Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School (Burlington)

Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School
Address
Map
2333 Headon Forest Drive

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Canada
Coordinates43°22′40″N 79°49′51″W / 43.37784°N 79.83076°W / 43.37784; -79.83076
Information
School typeSecondary School
Motto"Home of the Fightin' Irish!"
Religious affiliation(s)Catholicism
Founded1989
School boardHalton Catholic District School Board
SuperintendentLorrie Naar
PrincipalNorm Roberts
GradesGrades 9 to 12, optional additional Grade 12+
Enrolment1,120 (2019-20)
LanguageEnglish & Extended French
AreaHeadon Forest, North Burlington
Colour(s)     
Navy Blue, Gold and Green
MascotDuelling Leprechaun
Team nameFightin’ Irish
Websitentdm.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.

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.