Our School

Opened in 2003, Bishop Macdonell WCDSB, is a beautiful and welcoming Secondary School, located in Southern Guelph, and serving approximately 750 students from the city of Guelph and surrounding area.

Our amazing school features:

  • a peaceful chapel for gathering and prayer

  • a two-story bright open concept large main foyer with student seating

  • a cafeteria with many lunch options

  • athletic features, include:

    • NEW!: artificial field and track

    • varsity gymnasium 

    • 2nd floor mezzanine spectator area and ping-pong play zone

    • workout room

    • various sports fields and facilities shared with the City of Guelph

  • large, windowed cafetorium with hot food cafeteria services

  • Library Learning Commons

  • media design room

  • professional drama theater with retractable seating

  • construction room

  • learning kitchen

  • dedicated computer labs

  • BM News green room

Our specialized Interior Design class works each year toward improving our spaces with comfortable, creative and unique designs that inspire our school community

Bishop Macdonell is adjacent to local businesses and the expansive Preservation Park and South End Community Park. Our school boasts a wonderful community, beautiful facility AND an amazing view!

Welcome to Bishop Macdonell, where OUR BLOOD RUNS CELTIC BLUE.

 Mission Statement

We are an inclusive learning community dedicated to providing intercultural educational experiences that enhance the development of each student's God-given strengths.

 

 

School Slogan: "BUILDING EXCELLENCE"

School Colours: Navy and Sky Blue

School Team Name: We proudly wear the name CELTICS

 

School Motto

WISDOM, HONOUR and COURAGE

We focus on WISDOM to understand and make use of personal gifts.

We focus on HONOUR to respect our origins rooted in faith and to continue to express and integrate these values in our schools.

We focus on COURAGE to risk and reach beyond our potential.

Territorial Land Acknowledgement

From the Anishinaabe to the Haudenasaunee and the Métis, these treaty lands are steeped in rich indigenous history and modern traditions. As a community, we have the responsibility to honour and respect the four directions, land, waters, plants, animals and ancestors.

Today, this area is home to many Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island. We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the ancestral and treaty lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation of the Aanishinaabek Peoples and we would like to express our gratitude for sharing these lands for our mutual benefit.

Bishop Macdonell Secondary School covers the ancestral and traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Six Nations of the Grand River, and Saugeen Ojibway Nation Territories.