Notre Dame High School (Toronto)

Notre Dame High School
Address
12 Malvern Avenue Upper Beaches, Toronto, Ontario, M4E 3E1
Information
School type	Catholic High school
Motto	Leadership, Excellence and service in a dynamic environment Ubi Honor Ibi Sum (Where there is honour, there am I)
Founded	1941
School board	Toronto Catholic District School Board
Superintendent	John Shanahan Area 6
Area trustee	Angela Kennedy Ward 11
School number	501 / 738115
Principal	Jolanta Hickey
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	670 (2017-18)
Language	English
Colour(s)	Wine and White
Team name	Dame Spirit
Affiliation	Roman Catholic (Congregation of Notre Dame)
Parish	St. John
Specialist High Skills Major	None
Program Focus	Broad-based Technology Gifted Advanced Placement
Website	notredame.tcdsb.org

Notre Dame High School (also known as NDHS, Notre Dame H.S., Notre Dame, or simply Dame) is an all-girls Roman Catholic secondary school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

History

In 1941, the Congregation of Notre Dame founded Notre Dame High School to provide excellence in education for young Catholic women. Up until recently, the Sisters of the Congregation have been teaching at the school throughout its long history. The school has grown over the years such as in 1963, O’Connor Hall was built as the second building of the school; the first being the main building. In the 1970s, Notre Dame had a total of 1,111 students, and moved into the second and third floors of the neighbouring St. John Catholic School. Currently, the school uses three buildings, but only part of the third floor of St. John’s.

In 1967, the school reached an agreement with the Metropolitan Separate School Board (now the Toronto Catholic District School Board), placing the Grade 9 and 10 students would be under the publicly funded separate school system and Grades 11, 12, and 13 would continue by the Congregation. In 1984, the government started funding the last three years of high school and by 1987, Notre Dame was ceased as a private school, joining the board in the process.

Notre Dame underwent two accommodation reviews due to excessive overcrowding and its site size of an acre due to lack of playing field and the use of St. John's third floor. First in 2001 when the board attempted to acquire additional land for the construction of a larger school, then again in 2009 when the board attempted to relocate and/or consolidate Notre Dame with either St. Patrick or Neil McNeil with the building demolished and the school yard being expanded back to St. John. Subsequently, the board attempted to relocate the school and Neil McNeil to the closed Midland Avenue Collegiate Institute and the options were unsuccessful.

The school's patron saint is Marguerite Bourgeoys.

Overview

Notre Dame is best known for their film productions, dramatic arts department, and specialities in math and science. In 2014, two senior students advanced to the provincial level at the Skills Canada Competition for TV/Video Production with a gold medal in all rounds prior to Nationals where they represented Ontario. Notre Dame is the "Sister School" of Neil McNeil located not far from Notre Dame. Notre Dame is a school renowned for their elaborate and spirited school assemblies and tight knit community.

See also

• List of high schools in Ontario

External links

• TCDSB Portal
• Congregation of Notre Dame

Coordinates: 43°40′51″N 79°17′36″W / 43.680798°N 79.293471°W / 43.680798; -79.293471