Cathedral High School (Hamilton, Ontario)

Infobox School
name = Cathedral High School


location = Hamilton ON Canada
streetaddress = 30 Wentworth Street North
city = Hamilton
province = Ontario
county = Canada
postalcode = L8L 8H5
schoolnumber = [phone]
schoolboard = Hamilton Wentworth Catholic School Board (HWCDSB)
affiliation = Catholic
superintendent = Corrado Ciapanna
trustee = Ralph Agostino
principal = Ivana Fortino
viceprincipal = Carmelo BaroneMark Daly

Michael Gravina
chaplain =
avg_class_size = 30-32
year = 4 years
gender = Male/Female
schooltype = High School
age range = 14-21
language = English
Hours_in_Day = 6.5 hours
motto = Probitas et Scientia'(Uprightness and Knowledge)
rival = STM, BR, Cardinal Newman, St. Mary’s, St. Jean de Brebeuf, BT
mascot = Gael
school_colours = Blue and White
yearbook = Orbit
opened = 1st school-1928 2nd school-1995
established = 1912
homepage = http://www.hwcdsb.edu.on.ca/cathedra/mainpage.htm

Cathedral High School is a Roman Catholic high school in Hamilton ON Canada. Cathedral High School dates back to 1912, when high school classes where offered to the youth of Hamilton by the Hamilton Separate School Board. [75th Anniversary book] Classes were held in two rooms at St. Mary’s School, located on Mulberry Street. By 1921, enrollment had increased significantly and the two rooms could no longer hold the amount of people. The boys were soon moved to the upper floor of St. Patrick’s School on East Avenue and Main Street. While the girls remained at St. Mary’s. [75th Anniversary] In 1925, the Separate School Board authorized the building of a new and larger building.

People of Catholic faith were asked to donate money to help build the new school by the Holy Name Men of various parishes. [75th Anniversary] In 1928 Cathedral Boys’ High School was officially opened on Emerald and Main Street, where it still stands today. In the same year the Girls’ School took over the space on the top floor of St. Patrick’s School. The gym and the labs at Cathedral Boys’ had to be shared between the boys and the girls. [75th Anniversary]

In 1951, the memorial Wing was added on to Cathedral Boys’. In 1955, the girls moved into their new building on Main Street two blocks east of the boys’ school. It was not until 1992 that the two separate high schools were amalgamated into one Cathedral High School. [75th Anniversary]

In 1995, the new state of the art facility on Wentworth Street was open, merging both the boys and girls into one school, instead of sharing the old two sites together. The Wentworth Street site is still in use to this day. [75th Anniversary]

School Song

Waking to the morningSmelling the Dew fresh dawnWe listen to the quietTo your Whispering Call

And in the hour of the day when weWill sit in wondermentYour eyes dear Lord will Light the PathYour hands will lead the way

We Will Walk with Courtesysincerley do we careWith Honour we'll defend your wordDear Lord please hear our prayer

It is her in old CathedralThat we will share your smilesAnd in the halls we have learned to loveThough we're here just for a whileAnd in these halls we have learned to loveThough we're here just for a while

Blue and White

Oh, See the blue and Whiteway down the fieldThey're fighters all with heartsthat never yieldAcross that line they'll...crash to victoryFor they must do or dieFor old Cathedral High

Get in there...fight,you stalwart boys in blueFor you must not disgracethis good old school

Get in there...fight,you boys of Cathedral High.Get in there...Fight, fight, fight

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