The school is located at the corner of Fordwich Crescent and Islington Avenue in the district of Etobicoke.

The motto of the school is "Scientia Crescat Vita Colatur" (Let knowledge grow so that life may be enriched).

Thistletown's first school, made of one frame schoolhouse was opened in 1874 on the east side of Islington Av., just south of Albion Rd.

's varsity hockey team won the city championship and the year before they went undefeated all season.

Prominent contributors from that era include Edgar Jaunzarins, Steve and Ross Quakenbush, Trevor Bennett, and Ken King.