Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School (Burlington)

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Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School
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Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School (Burlington)
2333 Headon Forest Drive

Burlington
,
Ontario
,
L7M 3X6

Canada
Coordinates 43°22′40″N79°49′51″W / 43.37784°N 79.83076°W / 43.37784; -79.83076
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School type Secondary School
Motto"Home of the Fightin' Irish!"
Religious affiliation(s) Catholicism
Founded1989
School board Halton Catholic District School Board
SuperintendentLorrie Naar
PrincipalNorm Roberts
Grades Grades 9 to 12, optional additional Grade 12+
Enrolment1,120 (2019-20)
Language English & Extended French
AreaHeadon Forest, North Burlington
Colour(s)   
Navy Blue, Gold and Green
MascotDuelling Leprechaun
Team nameFightin’ Irish
Website ntdm.hcdsb.org

Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School is a coeducational Catholic high school in Burlington, Ontario Canada. It was founded in 1989 by the Halton Catholic District School Board and enrols students from the 9th to 12th grades. However, many grade 12 graduates return for an optional 5th year of secondary school.

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Notre Dame is home to Extended French and 5 Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) programs in Business Leadership, Green Industries, Computer Engineering, Culinary Arts, and Manufacturing. It is also a hub for STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics). Its students compete annually in mock trials, model UN, School REACH, Euclid Math, Halton Skills, and many more local and provincial academic events. Notre Dame promotes and supports all post-secondary pathways—university, college, apprenticeship, and workplace.

The school community hosts an annual Arts Night, School Play, Business Leadership Conference, and most recently a STEAM Conference. There are plenty of clubs and activities for students to participate in as well as Student Council, Prefect, Physical Education Leadership, Business Leadership, and STEAM sponsored events. Students are also supported academically with after-school math help, a literacy course to assist with preparations for the OSSLT (Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test), credit rescue, and the L2L (Licence to Learn) student, peer tutoring initiative.

Equity and inclusion and social justice programs include Best Buddies, MIH (Make it Happen), the annual Angel Campaign, Halton Food For Thought Breakfast Program, May-Giving, PINK Day in support of the Terry Fox Foundation, the ECO squad, the Social Justice student activists, and Irish Cares.

Health and wellness, bullying prevention and intervention, faith formation, parent engagement, student voice, social work, child and youth counselling, and an active Catholic School Council of parents are also a large part of the Notre Dame ethos.

School Population

Notre Dame’s enrolment has experienced a renewal since September 2017, increasing in size from the mid 900s to just over 1,100 students in 2019-20. It receives most of its students from local elementary schools including St. Gabriel, St. Timothy, St. Mark, and Canadian Martyrs. [1]

Notre Dame, like all publicly funded Catholic schools in Ontario, also accepts non-Catholics into the school; however, they are expected to take part in the religious activities and religious classes.

The Catholic school's parishes are St. Gabriel and St. Paul the Apostle. It belongs to the Diocese of Hamilton, under His Excellency Bishop Crosby.

Athletics

Notre Dame competes in the Halton Catholic Athletic Association (HCAA). The HCAA is 1 of 3 athletic associations under the Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference (GHAC), which in turn is itself 1 of 18 regional associations under the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA).

Over the past several years, a few teams have placed in the top three at OFSAA (the Ontario Provincial Championships), including the cross-country team, field hockey team, varsity girls' ice hockey team, swim team, and girls' soccer team, lacrosse team, girls’ rugby team, and track and field team. The girls' basketball team were OFSAA champions in 2016 and bronze medalists in 2017. The girls soccer team were OFSAA champions in 2019.

The current 2019-20 school year continues to build on the school’s athletic resurgence with HCAA championship victories in senior field hockey, junior football, boys and girls swim teams and varsity girls’ hockey team. The girls varsity hockey team are also GHAC champions, moving onto OFSAA. The swim team left OFSAA with 1 gold and 1 silver medal.

There is an annual athletic banquet held in mid June which honours the MVPs and best athletes of the year from every sport and grade. Approximately 500 students, parents and staff attend the event, which is well known throughout the school for its video montage commemorating the year’s athletic achievements.

Notre Dame also offers the annual March Madness Basketball Camp and Summer Sports Camp (July) for elementary aged students, grades 1-8. The camps are open to students in both the Catholic and Public school systems.

Kilt Krew

Notre Dame has a group of male senior students referred to as "The Kilt Krew". They are a group that attends many sporting events that Notre Dame is involved in, to encourage students to cheer on the team. They are led by a student dubbed "Speedo Man" who can often be seen running across the field in a green speedo at half-time or pre-game. A new "Speedo Man" is generally selected every year by the previous years Speedo Man.

Sports, The Arts and School Clubs

Sports Teams

Sports Offered at Notre Dame
Fall SportsWinter SportsSpring Sports
Basketball (Girls)Basketball (Boys)Baseball
Volleyball (Boys)Volleyball (Girls)Lacrosse
Field HockeyIce HockeySoccer
FootballSwimmingRugby
Cross CountryBadmintonTrack & Field
GolfSkiing/SnowboardingSoftball
Touch Football (Girls)Ultimate (Frisbee)
CricketSource: [2]

The Arts, Clubs and Co-Curricular Activities

Source: [3]

Fundraising Events/ Programs

Options may vary depending on staff availability, the continued participation of other schools, and the success of the activity the previous year.

Academics

Notre Dame has a wide array of courses in many different areas of interest. Students with a 79.5 percent overall average or above are recognized by being placed on the school's Honour Roll. Students with the highest average in a course and students who have the highest overall averages of each grade are also recognized.

Staff

There are currently 70+ full-time teachers and 100+ total staff employed at Notre Dame. As of 2024, the Principal is Mark Freeman and the two vice-principals are Mark Ilczyszyn and Natalie Cook. [4] The school's Administrative Assistant is Anna Butrym and the Financial Clerk is Gaile Merritt-Murrell. The school Chaplaincy lead is Brian Dunn.

There are 10 Department Heads who serve on Academic Council. [5]

Past Administration

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References

  1. ↑ "About ND". schools.hcdsb.org. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Athletics". schools.hcdsb.org. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Activities & Clubs". schools.hcdsb.org. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Staff Directory | Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School, Burlington". 5 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "Staff". schools.hcdsb.org. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "HCDSB Appoints Three New Superintendents of Education – Halton Catholic District School Board".
  7. ↑ "Welcome Mr. Roberts! | Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School, Burlington". 21 October 2020.
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