Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School (Brampton)

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Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario
Address
Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School (Brampton)
2 Notre Dame Avenue

Brampton
,
Ontario
,
L6Z 4L5

Canada
Coordinates 43°43′11″N79°46′47″W / 43.71964°N 79.77959°W / 43.71964; -79.77959
Information
School typeSecondary
MottoJustice, Love and Peace
Established1983
School board Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
SuperintendentWayne Brunton
Area trusteeAnna da Silva (Ward 1), Darryl D'Souza (Ward 2)
PrincipalNatalie Currah
Grades 9-12
LanguageEnglish
Colour(s)Silver, maroon and Black
Team nameNotre Dame Knights
Website www.dpcdsb.org/ndame

Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School (sometimes referred to as Dame or abbreviated to ND) is located in Brampton, Ontario, Canada and operates under the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board (DPCDSB).

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Elementary Feeder Schools

Please note that for the 2021–22 school year all St. Leonard staff and students are housed at St. Rita Elementary School located at 30 Summer Valley Drive in Brampton until the fire restoration and construction is completed and safely to attend the original St. Leonard site.

History

The school was established in 1983, opening with eight teachers, and a single 9th grade classs, each year expanding to grade 13. While the majority of the students were living in Brampton, many were bussed in daily from various areas,including Orangeville, Bolton, and Georgetown. The building Notre Dame originally occupied, was on the west side of Mclaughlin Rd, just south of Flowetown Ave, and was a former grade school, known as Beatty Flemming. Mr. Lorne Howcroft was the schools first principle. In 1986 Notre Dame was relocated to a temporary facility / building constructed behind Sheridan College. It moved to its current and present home on Notre Dame Ave. at the corner of Bovaid Drive and Kennedy Road in Brampton in 1988. . [1]

Religion

As a Catholic school, Notre Dame requires students to take several religion classes throughout their high school career. It also has its own chapel where students are welcome to pray or visit during their lunch periods and after school.

Athletics

The school participates in several athletic competitions as the Knights. In 1985, ND Knights co-ed cheerleading team, in a Hawaiian Theme, won the All Ontarios at the University of Western Ontario where competition was held. Notre Dame Football began with a rag tag bunch of flag players (intramural) and held the annual toilet bowl for the victors each year. In 2004, the ND Knight's football team was promoted to the Peel Region's Tier 1 football league and have since won four ROPSSAA championships (2003, 2006, 2007, 2011). [2] Notre Dame has over two dozen other sports teams including volleyball, basketball, rugby, soccer, and fast pitch. In 2012, as well as a ROPSSAA title in senior boys' football, the senior girls' volleyball won a title, and the senior girls' basketball team won a silver medal. [3]

Academics

Notre Dame offers courses in the International Baccalaureate (IB) program. IB students at Notre Dame are able to take courses in higher level English, chemistry, and history, as well as standard level French, mathematics, physics, and biology. In addition to these subjects, IB students must participate in the compulsory course Theory of Knowledge. Students are also required to engage in 150 hours of community service.

Various Notre Dame IB classes have had the special opportunity to attend TEDxIB at York School in Toronto. [4] Notre Dame has been represented at the conference by Adrienne Mallari in 2011 [5] and by Ewalina Jeyanesan in 2012. [6]

Community activism

Students take part in a semi-annual food drive, consistently donating at least 10,000 pounds of non-perishable food and other commodities; these are then given to a local food bank. One student in 2008 managed to collect over 1.2 tonnes of food. [7] That year, Notre Dame as a whole collected about 16,308 pounds of food for the Ste. Louise Outreach Centre. The school has since escalated in their participation in this event, setting for itself a current record of over 42,000 pounds of food collected in one drive. [8]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.dpcdsb.org/NDAME/about/school-history
  2. ↑ Brampton's Notre Dame Football dynasty; sportseh.ca
  3. ↑ Notre Dame 2012 Newsletter; dpcdsb.org
  4. ↑ Christmas 2012 Newsletter; dpcdsb.org
  5. ↑ TEDxIBYork Adrienne Mallari; tedxtalks.ted.com
  6. ↑ TEDxIBYork Ewalina Jeyanesan; tedxtalks.ted.com
  7. ↑ Notre Dame Secondary School - Stephanie Noronha; bramptonguardian.com
  8. ↑ Food Drive Seeks Help; bramptonguardian.com
  9. ↑ "Zach Pop Stats & Scouting Report - Baseball America". www.baseballamerica.com. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
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