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Athol Murray College of Notre Dame 1 2 Athol Murray College of Notre Dame 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 01 VISION, MISSION & HISTORY 03 PROVIDING THE TOOLS FOR SUCCESS VISION STRUGGLE AND EMERGE: A 96 YEAR HISTORY 05 BOARDING AT NOTRE DAME ATHOL MURRAY COLLEGE OF NOTRE In 1920, the Sisters of Charity of St. Louis opened the Notre Dame of the Prairies DAME IS A PRIVATE, INDEPENDENT Convent and St. Augustine residential elementary and high school for boys and girls 06 LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL COMMITTED in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, a small town on the Canadian prairies. Out of the dust and 07 NOTRE DAME STAFF TO DEVELOPING YOUNG MEN AND despair of the Great Depression emerged what would become Athol Murray College WOMEN TO BECOME PURPOSEFUL 08 NOTRE DAME HOCKEY of Notre Dame, the “Toughest Little College” that would survive economic hardship, LEADERS WITH VIRTUOUS break down religious barriers and challenge students to excel academically, athleti- CHARACTER AND A GLOBAL MIND-SET. 10 NOTRE DAME ATHLETICS cally and spiritually. Father Athol Murray manifested his dream of partnering with 12 GRADUATE PLACEMENT an established university – the University of Ottawa – to offer a liberal arts degree QUICK FACTS program, which became available in 1933. Notre Dame is rooted in the Catholic tradi- MISSION tion, open to students of all faiths and backgrounds. As “Père” Murray said, “Open- 13 SPIRITUAL GROWTH & GETTING INVOLVED ATHOL MURRAY COLLEGE OF NOTRE mindedness is the nature of the thing.” DAME IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL Père valued athletics as a way to teach values like commitment, teamwork and EDUCATIONAL AND BOARDING leadership. Père once shouted to his hockey team, mid-game, “Skate, you hounds, EXPERIENCE WITH A BALANCE OF skate!” and the name stuck. The Notre Dame Hounds developed a reputation as STRONG ACADEMIC, ATHLETIC AND the toughest, fastest and gamiest teams in Canada. When student housing became SPIRITUAL GROWTH IN A SAFE AND a problem in the 1930s, Père discovered that threshers’ shacks, used by migrant CARING PRAIRIE COMMUNITY. workers during harvest season, provided the perfect solution. Students slept in bunks next to a pot-bellied stove, using corrugated cardboard for insulation. Thus, Notre Dame inherited its nickname “The Shack College”. Notre Dame began to adopt its modern campus look in the 1950’s and 1960’s with a major injection of funds towards bricks and mortar, and today is a beautiful, modern campus. The school motto, Struggle and Emerge, reflects the challenges faced by those original Hounds but rings true for Notre Dame students today. “Adversity, gang!” Père Murray would exclaim. “That’s what gives you strength – adversity!” The school motto has offered strength to Hounds over the school’s 96 year history. Today, Athol Murray College of Notre Dame maintains its legacy as a centre for academic and athletic excellence, and is home to over 300 students representing all 13 Canadian provinces and territories and 12 different countries. The Hounds of today continue to embody the spirit of determination, ingenuity and perseverance that characterized our founding students. notredame.ca 2 Athol Murray College of Notre Dame 3 PROVIDING STUDENT-ATHLETES WITH THE TOOLS DO YOU DREAM OF GREATNESS, % AS A SCHOLAR, AN ATHLETE, A FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS LEADER? As a Hound, you will be part of a 96 year tradition of excellence and 90 BOARDING STUDENTS a community of peers and teachers who strive for greatness. At Notre Dame, we challenge each other to be the best version Notre Dame graduates receive of ourselves, supported by caring staff and more than twice as much in coaches, a structured academic day that post-secondary scholarships than the average Canadian includes daily supervised study time and high school graduate. scheduled office hours for extra help, as well as small class sizes. With elite hockey Notre Dame graduates are programs for males and females and 18 50% more likely to receive a high school sports programs, Notre Dame post-secondary scholarship provides an environment with a strong than the average Canadian focus on health, fitness, commitment and high school graduate. athletic excellence. Notre Dame is opening 100% of Notre Dame students doors: to university, to post-secondary participate in co-curricular athletic opportunities and to the world. activities. THE MOST POWERFUL DRIVER Athol Murray College of Notre Dame offers a classroom OF STUDENT SUCCESS environment that is supportive and rigorous, providing AT NOTRE DAME IS THE exceptional preparation for post-secondary programs. Our STUDENTS THEMSELVES. mandate is to provide our students the means by which AT NOTRE DAME, STUDENTS they can fully develop their academic potential. With an WANT TO LEARN. THEY ARE average class size of 16 students, availability of teacher- DRIVEN TO SUCCEED. THEY guided learning support, scheduled office hours for extra ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER help outside of class time and daily supervised study time. “My Notre Dame experience was TO EXCEL, ASK FOR HELP, STAY Notre Dame offers a challenging university preparatory the best years of my life – better program with support systems in place to ensure student FOCUSED AND DREAM BIG. than 5 years of university. My % success. athletics, my academics, my friends and my Notre Dame family will always and forever FOR COURSE SELECTION INFORMATION 100 STUDENT PARTICIPATION have a place in my heart.” Mary AND COURSE DESCRIPTIONS, PLEASE VISIT IN CO-CURRICULAR Beth Challoner (’91 – ’93) NOTREDAME.CA/ACADEMICS ACTIVITIES notredame.ca 4 Athol Murray College of Notre Dame 5 Leading the way as 21st Century Learners Technology is an integral part of learning at Athol Murray College % of Notre Dame. We strive to use modern teaching approaches that AS A HOUND, YOU CAN COUNT YOURSELF AMONG: use technology to enhance student learning, facilitate collaboration, - 200 DRAFTED NHL PLAYERS and make creating and communicating effective and easy. We 15 - 7 ORDER OF CANADA WINNERS INTERNATIONAL work closely with students to develop their technology skills and to STUDENTS - AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST promote the responsible use of technology and social media tools. - A FEDERAL CABINET MINISTER Notre Dame also provide families back home an online portal to be - THE YOUNGEST CANADIAN TO SUCCESSFULLY able to access student grades, school calendars and collaborate with the Notre Dame Community from anywhere in the world. SCALE MT. EVEREST - AUTHORS, POLITICIANS, ATHLETES, SCHOLARS, BOARDING AT NOTRE DAME Every student is issued a Tablet that can be utilized from anywhere RESEARCHERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS on our wireless campus. For students frequently traveling off Community, Leadership, Respect: Healthy Living campus, it is easy to stay organized, access coursework and connect A Way of Life with teachers and classmates. The physical, mental and emotional health of each student As a boarding school, Notre Dame offers the advantages of is a very important part of the College’s responsibility to leadership development and personal growth through an parents and students. Notre Dame’s Health Care Facility informal curriculum of community living. Over 90% of our is staffed seven days a week by a Licensed Practical students call Notre Dame their home, living in one of our six Nurse, who look after the health needs of our students. residences. The boarding environment provides an enriched, Notre Dame has a full time Athletic Training Coordinator experiential learning experience, with a strong focus on who carries out assessments and delivers prescribed leadership skill development, community, responsibility, time treatments. management, and self-reliance. Our Food Services team provides healthy, hearty meals Each residence is administered by a resident House Parent three times a day, in addition to a light evening snack. who is supported by a team of Assistant House Parents and Homemade soup, a well-stocked salad bar and sandwich a select group of grade 12 students who have earned the bar are available at every meal, as are 1% milk and fresh position of House Leader. Students are housed according to fruit. Our Hounds juice day exceeds provincial nutritional grades and gender and live together in rooms of two to four standards. Hounds juice is pure vegetable and fruit students. Rooms are attractively decorated with posters, extracted juice with no added sugar. Food services are photos, and appropriate memorabilia reflecting each student’s provided with active, happy and healthy students in mind! individuality while providing the familiarity of home. Each residential house provides a common area with television, “Friends and teachers encouraged me to become more snack kitchen facilities, beverage machine and storage space than I ever imagined I could be. Fellow alumni have shown for travel cases and equipment. me that no dream is too big.” Taryn Ashdown (’12) 6 Athol Murray College of Notre Dame 7 NOTRE DAME STAFF: LIVING OUR VISION AS PURPOSEFUL LEADERS WITH VIRTUOUS PURPOSEFUL LEADERS WITH VIRTUOUS CHARACTER AND CHARACTER AND A GLOBAL MIND-SET A GLOBAL MIND-SET The Notre Dame experience extends well Leadership Opportunities beyond the classroom. Opportunities for personal, spiritual and community HOUSE LEADERS (BOARDING) development equip Hounds with a Grade 12 students are selected to assist House Parents by providing daily desire to explore and contribute to their leadership and mentorship in the residence. This honor is presented to students community, knowing that they are a part