Holy Cross Secondary School (St. Catharines)

Infobox Education in Canada
name= Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School


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streetaddress= 460 Linwell Road.
city= St. Catharines
province= Ontario
postalcode= L2M 2P9
areacode= 905
phone= (905)-937-6446.
fax= (905-937-0630)
email=
homepage= [http://www.holycrossraiders.com Official site]
school number=
schoolboard= Niagara Catholic District School Board
affiliation= Roman Catholic
superintendent= Lee Ann Forsyth-Sells
trustee= Maurice Charbonneau
principal= Joseph Zaroda
administrator=
motto= Spes Unica
schooltype= Secondary School
grades= 9-12
language= English, French Immersion
area=
mascot= Angus
teamname= Raiders
colours= Green, Silver, White
founded= 1985
enrollment= 893

Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School is a Catholic Secondary School in St. Catharines, Ontario. The school is administered by the Niagara Catholic District School Board.

History

Holy Cross was founded in 1985. Originally known as P.K. Kerwin (named after an area lawyer who had donated the property the school was constructed on), it was built at 541 Lake Street, as a senior elementary school, serving only grades seven and eight. Grades nine and ten were later added, but in 1984, grade 11 classes were offered under the name of Dennis Morris, Kerwin Campus. In September of 1985, re-christened as Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School, the facility now offered grade twelve classes as well, while grades seven and eight had been eliminated. In 1993, due to overcrowding, Holy Cross relocated to the former Grantham High School building, which was shut down by the District School Board of Niagara that same year. The former Holy Cross building would become St. Francis Catholic Secondary School.

ports

Lacrosse

Holy Cross has a very successful lacrosse team, a team which has become one of the most dominant high school lacrosse teams in Canada. They have had just two losses in Southern Ontario play since 1996. Current NLL player Mike Accursi teaches at the school and coaches the team along with physical education teacher Dave Walker.

Championships:
* Ten Niagara Region/Southern Ontario AAA/AAAA championships: 1997-2001, 2003, 2005-2008.
* Three OFSAA championships:
*Gold - 1999, 2001, 2005.
*Silver - 2000, 2003, 2006.
*Bronze - 1998, 2007, 2008.
*Fourth - 1997.

NLL players:
* Sean Greenhalgh, Buffalo Bandits. Class of 2000.
* Matt Vinc, New York Titans. Class of 2000.
* Billy Dee Smith, Buffalo Bandits. Class of 2000 (Graduate of Governor Simcoe Secondary School, came to Holy Cross in Grade 12b.)
* Kyle Neufeld, Calgary Roughnecks. Class of 2000.
* Craig Conn, Toronto Rock. Class of 2001.
* Brad Favero, Minnesota Swarm. Class of 2002.
* Andrew Potter, Rochester Knighthawks. Class of 2006.
* Joel McCready, Rochester Knighthawks. Class of 2006.

Many recent graduates of Holy Cross are currently playing college lacrosse in the United States, players include such as:
* Michael Howe, Cornell University lacrosse. Class of 2005.
* Corey Small, University of Albany lacrosse. Class of 2005.

Rowing

Holy Cross has also had a successful rowing program.

Notable rowers:
* Buffy-Lynne Williams (Class of 1995)
* Matthew Swick (Class of 1996)

They both represented Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Williams won the bronze medal in the Women's 8.

wimming

Holy Cross has a few swimmers that have performed very well.

Swimmer Nick Majtenyi (Class of 2008) has placed at OFSAA two years. He won two bronze medals, one in the 200 meter freestyle, and one in the 100 meter freestyle.Nick will be going to the University of Connecticut in the fall of 2008 to compete on the swim team.

External links

* [http://www.holycrossraiders.com Official site]