It’s one of the Catholic high schools in the DCDSB to offer the French Immersion program which draws students around the Durham Region.

He was a priest at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church located in Giffard Street in Whitby.

SHSM programs that are offered in the school: At Austin, the Extended French program is offered from grades 9 to 12 which provide students with the means to develop more advanced French skills, enabling them to communicate effectively in speech and in writing.

In this program, there are courses that provide opportunities for students to speak and interact in French in a variety of real-life and personally relevant contexts.

Only students that have received a minimum of 1,260 hours of extended French instruction by the end of their grade 8 year may be enrolled in this program.

Father Leo J. Austin Catholic Secondary School offers a fairly wide range of athletic teams including soccer, basketball, ice hockey, badminton, curling, volleyball, lacrosse, rugby, track and field, cross country, varsity girls fastball, varsity boys baseball, golf, tennis, dance, and table tennis.