Cawthra Park Secondary School

Cawthra Park Secondary School, also known as CPSS, is a public high school built in 1972 located in Southeast Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is one of two regional arts schools in the Peel District School Board. Cawthra Park provides instruction to students from grades 9 to 12. Cawthra Park offers a Regional Arts Program, which Peel students may audition to attend.^[1] The principal is Steven Keenleyside, and the vice principals are Barbara Gordon and Sian Evans as of March 2024.

Cawthra Park Secondary School
Address
1305 Cawthra Road Mississauga , Ontario , L5G 666 Canada
Coordinates	43.576081°N 79.573497°W / 43.576081; -79.573497
Information
School type	Provincial, High school
Motto	"Learning the art of Living...Living the art of Learning"
Founded	1972
School board	Peel District School Board
Superintendent	Paul Da Silva
Area trustee	John Marchant
School number	[phone]
Principal	Steven Keenleyside
Vice principal	Barbara Gordon Sian Evans
Grades	9–12
Enrolment	1,300 (Sept 2023)
Language	English
Colour(s)	Purple, Orange and White
Mascot	Panthers
Website	www.cawthrapark.com

Music

In May and June 2013, the Cawthra Park Chamber Choir performed with The Rolling Stones in the Air Canada Centre.^[2]

Productions

Cawthtra Park puts on a fall musical and a spring play annually.^{[citation needed]}

	Fall Musical	Spring Play
2024-2025	Mean Girls	Pyper
2023-2024	The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
2022-2023	Something Rotten!	Concord Floral
2021-2022	N/A (COVID-19 Pandemic)	Something Rotten! (Spring Musical Showcase)
2020-2021	N/A (COVID-19 Pandemic)	Matilda! (Online Spring Musical)
2019-2020	Chicago	N/A (COVID-19 Pandemic)
2018-2019	Legally Blonde	Our Town / Girls Like That
2017-2018	Billy Elliot[3]	Hamlet
2016-2017	Guys and Dolls	Sense & Sensibility
2015–2016	Hairspray	Julius Caesar
2014–2015	Ragtime	Summer and Smoke
2013–2014	The Drowsy Chaperone	Macbeth[4]
2012–2013	The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee	Agamemnon
2011–2012	Sweet Charity	Leaving Home
2010–2011	The Scarlet Pimpernel	Romeo and Juliet
2009–2010	Footloose[5]	Mad Forest
2008–2009	Jesus Christ Superstar[6]	The Miracle Worker
2007–2008	Cabaret	Les Belles-sœurs
2006–2007	Merrily We Roll Along	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2005–2006	West Side Story	The Laramie Project
2004–2005	Into the Woods	Doctor Faustus
2003–2004	The Sound of Music	A Midsummer Night's Dream
2002–2003	Les Misérables	A Streetcar Named Desire
2001–2002	Carnival!	Auntie Mame
2000–2001	Godspell	Dark of the Moon
1999–2000	The Apple Tree	Servant Of Two Masters
1998–1999	N/A (Ontario Teachers Strike of '98–'99)	N/A (Ontario Teachers Strike of '98–'99)
1997–1998	Once Upon A Mattress	The Crucible
1996–1997	Guys and Dolls	A Midsummer Night's Dream
1995–1996	Fiddler on the Roof	Look Homeward, Angel
1994–1995	Oliver!	Charley's Aunt
1993–1994	Pippin	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1992–1993	The Pajama Game	1949
1991–1992	Into The Woods[7]	Twelfth Night
1990–1991	Bye Bye Birdie	Tartuffe
1989–1990	Cabaret	You Can't Take It with You
1988–1989	Damn Yankees	The Crucible
1987–1988	Sweet Charity[8] (performed in spring)	Nurse Jane goes to Hawaii
1986–1987	Guys and Dolls[9] (performed in spring)	Brighton Beach Memoirs
1985–1986	Oklahoma!	Our Town
1984–1985	Annie	The Pajama Game°
1983–1984	Grease	Fiddler on the Roof°
1982–1983	Oliver!	Li'l Abner°
1981–1982	Take Me Along°∆	Waiting For The Parade∆
1980–1981	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	Carousal°
1979–1980	Macabaret	Oliver!°
1978–1979	I Remember Mama	Sweethearts°
1977–1978	Guys and Dolls	A Gift of Song°
1976–1977	Grease	Blossom Time°

Notable alumni

• Erica Peck, lead role in the musical We Will Rock You in Toronto and a Broadway performer^[10][11]
• Daria Werbowy, supermodel
• André Dae Kim, actor, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Vampire Academy (TV series)
• Sabrina Saudin, actor, The Boys, Locke and Key, True Justice: Family Ties
• Wali Shah, singer-songwriter, educational speaker, United Way ambassador and honouree of Canada's Top 20 Under 20^[12]
• Sebastien Grainger, singer-songwriter, Death from Above 1979
• Blake McGrath, singer, dancer, star of Dancelife, finalist on So You Think You Can Dance (season 1)
• Deanna Casaluce, actor, Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Adamo Ruggiero, actor, Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Amanda Stepto, actor, Degrassi (1987–1991, 2001–2009)
• David Bryant, guitarist for Godspeed You! Black Emperor
• The FemBots, musicians
• Drew McCreadie, winner of Best Male Improvisor in Canada at the Canadian Comedy Awards.
• J.D Fortune, former replacement INXS lead singer
• Lorne Ryder, singer-songwriter – CCMA and Canadian Smooth Jazz Award Nominee
• Dan Griffin, vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist for the Arkells
• Dave Seglins, CBC News
• Marnie Woodrow, author
• Sabrina Grdevich, actor
• Pooja Handa, CP24 anchor
• Boman Martinez-Reid, comedian

See also

• Education in Ontario
• List of secondary schools in Ontario