi, Canadian Bollywood Singer^[7]
Allison Higson, swimmer and Olympic bronze medallist in the 1988 Seoul Games.
Rupi Kaur, poet & writer^[8]
Rob Maver, Punter, Calgary Stampeders
Anna Mather, NDP candidate
Johnny Reid, country singer
Jason Spezza, Center, Toronto Maple Leafs
Courtney Stephen, defensive back, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Raffi Torres, Left Wing, Toronto Maple Leafs
Kate Van Buskirk, cross-country runner
Roy Woods, musician

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "School Website".
^ "Turneround E-zine". Turneround E-zine. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
^ "November Issue 2014". TFSS Trojan Times. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
^ "New to Turner Fenton? (Student Project)".
^ "International Baccalaureate (IB) - Secondary". Turner Fenton Secondary School. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
^ Rosella, Louie (4 November 2015). "Mississauga-Malton MP Navdeep Bains named to Trudeau's cabinet". The Mississauga News. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
^ Khalil, Nouman. "Bollywood is a roller-coaster ride, says Mississauga's Jonita Gandhi". The Mississauga News. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
^ Nikita Brown (2018-04-29). "Poet Rupi Kaur Inducted Into Brampton's Arts Walk of Fame". Bramptonist. Archived from the original on 2018-04-30. Retrieved 2018-09-19.