[2] The school participates in sporting events under the name of the "Jugglers", with the team colours of blue, white and silver.

In the 1950s, under the invitation of Archbishop William Mark Duke, the Sisters of Charity of Halifax accepted the challenge to help finance a high school for the education of Catholic children in East Vancouver and Burnaby, and in 1953 Notre Dame Regional Secondary opened its doors for the first time.

The structure has state of the art geothermal heating, photocell activated lighting and washrooms systems, Wi-Fi wireless connections, and SMART Board interactive whiteboards.

Originally known as the Notre Dame Balsa Bridge Building Contest, it was renamed in honor of its founding teacher following his retirement.

The school courses are developed by the following departments: Business, Christian Education, English, Humanities, Information Technologies (IT), Languages, Mathematics, Performing Arts, Physical Education, Science (Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Earth Sciences), Social Studies (World History, Geography, etc.

The theatre has traditionally put on productions that have been a source of entertainment for the community and raised revenue for the Performing Arts at ND.

A permit was granted in February 2007 by Vancouver City Council for the right to build a new school facility on the old football practice field.