| Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School | |
| Spes Unica | |
| Address | |
| 460 Linwell Road. St. Catharines, Ontario, L2M 2P9, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School board | Niagara Catholic District School Board |
| Area trustee | Maurice Charbonneau |
| Principal | Joseph Zaroda |
| School type | Secondary School |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Language | English |
| Mascot | Angus |
| Team name | Raiders |
| Colours | Green, Silver and White |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Enrolment | 900 (estimated) |
| Homepage | Official site |
Holy Cross is a Catholic Secondary School in St. Catharines, Ontario. The school is administered by the Niagara Catholic District School Board.
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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 Denis Morris Catholic High School, Kerwin Campus. In September 1985, re-christened as Holy Cross 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 due to declining enrollment. The former Holy Cross building would become St. Francis Catholic Secondary School.
Holy Cross has a very successful lacrosse program, a team which has become one of the most dominant high school lacrosse teams in Canada. They have had just two losses in Niagara region play since 1996. Current NLL player Mike Accursi coaches the team along with physical education teacher Dave Walker. The team was been ranked #1 in Canada for three years straight on Laxpower (2007-2009), and were ranked #124 in North America as of June 6, 2009.
Championships:
Many Holy Cross lacrosse players have or are currently playing junior, college, or professional lacrosse.
Current NLL/MLL/college players include:
Holy Cross has also had a successful rowing program.
Notable rowers:
Both rowers represented Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Williams won the bronze medal in the Women's 8.
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.
The Holy Cross hockey team has had various success in Southern Ontario play in recent years. They won the SOSSA championship three years in a row (2000-2002), and again in 2008 (now in the A-AA division.)
Notable Hockey Players:
Although not a high school sport, former student André-Paul Bailargeon-Smith (Class of 2002), competes at the international level and has medaled at the Canadian National Triathlon Championships at least 5 times thus far. He transferred from Denis Morris Catholic High School in grade 11 as a result of disciplinary problems. He competed both on the cross-country and the swim team while at Holy Cross. He still holds the high school record for the Senior boys 3,000m track event with a time of 8:17.62. He attended the University of Guelph where he was a 4 time OUA Conference All-star and a 4 time All-Canadian in cross-country running.