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Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School
Address
2333 Headon Forest Drive
Burlington, Ontario, L7M 3X6, Canada
Information
School board Halton Catholic District School Board
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Superintendent Fiammetta Mazzetti
Principal Tom Dunn
Vice principal Laura Agro-DeRosa
John Quinlan
Tom Dunn
Administrator Helen Carrier
School type Separate High School
Grades 9 to 12
Language English, French Immersion
Mascot Leprechaun
Team name Fighting Irish
Founded 1989
Enrollment 1,700 (2005)
Homepage http://schools.hcdsb.org/ntdm/

Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School is a coeducational Catholic high school in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Burlington ( 2006 population 164415 is a city located at the western end of Lake Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Postal codes by province and territoryA Canadian postal code Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Halton Catholic District School Board has its headquarters in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. A separate school is a publicly funded School which includes religious Education in its curriculum as opposed to a Private school or Public Education in Canada is provided funded and overseen by federal, provincial, and Local governments Education is within provincial jurisdiction and the curriculum Canadian English ( CanE, en-CA) is the variety of English used in Canada. French immersion is a form of Bilingual education in which a child who does not speak French as his or her first language receives instruction in school in French Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about Catholic schools in general for specific schools named Catholic High School, see Catholic High School (disambiguation. Burlington ( 2006 population 164415 is a city located at the western end of Lake Ontario Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page It was founded in 1989 by the Halton Catholic District School Board and currently enrolls students from the ninth to twelfth grades. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The Halton Catholic District School Board has its headquarters in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Notre Dame's emblem is a small dueling leprechaun and, accordingly, the school's slogan is "Fightin' Irish". In Irish mythology, a leprechaun (leipreachán

In its first year, Notre Dame began by only enrolling ninth and tenth grade classes. Today it schools the Ontario standard of grades 9 through 12. With grade 13 recently being removed as a requirement for graduation in Ontario, many grade twelve graduates return for an optional extra year.

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School population

The school enrolled slightly over 1800 students in the 2004-2005 school year and over 2000 for the 2005-2006 year as a result of the surrounding cities' increasing growth. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. As of 2005, there were 29 portables to contain the increasing overflow of classes and students. It receives most new students from local elementary schools including Sacred Heart of Jesus, St. Gabriel, St. Timothy, St. Elizabeth Seton, St. Mark, Canadian Martyrs and St. Christopher Elementary school.

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 mandatory religious classes. This article is about Catholic schools in general for specific schools named Catholic High School, see Catholic High School (disambiguation.

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

Athletics

Notre Dame recently won seven GHAC (Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference) championship titles in the 2004-2005 school year, and won 15 Halton Region championships. Over the past several years, a few teams have placed in the top three at OFSAA (Ontario Provincial Championships), including the Senior Girls' field hockey Team, Varsity Girls' ice hockey , Open Girls Swim Team and the Senior Girls' soccer Team. The Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA is an organization of student-athletes teacher-coaches student-coaches teachers principals and sport administrators in Field hockey is a Team sport in which players attempt to score goals by hitting the Ball across the pitch with a stick Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered In the season of 2006, the Senior Girls soccer Team won 1st place against Loyola Catholic Secondary School. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered

There is an annual athletic banquet held near the beginning of June which honors the MVPs and best athletes of the year from every sport and grade. Approximately 400-500 students attend the event, which is well known throughout the school for its comical videos put together by several of the physical education teachers. Video is the technology of electronically capturing, Recording, processing storing transmitting and reconstructing a sequence of Still images

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.

Other extracurriculars

Academics

Notre Dame has a wide array of courses in many different areas of interest. A chess club is a Club formed for the purpose of playing Chess. Model United Nations (informally abbreviated as Model UN or MUN) is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants Students with an 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.

School uniform

Notre Dame requires students to wear full school uniform at all times upon entering the building. School uniforms are common in primary and Secondary schools in many nations The strict uniform is intended to create a sense of community and develop a sense of pride and self-discipline. Students must purchase all uniform items from R. J. McCarthy Company.

In 2004, Notre Dame introduced an optional dark blue, fleece sweater to the uniform policy, that is personalized to include the owner's name, name of their sport or club and the school's emblem. Once every month there is a casual dress day called Civies Day, when students may wear appropriate non-uniform clothes.

Staff

There are currently over 100 full-time teachers employed at Notre Dame. There is one principal (Tom Dunn), and three vice principals. There are several day-time and night-time janitors.

Past administration

External links

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