Niagara Catholic District School Board

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Niagara Catholic District School Board
Niagara Catholic DSB Logo.svg
Address
427 Rice Road
, Ontario , L3C 7C1
Canada
MottoEncountering souls and opening minds so all students succeed.
Chair of the boardDanny Di Lorenzo
Director of educationCamillo Cipriano
Other information
Website www.niagaracatholic.ca

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.

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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.

History

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.

Programs and Services

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

Secondary schools

School NameStreet AddressMunicipalityPostal Code
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

Elementary schools

SchoolGradeMunicipalityFamily of School
Alexander KuskaK-8WellandNotre Dame
AssumptionK-8St. CatharinesHoly Cross
Canadian MartyrsK-8St. CatharinesHoly Cross
Father HennepinK-8Niagara FallsSaint Michael
Holy NameK-8WellandNotre Dame
Loretto CatholicK-8Niagara FallsSaint Michael
Mary WardK-8Niagara FallsSaint Paul
Our Lady of the Holy RosaryK-8ThoroldDenis Morris
Mother TeresaK-8St. CatharinesSaint Francis
Notre DameK-8Niagara FallsSaint Paul
Our Lady of FatimaK-8GrimsbyBlessed Trinity
Our Lady of FatimaK-8St. CatharinesHoly Cross
Our Lady of Mount CarmelK-8Niagara FallsSaint Michael
Our Lady of VictoryK-8Fort ErieLakeshore Catholic
Sacred HeartK-8Niagara FallsSaint Michael
St. AlexanderK-8PelhamNotre Dame
St. AlfredK-8St. CatharinesHoly Cross
St. AndrewK-8WellandNotre Dame
St. AnnK-8PelhamNotre Dame
St. AnnK-8St. CatharinesSaint Francis
St. AnthonyK-8St. CatharinesDenis Morris
St. AugustineK-8WellandNotre Dame
St. CharlesK-3ThoroldDenis Morris
St. ChristopherK-8St. CatharinesDenis Morris
St. DenisK-8St. CatharinesSaint Francis
St. EdwardK-8Lincoln & W. LincolnBlessed Trinity
St. ElizabethK-8WainfleetLakeshore Catholic
St. Gabriel LalemantK-8Niagara FallsSaint Paul
St. GeorgeK-8Fort ErieLakeshore Catholic
St. JamesK-8St. CatharinesSaint Francis
St. JohnK-8Lincoln & W. LincolnBlessed Trinity
St. John Henry NewmanK-8Niagara FallsSaint Paul
St. John BoscoK-8Port ColborneLakeshore Catholic
St. JosephK-8Fort ErieLakeshore Catholic
St. JosephK-8GrimsbyBlessed Trinity
St. KevinK-8WellandNotre Dame
St. MarkK-8Lincoln & W. LincolnBlessed Trinity
St. MartinK-8Lincoln & W. LincolnBlessed Trinity
St. MaryK-8Niagara FallsSaint Paul
St. MaryK-8WellandNotre Dame
St. MichaelK-8Niagara-on-the-LakeHoly Cross
St. NicholasK-8St. CatharinesDenis Morris
St. PatrickK-8Niagara FallsSaint Paul
St. PatrickK-8Port ColborneLakeshore Catholic
St. PeterK-8St. CatharinesDenis Morris
St. PhilomenaK-8Fort ErieLakeshore Catholic
St. TheresaK-8St. CatharinesDenis Morris
St. ThereseK-8Port ColborneLakeshore Catholic
St. Vincent de PaulK-8Niagara FallsSaint Paul

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