"To Have A Friend, You Must Be A Friend"

St. Edith Stein Catholic Elementary School is located in the north west area of the City of Mississauga. The student population,approximately 564 student from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8, come from a wide range of social and ethnic backgrounds reflecting the ever-increasing diversity of cultures found within Mississauga.

St. Edith Stein School is committed to a Catholic education as outlined in the Mission Statement of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic Disctrict School Board. St. Edith Stein is a caring school and is located within a community environment that stresses tolerance and acceptance of others, commitment to our Catholic faith and high academic standards. We provide a leaning environment where models of Gospel values and Catholic doctirnes, teachings and beliefs are an integral part of the daily life of our school. The school motto: "to have a friend, you must be a friend", was chosen to reflect the importance of sharing, caring, and compassion for one another as Jesus taught us. All activities at St. Edith STein School - academic and pastoral work, extra-curricular and intra-curricular, prayer and worship, administration and mangagement - help prepare our students for their lives as Catholics in the community.