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, Canada. The school is part of the

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and has a student population of 631. It is one of four French

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high schools in the Sudbury region and is renowned for its sports teams, particularly basketball, flag football, football, gymnastics, and hockey.

History

The school was founded in 1948 as le Pensionnat Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil. Originally an all-girls school, boys were finally allowed to attend after the closure of Collège du Sacré-Cœur in the late 1980s. Le Collège du Sacré-Cœur is now known as

École secondaire du Sacré-Cœur École secondaire du Sacré-Cœur is one of four French-language Catholic secondary schools in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. It is maintained by the Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-Ontario. It is located at 261 Notre-Dame Avenue, next ...

and is the other French Catholic high school in the city of Sudbury. Collège Notre-Dame is known for its qualities emphasizing on theoretical academics, offering Enriched Mathematics and Integrated Sciences, as well as possessing a gifted students program (Douance). The school also instils a great deal of discipline in its students, which explains why the school remains very popular among parents.

In the community

Collège Notre-Dame is currently headed by Melanie Bourget, and is known throughout the city for its work in fundraising for the Northern Cancer Research Foundation, headed in Sudbury. In the year 2005-06 the school raised over $40,000 CDN for the foundation through such events as the blitz, where a large majority of the students went throughout the city, on assigned streets acquiring door-to-door donations. In 2010, the annual Blitz took place on May 17 and raised $20,100. In 2014, the annual Blitz took place on February 20 and raised $26,000.

Sports

College Notre-Dame boys' hockey team captured their school's first-ever title at the Franco-Ontarien tournament, held in April 2013 in Hamilton.

Uniforms

The students are required to wear classic uniforms, such as a navy blue cardigan or sweater vest, a red tie and grey pants for boys, and a navy blue cardigan or sweater vest and grey pants or skirt for girls, complete with a white shirt for both sexes.

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