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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 97 YEAR HISTORY ATHOL MURRAY COLLEGE OF NOTRE 05 BOARDING AT NOTRE DAME In 1920, the Sisters of Charity of St. Louis opened the Notre Dame of the Prairies DAME IS COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING Convent and St. Augustine residential elementary and high school for boys and girls 06 LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TO BECOME PURPOSEFUL LEADERS WITH VIRTUOUS in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, a small town on the Canadian prairies. Out of the dust and NOTRE DAME STAFF 07 CHARACTER. despair of the Great Depression emerged what would become Athol Murray College 08 NOTRE DAME HOCKEY of Notre Dame, the “Toughest Little College” that would survive economic hardship, break down religious barriers and challenge students to excel academically, athleti- 10 NOTRE DAME ATHLETICS MISSION cally and spiritually. Father Athol Murray manifested his dream of partnering with 12 GRADUATE PLACEMENT ATHOL MURRAY COLLEGE OF NOTRE an established university – the University of Ottawa – to offer a liberal arts degree QUICK FACTS DAME PROVIDES AN EXCEPTIONAL program, which became available in 1933. Notre Dame is rooted in the Catholic tradi- EDUCATIONAL AND BOARDING tion, open to students of all faiths and backgrounds. As “Père” Murray said, “Open- 13 SPIRITUAL GROWTH & GETTING INVOLVED EXPERIENCE WITH A BALANCE OF mindedness is the nature of the thing.” STRONG ACADEMIC, ATHLETIC AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH IN A SAFE AND Père valued athletics as a way to teach values like commitment, teamwork and CARING PRAIRIE ENVIRONMENT. leadership. Père once shouted to his hockey team, mid-game, “Skate, you hounds, skate!” and the name stuck. The Notre Dame Hounds developed a reputation as the toughest, fastest and gamiest teams in Canada. When student housing became IDENTITY AND a problem in the 1930s, Père discovered that threshers’ shacks, used by migrant workers during harvest season, provided the perfect solution. Students slept in SPIRITUAL bunks next to a pot-bellied stove, using corrugated cardboard for insulation. Thus, ROOTS Notre Dame inherited its nickname “The Shack College”. Notre Dame began to adopt ATHOL MURRAY COLLEGE OF NOTRE its modern campus look in the 1950’s and 1960’s with a major injection of funds DAME IS A PRIVATE, INDEPENDENT, CO- towards bricks and mortar, and today is a beautiful, modern campus. The school EDUCATIONAL BOARDING HIGH SCHOOL motto, Struggle and Emerge, reflects the challenges faced by those original Hounds ROOTED IN THE CATHOLIC TRADITION but rings true for Notre Dame students today. “Adversity, gang!” Père Murray would OPEN TO STUDENTS OF ALL FAITH exclaim. “That’s what gives you strength – adversity!” The school motto has offered BACKGROUNDS. THE PROGRAM OF THE strength to Hounds over the school’s 97 year history. COLLEGE IS DEVELOPED ACCORDING TO THE TEACHINGS, MORALS AND LITURGICAL PRACTICE OF THE ROMAN Today, Athol Murray College of Notre Dame maintains its legacy as a centre for CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE COLLEGE academic and athletic excellence, and is home to over 300 students representing MAINTAINS AN ECUMENICAL OUTLOOK all 13 Canadian provinces and territories and 12 different countries. The Hounds of AND ENCOURAGES ALL TO SEEK GOD, today continue to embody the spirit of determination, ingenuity and perseverance PUT THEIR FAITH IN HIM AND LIVE IN that characterized our founding students. ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR BELIEF. notredame.ca 2 Athol Murray College of Notre Dame 3 PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH TOOLS FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS DO YOU DREAM OF GREATNESS, % AS A SCHOLAR, AN ATHLETE, A LEADER? As a Hound, you will be part of a 97 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 of ourselves, supported by caring staff and Notre Dame graduates receive coaches, a structured academic day that more than twice as much in includes daily supervised study time and post-secondary scholarships than the average Canadian scheduled office hours for extra help, as high school graduate. well as small class sizes. With elite hockey programs for males and females and 18 Notre Dame graduates are high school sports programs, Notre Dame 50% more likely to receive a provides an environment with a strong post-secondary scholarship focus on health, fitness, commitment and than the average Canadian athletic excellence. Notre Dame is opening high school graduate. doors: to university, to post-secondary 100% of Notre Dame students athletic opportunities and to the world. participate in co-curricular 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 average class size of 16 students, availability of teacher- “My Notre Dame experience was WANT TO LEARN. THEY ARE the best years of my life – better DRIVEN TO SUCCEED. THEY guided learning support, scheduled office hours for extra than 5 years of university. My help outside of class time and daily supervised study time. % ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER athletics, my academics, my TO EXCEL, ASK FOR HELP, STAY Notre Dame offers a challenging university preparatory friends and my Notre Dame program with support systems in place to ensure student FOCUSED AND DREAM BIG. family will always and forever 100 success. STUDENT PARTICIPATION have a place in my heart.” Mary IN CO-CURRICULAR Beth Challoner (’91 – ’93) 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, - 205 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, and a well-stocked salad bar are a select group of grade 12 students who have earned the available at every meal, as are 1% milk and fresh fruit. Our position of House Leader. Students are housed according to Hounds juice day exceeds provincial nutritional standards. grades and gender and live together in rooms of two to four Hounds juice is pure vegetable and fruit extracted juice students. Rooms are attractively decorated with posters, with no added sugar. Food services are provided with photos, and appropriate memorabilia reflecting each student’s 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 who demonstrate compassion, leadership, enthusiasm and care for others. of something bigger than themselves. Notre Dame offers numerous opportunities SERVING OUR COMMUNITY: WORKS OF MERCY OUTREACH for students to enhance and apply Students at Notre Dame are required to perform a minimum of 10 hours of their leadership skills.