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Niagara Catholic District School Board | |
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427 Rice Road , Ontario , L3C 7C1Canada | |
Motto | Encountering souls and opening minds so all students succeed. |
Chair of the board | Danny Di Lorenzo |
Director of education | Camillo Cipriano |
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Website | www |
The Niagara Catholic District School Board (Niagara Catholic, previously known as English-language Separate District School Board No. 50 prior to 1998 [1] ) is the publicly funded Catholic school board in the Regional Municipality of Niagara which is located in Ontario Canada supporting the municipalities of Fort Erie, Grimsby, Lincoln & West Lincoln, Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Pelham, Port Colborne, St. Catharines, Thorold, Wainfleet and Welland. Its head office, the Catholic Education Centre, is located in Welland, Ontario, Canada.
The board consists of 48 elementary schools, eight secondary schools, adult learning centres and alternative learning centres, serving more than 24,000 elementary, secondary, and continuing education students across Niagara.
In January, 1997 the Minister of Education and Training for the Province of Ontario announced that, as part of its plan to restructure the education system in Ontario, the number of school boards in the province would be reduced from 129 to 66 and replaced by new “District” school boards, effective January 1, 1998.
As part of the amalgamation of school boards, the Welland County Roman Catholic Separate School Board and the Lincoln County Roman Catholic Separate School Board became the Niagara Catholic District School Board, on January 1, 1998.
The Niagara Catholic District School Board covers an area of 1868 sq. km and is responsible for providing Catholic education to approximately 22,000 students in the Niagara Region.
Niagara Catholic’s first mission statement was introduced shortly after the amalgamation of the former Welland and Lincoln County Roman Catholic Separate School Boards in 1998. The mission statement was the result of a planning process that involved more than 100 representatives of Catholic education who came together to begin the process for the newly established Niagara Catholic District School Board.
In the fall of 2008, Niagara Catholic initiated a two-year Vision 2020 strategic planning process. On May 25, 2010, the Board approved the vision statements, the strategic directions and a recommendation to vet a new mission statement. The revised mission statement was vetted to all stakeholders prior to being submitted to the Board for consideration on June 15, 2010.
In 2021, Niagara Catholic began a new strategic planning process. The result was Niagara Catholic's 2021-2026 Strategic Plan, Called by Name: Listening, Learning, and Leading, which includes a new Mission Statement for the Board:
We are a Christ-centered, Catholic faith community that celebrates diversity and fosters spiritual growth, inspiring all to reach their full potential in mind, body, and spirit.
A new Vision Statement was also created:
Encountering souls and opening minds so that all students succeed.
And new values were incorporated into the plan:
Accountability, community, compassion, faithfulness, integrity, justice, and stewardship.
Niagara Catholic offers a wide variety of programs and services to students, including Technology, Co-op Education, and Specialist High Skills Major programs, as well as the Advanced Placement program. Students participate in arts, athletics, and other co-curricular programs.
Partnerships
Niagara Catholic has long-standing partnerships with organizations across Niagara. This includes Brock University and Niagara College w
School Name | Street Address | Municipality | Postal Code |
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Blessed Trinity Catholic Secondary School | 145 Livingston Avenue | Grimsby | L3M 5J6 |
Denis Morris Catholic High School | 40 Glen Morris Drive | St. Catharines | L2T 2M9 |
Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School | 460 Linwell Road | St. Catharines | L2M 2P9 |
Lakeshore Catholic High School | 150 Janet Street | Port Colborne | L3K 2E7 |
Notre Dame College School | 64 Smith Street | Welland | L3C 4H4 |
Saint Francis Catholic Secondary School | 541 Lake Street | St. Catharines | L2N 4H7 |
Saint Michael Catholic High School | 8699 McLeod Road | Niagara Falls | L2E 6S5 |
Saint Paul Catholic High School | 384 Windermire Road | Niagara Falls | L2J 2Y5 |
School | Grade | Municipality | Family of School |
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Alexander Kuska | K-8 | Welland | Notre Dame |
Assumption | K-8 | St. Catharines | Holy Cross |
Canadian Martyrs | K-8 | St. Catharines | Holy Cross |
Father Hennepin | K-8 | Niagara Falls | Saint Michael |
Holy Name | K-8 | Welland | Notre Dame |
Loretto Catholic | K-8 | Niagara Falls | Saint Michael |
Mary Ward | K-8 | Niagara Falls | Saint Paul |
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary | K-8 | Thorold | Denis Morris |
Mother Teresa | K-8 | St. Catharines | Saint Francis |
Notre Dame | K-8 | Niagara Falls | Saint Paul |
Our Lady of Fatima | K-8 | Grimsby | Blessed Trinity |
Our Lady of Fatima | K-8 | St. Catharines | Holy Cross |
Our Lady of Mount Carmel | K-8 | Niagara Falls | Saint Michael |
Our Lady of Victory | K-8 | Fort Erie | Lakeshore Catholic |
Sacred Heart | K-8 | Niagara Falls | Saint Michael |
St. Alexander | K-8 | Pelham | Notre Dame |
St. Alfred | K-8 | St. Catharines | Holy Cross |
St. Andrew | K-8 | Welland | Notre Dame |
St. Ann | K-8 | Pelham | Notre Dame |
St. Ann | K-8 | St. Catharines | Saint Francis |
St. Anthony | K-8 | St. Catharines | Denis Morris |
St. Augustine | K-8 | Welland | Notre Dame |
St. Charles | K-3 | Thorold | Denis Morris |
St. Christopher | K-8 | St. Catharines | Denis Morris |
St. Denis | K-8 | St. Catharines | Saint Francis |
St. Edward | K-8 | Lincoln & W. Lincoln | Blessed Trinity |
St. Elizabeth | K-8 | Wainfleet | Lakeshore Catholic |
St. Gabriel Lalemant | K-8 | Niagara Falls | Saint Paul |
St. George | K-8 | Fort Erie | Lakeshore Catholic |
St. James | K-8 | St. Catharines | Saint Francis |
St. John | K-8 | Lincoln & W. Lincoln | Blessed Trinity |
St. John Henry Newman | K-8 | Niagara Falls | Saint Paul |
St. John Bosco | K-8 | Port Colborne | Lakeshore Catholic |
St. Joseph | K-8 | Fort Erie | Lakeshore Catholic |
St. Joseph | K-8 | Grimsby | Blessed Trinity |
St. Kevin | K-8 | Welland | Notre Dame |
St. Mark | K-8 | Lincoln & W. Lincoln | Blessed Trinity |
St. Martin | K-8 | Lincoln & W. Lincoln | Blessed Trinity |
St. Mary | K-8 | Niagara Falls | Saint Paul |
St. Mary | K-8 | Welland | Notre Dame |
St. Michael | K-8 | Niagara-on-the-Lake | Holy Cross |
St. Nicholas | K-8 | St. Catharines | Denis Morris |
St. Patrick | K-8 | Niagara Falls | Saint Paul |
St. Patrick | K-8 | Port Colborne | Lakeshore Catholic |
St. Peter | K-8 | St. Catharines | Denis Morris |
St. Philomena | K-8 | Fort Erie | Lakeshore Catholic |
St. Theresa | K-8 | St. Catharines | Denis Morris |
St. Therese | K-8 | Port Colborne | Lakeshore Catholic |
St. Vincent de Paul | K-8 | Niagara Falls | Saint Paul |
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