Academics
PETHS was intended to be an academic school from the onset. Initially upon opening, Trudeau hired many teachers from Bayview Secondary School with the intent of implementing the International Baccalaureate program, which as of 2011 had not yet been achieved. Instead the school offers many AP classes in subjects such as mathematics, science, French, English and history. In addition, Trudeau now offers a Specialist High Skills Major in business as part of a transition to become a business major high school.
The 2013 Fraser Institute Report Card on Secondary Schools gives PET the following ranking:
| Report | Current | Five years |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 8/725 | 2/691 |
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“Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain “above the fray” only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.”
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