Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools’ Board of Education has announced the name of a new Catholic high school being planned for the Holmwood Development Area of Saskatoon

At the board meeting on Monday the Board announced it would be named St. Pier Giorgio Frassati High School.

Holmwood is the development area east of McOrmond Drive and north of 8th Street. A joint-use facility with both the Catholic and Public school divisions is being planned for the neighbourhood.

Born in 1901 in Turin, Italy he earned a degree in mining engineering because he desired to “serve Christ better among the miners.” And he used his spending allowance to buy medicine, food and clothing when he visited the slums of Turin. He died from complications of polio at the age of 24.

Consultations for the naming of the school included a survey that had 1,200 responses; discussions with students from schools in the area; and committee discussions that included representatives from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon, the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon, an Elder, trustees, parent council members, principals, vice-principals, teachers, and support workers. The committee was co-chaired by GSCS superintendents Tom Hickey and Ryan Martin.