Turner Fenton Secondary School - Sports, Clubs, and Traditions

Sports, Clubs, and Traditions

Turner Fenton participates in Model UN events, in 2005 representing Cambodia and Kenya, and in 2006 representing The United States of America. In previous years, the school represented China, France, and Somalia. Turner Fenton consistently places high among Ontario schools for fundraising for the Terry Fox Run, although its totals are often eclipsed by one of its "feeder" schools, W.G. Davis Senior Public School, which, in 2005, raised over $23,000 from a school population of just over 550. Turner Fenton also prides on its involvement with DECA: An Association of Marketing Students, competing at regionals, provincials, and even at the international level, at the annual International Career Development Conference (ICDC).

Due to its proximity to the recently constructed Powerade Centre, the OHL's Brampton Battalion hockey team members who have not yet completed high school are assigned to this school during the hockey season, returning to their home schools afterwards.

In recent years, Turner Fenton has started a pilot project, serving various communities in East Africa, including Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. This mission provides the opportunity to twenty students on a biannual basis to travel halfway across the world and experience first-hand the social, political, and cultural differences in these rural communities. Previously, they have worked restoring old schoolhouses, teaching classes, volunteering at orphanages, and most importantly, increasing self-sufficiency in these communities.

Turner Fenton Secondary School Chess Team In most recent years, Turner Fenton Secondary School exploded on the chess arena in the year 2011-2012. Under new management, under equipped, under supplied and under funded, the chess team went against all odds and participated in three different chess tournaments on three different levels. The accomplishments of this club included:

-Toronto Secondary School chess league (1st and 3rd place in grade 10 division, and 1st in overall woman's championships) -Ontario High School Chess Championships (1st and 2nd place in grade 10 division) -Peel Regional Chess tournament (1st place in Junior grade 9-10 division, and overall school chess champion victors with the most wins with only THREE students representing Turner Fenton Secondary School)

The Chess team currently is undergoing new management and is seeking for new ways of improvement. The club is currently planning in the near future to establish a democratic chess council within the school.