Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute

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Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute
Palma Per Ardua "Success through hard work"
Address
289 College Avenue West Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Website
http://website.ugdsb.on.ca/ccvi
Information
School board	Upper Grand District School Board
Principal	Maggie Roe
Vice principal	Stephen Magee, Carloyn Chesney
School type	Public
Grades	9-12+
Language	English
Team name	Spartan
Colours	Purple and Gold
Founded	1967
Enrollment	1600 (October 2006)

Centennial C.V.I. is a secondary high school located in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1967, it currently has one of the highest academic averages in the city and highest averages in the literacy and EQAO testings.

1 History
2 Green Team
3 Fun Facts
- 3.1 External link

[edit] History

The school is located in the south side of the city of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Centennial was opened in 1967, 100 years after Canadian Confederation, as indicated by its name and is operated by the Upper Grand District School Board.

[edit] Green Team

Recently, Centennial's wiki page has become monitored recently due to the conflicting messages depicting the actuality of "Green Team". According to the school itself, the team became assembled to serve as influence towards the environmentally unfocused students, who provided nothing but additional problems for the litter situation. Fortunately, since its creation, "Green Team" has been successful in deterring students from littering, and has garnered Centennial much praise from other Guelph schools.

[edit] Fun Facts

Centennial was used as the set in the made-for-TV movie, Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story (2001), a film depicting the life of victim Jonathan Wamback, an Ontario teen who is attacked by a gang outside his school.