Bishop Reding Catholic Secondary School

{{Infobox school

| name = Bishop P.F. Reding Catholic Secondary School

| seal_image =

| image = Bishop PF Reding Milton 3.jpg

| caption =

| motto = Together in His Name

| city = Milton

| province = Ontario

| postcode = L9T 6H7

| country = Canada

| coordinates = {{coord|43|31|50|N|79|51|45|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}

| former_name = Bishop Paul F. Reding Roman Catholic Secondary School

| schooltype = Roman Catholic Secondary School

| fundingtype = Public

| religious_affiliation = Catholic

| established =

| founded = 1986

| superintendent = Lorrie Naar

| principal = Rocco Di Ianni

| grades = 9 - 12

| student_union = Bishop Reding Student Council

| colours = {{Color box|red|border=darkgray}} Red and {{Color box|black|border=darkgray}} black

| mascot = Roary the Lion

| team_name = Reding Royals

| rival =

| schoolboard = Halton Catholic District School Board

| address = 1120 Main Street East

| number = 689726{{cite web|url= https://www.app.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/sift/schoolProfileSec.asp?SCH_NUMBER=689726|title= Bishop Reding Catholic Secondary School|work= Secondary School Profile|publisher= Ontario Ministry of Education|date= 2017-08-30|access-date= 2017-09-21}}

| chaplain = Marie O'Connell

| grades_label = Grades

| language = English

| homepage = {{URL|http://werbr.ca/}}

}}

Bishop Paul Francis Reding Secondary School is a coeducational Catholic Secondary School in Milton, Ontario, Canada. The school offers grades nine through twelve and is run by the Halton Catholic District School Board.

==History==

Bishop Reding was founded in 1986. Its namesake is Bishop Paul Francis Reding, Bishop of the Hamilton Diocese for ten years and an ardent defender of Catholic education. The school was the first Catholic high school for Northern Halton. In 1994, the school participated in a 25-year HCDSB time capsule project, opened in 2019. In 2002, many of Bishop Reding's students were transferred to the new school in Halton Hills, Christ the King Catholic Secondary School, a change commemorated with a plaque in the BR Trophy Case.

Similarly, in 2013, many BR students were redistricted due to a population swell in Milton, to Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School. Milton MPP and Wynne Government Education Minister, Indira Naidoo-Harris, announced an $18 million extension to BR that would cut the number of portable classrooms down from 43 to 27, by the 2020–2021 school year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/8082733-bishop-reding-receives-18m-for-addition/|title=Bishop Reding receives $18M for addition|last=Slack|first=Julie|date=2018-01-19|website=InsideHalton.com|language=en-CA|access-date=2020-01-20}}{{Cite web |date=2019-01-25 |title=Bishop Reding students ‘squished together’ as Milton high school struggles with 43 portables |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/01/25/bishop-reding-students-squished-together-as-milton-high-school-struggles-with-43-portables.html |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=thestar.com |language=en}} After it was temporarily cancelled by the Ford Government, Milton MPP Parm Gill announced that funding would be reallocated for the Bishop Reding expansion.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/9174584-province-grants-approval-to-start-bishop-reding-school-addition-in-milton/|title=Province grants approval to start Bishop Reding school addition in Milton|last=Peesker|first=Saira|date=2019-02-13|website=InsideHalton.com|language=en-CA|access-date=2020-01-20}}

Bishop Reding has been noted for their student involvement, holding walkouts protesting both the controversial HCDSB Sanctity of Life motion, organized by student leaders Karyssa Chan, Margaret Manangan, and Ashwini Selvakumaran,{{Cite web|url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/students-hold-walkout-to-protest-catholic-school-board-fundraising-policy-1.3895161|title=Students hold walkout to protest Catholic school board fundraising policy|last=DeClerq|first=Katherine|date=2018-04-20|website=Toronto|language=en|access-date=2020-01-20}} and the Ford Government's cuts to education and OSAP.{{Cite web|url=https://www.inhalton.com/students-planning-walkouts-to-protest-provincial-government-education-changes-in-halton|title=Students Planning Walkouts to Protest Provincial Government Education Changes in Halton|website=www.inhalton.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-20}}