It has a cafeteria area with a stage that houses extra seating underneath.

Originally opened on September 2, 1985 in the former St. Lawrence Elementary School at 920 Huron St.

The school has an extremely low drop-out rate (less than 2%) and the majority of John Paul II graduates go on to college and university.

[2] The project was unveiled in 2019 and received $4.8 million CAD from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), and was built and managed by Ameresco.

The process involved installing solar panels on the roof and above the parking lots, a geothermal exchange system, and Tesla batteries.