'''Notre Dame Regional Secondary School''' is a [[Catholic]] school, under the administration of CISVA (Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese) school board.
The school is co-educational, offering academic, fine arts, and business programs, as well as athletic, performing arts, and other extracurricular programs, for students from grades 8 to 12.
The school participates in sporting events under the name of the '''"Jugglers"''', with the team colours of Blue, White & Silver.
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|name= Notre Dame Regional Secondary
|image= NotreDameFightingIrish.svg
|imagesize= 150px
|motto= Know, Love & Serve
|motto_translation=Teneo Diligo quod Servo
|streetaddress= 2855 Parker Street
|city= [[Vancouver]]
|province= [[British Columbia]]
|postalcode= V5K 2T8
|areacode= 604
|phone= 255-5454
|fax= 255-2115
|email=
|url= http://www.ndrs.ca/
|schoolnumber=
|schoolboard= CISVA (Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese)[http://www.cisva.bc.ca/]
|superintendent=
|trustee=
|affiliation=
|principal= Mr. Roger DesLauriers
|viceprincipal= Mr. R. Gabriele<br>Mr. G. Oswald
|viceprincipal_label=Viceprincipals
|Administrator=
|custodian=
|schooltype= [[Independent school|Independent]]
|grades= 8-12
|language= [[Canadian English|English]]
|area= Renfrew
|mascot= Juggler
|teamname= Jugglers
|colours= Blue, White & Silver
|founded= 1953
|enrollment= >600+
}}
== '''History''' ==
In the 1950s, under the invitation of Archbishop [[William Mark Duke]], The [[Sisters of Charity]] of Halifax accepted the challenge, to help finance a highschool for the education of Catholic children in [[East Vancouver]] and [[Burnaby]], and in 1953 Notre Dame Regional Secondary opened its doors for the first time.
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! Feeder Parishes
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| [[Corpus Christi Elementary]]
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| [[Holy Cross Elementary]]
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| Immaculate Heart of Mary
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| [[St. Mary's Elementary]]
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| St. Theresa's
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| [[St. Francis of Assisi Elementary]]
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| [[St. Helen's Elementary]]
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| [[St. Jude's Elementary]]
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| [[Our Lady of Sorrows Elementary]]
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| Sacred Heart
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== '''Independent school status''' ==
Notre Dame Regional Secondary is classified as a Group 1 school under British Columbia's Independent School Act. It receives '''50% funding ''' from the Ministry of Education. The school receives no funding for capital costs. It is under charge of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver]].
== '''Academic performance''' ==
Notre Dame is ranked by the [[Fraser Institute]].
In 2007, it's ranked 120nd out of 298 Vancouver, lower mainland schools.
'''97%''' of the students graduate and with '''80%+''' of those students going on to study at colleges & universities across the country.
Provincial exam averages exceeds Provincial norms and are higher then CISVA & Independent school averages.
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! Academic Departments
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| Business
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| Mathematics
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| Performing Arts
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| Social Studies
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| Christian Education
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| English
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| Humanities
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| Information Technologies
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| Languages
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| Science
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| Physical Education
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| Visual Arts
|}
== '''Athletic performance''' ==
The football program has traditionally rank among the top teams in British Columbia.
* (pre 1975) [[Shrine Bowl Provincial Championships]]: Won 6 of 7 appearances
* (post 1975) [[Frank Gnup AAA Provincial Championships]]: Won 8 of 11 appearances
Recently, ND has gone on to win high school championships in Soccer & Volleyball.
During the month of December, Notre Dame hosts the Christmas Classic Basketball Tournament in honour of the story “[[The Juggler of Notre Dame]]”.
Both the Varsity Boys & Girls basketball teams participate in the [[BC Catholic Basketball Championship]], one of the largest tournaments in the province of BC.
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! School Teams
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| Juggler [[Soccer]]
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| Juggler [[Volleyball]]
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| Juggler [[Track & Field]]
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| Juggler [[Basketball]]
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| Juggler [[Cross Country]]
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| Juggler [[Field Hockey]]
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| Juggler [[Football]]
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| Juggler [[Wrestling]]
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| Juggler [[Tennis]]
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| Juggler [[Golf]]
|}
== '''Artistic performance''' ==
Notre Dame provides students with a verity of performing & non-performing arts.
The Theater has traditionally put on great productions that have been a source of entertainment for the community and raised revenue for the Performing Arts at ND.
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! Fine Arts
! Visual Arts
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| Drama
| Art
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| Band
| Photography
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| Show Choir
| Stage Craft
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| Concert Choir
| Yearbook
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| Choir
| School Paper
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| Music
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| Dance Squad
|}
== '''Clubs & Committees''' ==
Aside from the students of the Principal's List (Academic achievement of 90%+) & Honour Roll (Academic achievement of 85%+), there is also the Ushers, Improv Club, Ski & Snowboard Club, Score-keepers Committee, [[Pro-Life]] Committee, [[Sacristy]], Grad Committee, Newspaper Committee, [[Legion of Mary]], Student Council & Yearbook Committee.
== '''Notable Alumni''' ==
*'''[[Lui Passaglia]]''', Punter/Kicker - BC Lions
*'''[[Glen Clark]]''' - 31st Premier of British Columbia (1996-99)
*'''[[Glen Jackson]]''', Linebacker - BC Lions
*'''[[Lauren Diewold]]''', Former Child Actress
== '''Notes''' ==
Notre Dame is one of two Vancouver, Eastside Catholic highschools;
the other being [[St. Patrick's Regional Secondary]].
[[Vancouver College]] & [[Little Flower Academy]] are the two Vancouver Westside Catholic highschools.
In 2006, [[Vancouver City Council]] granted Notre Dame the right to build a new school facility on the old football practice field. Upon completion, the old school facilities will be torn down for the creation of a new football field. The theater, lunch & gym facilities will remain intact.
== '''External links''' ==
*[Notre Dame Regional Secondary website - http://www.ndrs.org/]
*[Physics Balsa Bridge Building Contest website - http://www.balsabridge.com/]
*[Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese website - http://www.cisva.bc.ca/]
[[Category:High schools in Vancouver]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic secondary schools in Canada]]
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