Academics
Pope John Paul II has 41 classrooms, seven science laboratories, three gymnasia, a large library, a student services area, a drama room, two music rooms, a drafting room, two tech shops, and two art rooms. As a Catholic school, PJPII provides a religious studies program in each year. The school was accredited by the International Baccalaureate Organization in 2002 with its first class of IB Diploma students graduated in 2005. The school also provides gifted, cooperative education, and extended French programs, as well as English and French Writing Clinics, a peer helper program, a Math Help Centre, a Breakfast Club, Student Council, Leadership Council, Environmental Council, School Action Team, Healthy Action Team, and an extensive co-curricular program. There is also a school newspaper by the name of "Off the Wall", that is published four times a year.
Ninety percent of PJPII graduates go on to post-secondary education. About 1 in 20 graduates does so with a scholarship.
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