St. Andre Bessette Catholic Secondary School
Address
2727 Tokala Trail

London
,
Ontario
,
N6G 0L8

Canada
Information
School typeHigh School
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Founded2013
School boardLondon District Catholic School Board
PrincipalKevin Barnes
Grades9 to 12
Enrollment1200 (September 2021)
LanguageEnglish
AreaNorth London
Colour(s)    Red, Blue, White
MascotBuster the Bulldog
Team nameThe Bulldogs
Websitesab.ldcsb.ca
Last updated: August 12, 2019

St. Andre Bessette Catholic Secondary School is a Catholic secondary school in London, Ontario, Canada administered by the London District Catholic School Board (LDCSB). It is the most recent high school to be built in the LDCSB, the last one being Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School in 2000.

History

Panoramic photo of Saint Andre Bessette Catholic Secondary School.

Construction of St. Andre Bessette started in 2012. The school was built as a means to relieve schools that were over capacity, such as St. Thomas Aquinas and Mother Teresa, as well as to remove all portable classrooms from each high school. The construction of St. Andre Bessette resulted in the closure of 50 portable classrooms.[1] The school opened in September 2013 for students in grades 9 and 10, with a student body of about 300 students. The first graduating class graduated in June 2016.

Facilities

As the newest secondary school, it is equipped with new technology throughout the school. The school cost $27 million to build, and totals 135,000 square feet.[2] The school is completely wireless, and trying to be paperless. The main staircase is used as a hangout for the students, with plugs built in it. Some of the specialty classrooms include a health-care technology course, an exercise room, dance studio, music, arts, drama room, etc.[3]

St. Andre Bessette offers students over 30 different clubs and extracurricular activities to choose from, including hockey, an anime club, archery, a recycling club, and a photography club.[4] The academic agenda includes courses from The Arts, Business Studies, Canadian and World Studies, Cooperative Education, English, French, Social Studies and Humanities, Religion, Computer Studies, Health and Physical Education, Mathematics, Science, Technological Education, and several e-Learning classes.[5]

Feeder schools

All Students:

  • St. Thomas More Catholic School
  • St. Marguerite D'Youville Catholic School
  • St. Patrick Catholic School, Lucan

Some Students:

  • St. Catherine Of Siena Catholic School
  • Notre Dame Catholic School
  • St. Paul Catholic School
  • Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic School, Delaware[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived - St. André Bessette Catholic Secondary School". www.ontario.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  2. ↑ "New school is Saint Andre Bessette | London | News | London Free Press". Archived from the original on 2011-12-01.
  3. ↑ "A look at London's newest Catholic high school St. Andre Bessette". Lfpress.
  4. ↑ "Extracurricular Activities and Events – Athletics & Extracurricular – Saint André Bessette Catholic Secondary School". sab.ldcsb.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  5. ↑ "myBlueprint". app.myblueprint.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  6. ↑ "Saint André Bessette Catholic Secondary School - About Us". ldcsb.on.ca. Archived from the original on 2015-10-03.
Saint André Bessette (August 9, 1845-January 6, 1937) is the Patron of St. Andre Bessette Catholic Secondary School.

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