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The current school building opened in 1963 as part of St. Augustine’s Seminary.Unlike traditional Catholic schools founded by religious orders, Cardinal Newman High School opened in the fall of 1973 entirely staffed by lay Catholic teachers. Many of our teachers have since gone on to found, to teach and to administer similar schools in the system. Newman was one of two high schools in the system to pilot an integration program for students with special needs.
With the Beatification of John Henry Cardinal Newman on Sept. 19th, 2010 — the TCDSB officially recognized Blessed Cardinal Newman as the new name for our school at a Board Meeting in February 2011. In 2013 an inspection revealed that 70 per cent of the building required replacement. Areas of particular concern were the roof, boiler and windows. In November 2015, it was announced that $30 million would be pledged to rebuild Cardinal Newman. It will be built on the neighboring property of the Scarboro Foreign Mission Society, which will be demolished in Spring 2019, and is projected to be completed in September 2021.
