About Us

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School which serves 260+ students (JK-Grade 8) is located in Bancroft. We serve a large geographical area stretching from Harcourt, Highland Grove and Cardiff to the west (Haliburton County) to Maynooth and Lake St. Peter to the north, to Boulter, McArthur's Mills to the east and Gilmour to the south. The majority of our students are bused with many having a bus ride of over an hour.

We are located within the Diocese of Pembroke but the church in Ormbsy is part of the Kingston Diocese and the churches in Cardiff and Highland Grove are served by the Diocese of Peterborough. Monthly School Masses are usually celebrated on Fridays and each classroom teacher (Grade 2 to 8) organizes at least one Mass per school year with students taking on the roles of lectors, altar servers and gift bearers.

Many of our staff members were educated in this school or in other ALCDSB schools. We are familiar with the experiences of largely rural living and the benefits / challenges that come with living in this area of ALCDSB.   

We are fortunate to have a dedicated group of volunteers who assist with supporting students' reading, coaching some of our extracurricular sports, and as chefs for our Breakfast Program. Our School Council is very active and works diligently to provide funding support as well as volunteers for our Breakfast Program and other special hot meals (e.g., Spaghetti lunches and Shrove Tuesday breakfast) as well as busing for year-end school trips.