The Wellington Catholic District School Board is a school board in

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, serving the students of the City of

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and Wellington County. There are 4

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s serving roughly 8000 students.

History

The Wellington Catholic District School Board is the successor to the Wellington Catholic Separate School Board (), which was established in the mid-1960s when it operated English and French schools. In 1998, after the ''Fewer School Boards Act'' of 1997 was passed, the boards became as follows: *The English-language Separate District School Board No. 48 *The French-language Separate District School Board No. 64, which evolved into

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English-language Separate District School Board No. 48 became known as the Wellington Catholic District School Board in 1999.

Program

Wellington Catholic provides education from junior kindergarten to grade 12. The board also provides early literacy programs to support children in grades 1 through 3. Full day kindergarten is available at all elementary Catholic schools.

Schools

County elementary schools *Sacred Heart, Rockwood *St. John Catholic School, Arthur *St. John Brebeuf Catholic School, Erin *St. Joseph Catholic School, Fergus *St. Mary Catholic School, Elora *St. Mary Catholic School, Mount Forest Guelph's elementary schools *Holy Rosary Catholic School *Holy Trinity Catholic School *Mary Phelan Catholic School *Sacred Heart Catholic School *St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School *St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic School *St. John Catholic School *St. Joseph Catholic School *St. Michael Catholic School *St. Patrick Catholic School *St. Paul Catholic School *St. Peter Catholic School Secondary schools - City of Guelph * Bishop Macdonell Catholic High School * Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic High School * Saint James Catholic High School *St. John Bosco Former schools *Sacred Heart Catholic School, Kenilworth *St. Bernadette Catholic School, Guelph *St. Stanislaus Catholic School, Guelph (now St. John Bosco) *École élémentaire catholique Saint-René-Goupil, Guelph *Former Bishop Macdonell Catholic High School, Downtown Guelph

References

External links

*{{official, https://www.wellingtoncdsb.ca/ Education in Guelph Roman Catholic school districts in Ontario

History

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