Two Grade 11 students from Neil McNeil High School managed to wrestle their way to the win at the Cadet/Juvenile Canadian Championships in Windsor, Ontario on April 7. Adam Scott and Kyle Jordan competed at the championships two weekends ago and both took home wins in their categories. Scott competed in the 69 kg category while […]
On November 5 cross country athletes from Neil McNeil attended OFSAA in high spirits, hoping to head home from Trinity College with more wins under their belts. The athletes were confident after walking away with multiple championship titles during the TDCAA cross country championships at the end of October. There, Grade 9 student Liam McKelvey […]
Donning their red and white jerseys, not one but three teams of Neil McNeil students stood proudly in front of the field after winning the Toronto Catholic District School Board championships this October. Under the guidance of their current coach, Scott Switzer, as well as grade 12 student coaches, Liam Carr and Marcus Nicoletti, the […]
Eighteen-year-old Javier Acevedo now knows that dreams can come true. A competitive swimmer for nearly a decade, earlier this month he became the first man to earn an Olympic nomination at the Team Canada trials and will be heading to Rio this summer for the 2016 Olympic Games. “I’ve been dreaming of this my whole […]
For a school that just made the big leagues in high school baseball, Neil McNeil is a surprise hit. After stepping up to Tier 1 this season – the only East End Catholic school to do so – the varsity boys team edged past rivals Michael Power to land a spot in the Ontario championships. […]
It was standing room only on April 17 in the school’s gym for the annual Dance Off competition. Eleven dance crews from across the TCDSB competed in an energy-filled event. Both Notre Dame and Neil McNeil’s crews put on an impressive effort, but after all the judging was complete, the title went to St. Mary’s Secondary […]
Police have arrested a Neil McNeil High School staff member on sexual exploitation charges, and believe there may be more victims. The accused worked at the East End boys-only Catholic school as an educational assistant. Police from 41 Division allege he lured and sexually exploited a student on numerous occasions. On Friday, March 13, Patrick […]
Whichever way the wind blows, a new wind turbine is spinning fresh ideas at Neil McNeil High School. Painted with a red-winged ‘N,’ the small turbine charges a mobile battery unit inside the school’s technology class. Students can track the turbine’s output, use the battery for back-up power, even charge their phones. “I was hoping […]
Students in Neil McNeil’s Grade 12 architecture class recently got an inside tip from the people designing a new YMCA on Kingston Road. Think flexible. Across the city in the century-old West End Y is a former bowling alley that turned into a weight room, said Virginia Dimoglou, assistant manager of the Kingston Road Y. […]
When in Rome, do not get caught between nuns and the Pope. When you teach, listen. Father Pat Fitzpatrick learned many lessons as a Spiritan priest and long-time teacher at Neil McNeil High School. But one stands above all. One day after class, a Grade 12 student hung back to tell Fitzpatrick he was leaving Neil […]
