The Niagara Catholic District School Board (Niagara Catholic or NCDSB, previously known as English-language Separate District School Board No. 50 prior to 1999) is the publicly funded Catholic

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in the

Regional Municipality of Niagara The Regional Municipality of Niagara, also colloquially known as the Niagara Region or Region of Niagara, is a regional municipality comprising twelve municipalities of Southern Ontario, Canada. The regional seat is in Thorold. It is the southern ...

which is located in Ontario Canada supporting the municipalities of

Fort Erie Fort Erie is a town on the Niagara River in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. It is directly across the river from Buffalo, New York, and is the site of Old Fort Erie which played a prominent role in the War of 1812. Fort Erie is one of Ni ...

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& West Lincoln,

Niagara Falls Niagara Falls () is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States. The largest of the three is Horseshoe Falls, ...

Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagara-on-the-Lake is a town in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Niagara Peninsula at the point where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario, across the river from New York, United States. Niagara-on-the-Lake is in the Niagara Region of On ...

, Pelham,

Port Colborne Port Colborne is a city in Ontario, Canada that is located on Lake Erie, at the southern end of the Welland Canal, in the Niagara Region of Southern Ontario. The original settlement, known as Gravelly Bay, dates from 1832 and was renamed afte ...

, St. Catharines,

Thorold Thorold is a city in Ontario, Canada, located on the Niagara Escarpment. It is also the seat of the Regional Municipality of Niagara. The Welland Canal passes through the city, featuring lock 7 and the Twin Flight Locks. History The first su ...

, Wainfleet and

Welland Welland is a city in the Regional Municipality of Niagara in Southern Ontario, Canada. As of 2021, it had a population of 55,750. The city is in the centre of Niagara and located within a half-hour driving distance to Niagara Falls, Niagara-o ...

. Its head office, the Catholic Education Centre, is located in Welland, Ontario, Canada. The board consists of 49

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s, 8

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s, and a number of other education & administrative centres in the 12 aforementioned area municipalities that make up the Niagara Region. The Niagara Catholic District School Board serves over 24,000 students (elementary, secondary, adult education & summer) each year. Niagara Catholic is governed by a board of 8 elected trustees.

History

In January, 1997 the Minister of Education and Training for the

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announced that, as part of its plan to restructure the education system in Ontario, the number of school boards in the province would be reduced from 129 to 66 and replaced by new “District” school boards, effective January 1, 1998. As part of the amalgamation of school boards, the Welland County Roman Catholic Separate School Board and the Lincoln County Roman Catholic Separate School Board became the Niagara Catholic District School Board, on January 1, 1998. The Niagara Catholic District School Board covers an area of 1868 sq. km and is responsible for providing Catholic education to approximately 22,500 students in the Niagara Region. On June 15, 2010 the Niagara Catholic District School Board approved a new Mission Statement for Niagara Catholic. Niagara Catholic’s first

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was introduced shortly after the amalgamation of the former Welland and Lincoln County Roman Catholic Separate School Boards in 1998. The mission statement was the result of a planning process that involved more than 100 representatives of

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who came together to begin the process for the newly established Niagara Catholic District School Board. In the fall of 2008, Niagara Catholic initiated a two-year Vision 2020

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process. More than 4,700 stakeholders, including students, staff, parents, religious, Catholic School Councils, organisations and members of the Catholic community were invited to participate and provide input through 160 discovery sessions. Data from the discovery sessions was then analyzed by more than 80 participants at a strategic planning summit. Recommendations from the discovery sessions and the summit included re-writing the mission statement, a series of vision statements and the strategic directions for Niagara Catholic. On May 25, 2010, the Board approved the vision statements, the strategic directions and a recommendation to vet a new mission statement. The revised mission statement was vetted to all stakeholders prior to being submitted to the Board for consideration on June 15, 2010. Eleven years after introducing its first mission statement, on June 15, 2010, as part of the Board’s Vision 2020 strategic plan, the Niagara Catholic District School Board approved the new mission statement.

Secondary schools

Elementary schools

References

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External links

Niagara Catholic District School Board website
Education in the Regional Municipality of Niagara Education in Welland Roman Catholic school districts in Ontario

History

Secondary schools

Elementary schools

See also

References

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