Brother André Catholic High School

Infobox Education in Canada
name= Brother André Catholic High School


imagesize= 150px
motto= In Lumine Tuo
motto_translation= In Your Light
streetaddress= 6160 16th Ave. E.
city= Markham
province= Ontario
postalcode= L3P 3K8
areacode= 905
phone= 294 7671
fax= 905-294-7132
email=
url= http://bran.ycdsb.ca/
schoolnumber=
schoolboard= York Catholic District School Board
affiliation= Roman Catholic
superintendent= Mary Cosentino
trustee= Elizabeth Crowe, Carol Cotton, Marlene Mogado
principal= Carol Williams
viceprincipal=F. Fraser, E. Pivato, R. Antunes
administrator= C. Williams
schooltype= High school
grades= 9 to 12
language= English
area= Eastern Markham and Whitchurch-Stouffville
mascot= Cardinal
teamname= Cardinals
colours= Red, Yellow,
founded= 1984
enrollment= Over 1200
enrollment_as_of=

Brother André Catholic High School is a secondary school in Markham, Ontario, Canada.. Grades 9 to 12 are taught, with religious studies included in the curriculum. It is named after Blessed André Bessette (also known as Brother Andrew), a 20th century Catholic Brother in Montreal responsible for the construction of the Saint Joseph's Oratory. Brother Andre is located in east-central Markham, and its feeder schools include:
*All Saints Catholic Elementary School (CES)
*Kateri Tekakwitha CES
*St. Edward CES
*St. Joseph CES (Markham)
*St. Julia Billiart CES
*St. Patrick CES (Markham)
*St. Mark CES (Stouffville)
*St. Brigid CES (Stouffville)

Features of the School

The school is renowned for its AP (Advanced Placement) and PACE program. The school is also unique to a cafetorium, a restaurant hosted by hospitality students named Chéz Andre, and a school band led by the music teacher.

BA has many different sports clubs and has many wonderful facilities for many different sports to be played on.

Students at Brother André CHS wear uniforms. Colours of shirts are white and blue (polo-styled), and pants are charcoal grey for both genders. Pupils have a choice of wearing a navy blue polo shirt or a white polo shirt. BA has a very strict uniform policy and now there is a suspension implemented.

chool Layout

There are three major buildings in the school: the main building, the relocatable building, and 2 portables (A and B). The main building and the relocatable building are permanent, separated by teacher and student parking lots, and the portables are located in the left center area of the parking lot.