Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School (Brampton)

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Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School
Address
2 Notre Dame Avenue Brampton, Ontario, L6Z 4L5, Canada
Information
School board	Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
Superintendent	Vince Nichilo
Area trustee	Linda Zanella
Principal	Frank Scarcelli
Vice principals	Joanna Falkner
School type	Secondary
Grades	9-12
Language	English
Motto	Justice, Love and Peace
Team name	Notre Dame Knights
Colours	Silver and Black
Homepage	http://w3.dpcdsb.org/NDAME

Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School is a Roman Catholic secondary school of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board (DPCDSB) in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.

Notre Dame offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) program, both the preparation courses in Grades 9 and 10 and the actual diploma program in Grades 11 and 12. Unlike other IB programmes in the Brampton area, Notre Dame offers little choice in IB courses other than Biology or Music both at standard level.

All the Notre Dame teams carry the "Knights" team name. Along with football, Notre Dame offers plenty of other sports. These include; golf, cross country, hockey, soccer, archery, rugby and curling, among many others. Notre Dame is also renowned for its music program. Under the direction of David Hills, both the concert and stage bands have won many national and international awards.^{[citation needed]}

Notre Dame is also very active in the community. They are well known for their participation in the fall and spring food drives, collection of food, clothing and gifts for local charities at Christmas, "March For Life" an anti-abortion pro-life rally held in Ottawa every Spring and a HIV/AIDS collection campaign held every year.

As well, various student clubs such as World Issues and the Model United Nations play a very prominent role in Notre Dame. During May of 2007, Notre Dame won best delegation in the entire Dufferin Peel Catholic District School Board for their delegation at the first annual Dufferin Peel Model United Nations.

On November 27, 2007, Notre Dame defended their title as ROPSSAA Football Champions, winning for the 2nd year in a row.^{[citation needed]}