St. Jean de Brébeuf Catholic Secondary School

St. Jean de Brébeuf Catholic Secondary School is a Catholic secondary school for the city of Hamilton. It is a part of the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board and is located on the East Mountain of the city, serving the south-east of Hamilton as well as parts of Binbrook, Caledonia and Glanbrook.

St. Jean de Brébeuf Catholic Secondary School
Front entrance of the school.
St. Jean de Brébeuf Catholic Secondary School in 2014
Address
200 Acadia Drive

Hamilton
,
Ontario
,
L8W 3B8

Canada
Coordinates43.2021°N 79.8632°W / 43.2021; -79.8632
Information
School typePublic, separate secondary school
MottoLatin: Anima, Mens, Corpus
(Soul, Mind, Body)
Religious affiliation(s)Catholic
Patron saint(s)Jean de Brébeuf
Established1974[1]
School boardHamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board
SuperintendentDean DiFrancesco
Area trusteePatrick J. Daly
School number800430[2]
PrincipalPaul DiIanni
Chaplain
  • Sharon Boase
  • Tina Fitzgerald
Grades9–12
Enrolment1,480[2] (2020)
Colour(s)   Maroon and gold
SloganBe brave
Team nameBraves
YearbookEchon
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

The school's Latin motto is "anima, mens, corpus". St. Jean de Brébeuf Catholic Secondary School is often referred to as SJB or Brébeuf. It graduates approximately 350 students every year with over 75% of them going onto post-secondary education.

Athletics

Brébeuf participates in the Golden Horseshoe with other Catholic secondary schools. The school won HWCDSB City titles for Midget Boys Basketball and Senior Boys Volleyball in 2017-18 while the Senior Boys Soccer team won GHAC to represent at OFSAA.[3]

SJB raises the Senior Boys 2020 HWCDSB basketball championship trophy.

Brébeuf fields the following teams annually:

  • Junior Boys Football
  • Senior Boys Football
  • Junior Boys and Girls Soccer
  • Senior Boys and Girls Soccer
  • Midget, Junior, and Senior Boys and Girls basketball
  • Girls Rugby (Varsity)
  • Boys and Girls Hockey (Varsity)
  • Track and Field
  • Badminton
  • Junior and Senior Boys and Girls Volleyball
  • SJB's "Brave Ambition" music ensemble plays at the Brébeuf Arts Showcase in December 2019.
    Swimming (Varsity)
  • Wrestling (Varsity)
  • Coed Beach Volleyball (Varsity)

Student council

Brébeuf's student council donates their profits from events to local charities at the end of the year, as well as running charity events during the school year.[4]

Feeder schools
  • St. Margaret Mary
  • Our Lady of Lourdes
  • St. John Paul II
  • Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
  • Sacred Heart
  • St. Daniel
  • St. Kateri Tekakwitha
  • Blessed Sacrament
  • St. Marguerite d'Youville

Notable alumni
An aerial view from 1969 of building that now houses St. Jean de Brébeuf C.S.S.

See also

References
  1. "History". sjb.hwcdsb.ca. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  2. Ontario, Government of. "School Information Finder". www.app.edu.gov.on.ca. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  3. Moko, Larry (April 2, 2018). "St. Jean de Brebeuf Braves win first indoor soccer title". The Hamilton Spectator. ISSN 1189-9417. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  4. Bowes, Gord (October 1, 2016). "Rain doesn't stop Terry Fox fundraiser at St. Jean de Brebeuf". TheRecord.com. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  5. Peters, Ken (January 27, 2015). "Hamilton comes out to celebrate its athletes". The Hamilton Spectator. ISSN 1189-9417. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  6. "2016 Hamilton Breakfast of Champions". The Hamilton Spectator. December 5, 2016. ISSN 1189-9417. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  7. "Blake McGrath @ Reality TV World". Reality TV World. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  8. Edwards, Drew (January 24, 2016). "Roughriders's Moore knows all about football miracles". The Hamilton Spectator. ISSN 1189-9417. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
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