Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School
| Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School | |
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A view of the school across the pond in nearby L'Amoreaux Park | |
| Address | |
3200 Kennedy Road , , Canada | |
| Coordinates | 43°48′46″N 79°18′18″W / 43.8127°N 79.3050°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Catholic High school |
| Motto | Because We Believe |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic (Loretto Sisters) |
| Founded | January 23, 1985 on Canongate Trail |
| School board | Toronto Catholic District School Board Metropolitan Separate School Board |
| Superintendent | Kevin Malcolm Area 7 |
| Area trustee | Mike Del Grande Ward 7 |
| School number | 544 / 730882 |
| Principal | Michael Wetzel |
| Grades | 9–12 (Non-semestered) |
| Enrolment | 1066 (2017–18) |
| Language | English |
| Area | Northwest Scarborough |
| Colour(s) | Red and Blue |
| Team name | Ward Wolverines |
| Newspaper | Mary Ward Planet |
| Website | www |
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Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School (abbreviated Mary Ward C.S.S., MWCSS, MW, Mary Ward, or simply Ward) is a Catholic secondary school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is administered by the Toronto Catholic District School Board, formerly the Metropolitan Separate School Board. Mary Ward is a centre of self-directed learning and a member of the Canadian Coalition of Self-Directed Learning. It is one of only two self-directed learning schools currently in Ontario and seven in Canada.
The school was founded in 1985 as a conventional high school between two campuses in northeast Toronto until it moved into a new building at Kennedy Rd. and McNicoll Ave., designed specifically for its self-directed learning program (formerly called Direction 2000) in January 1992. The school is named after Mary Ward, a seventeenth-century English Catholic nun who founded the Sisters of Loreto.