Windsor Park Collegiate

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Windsor Park Collegiate
Address
1015 Cottonwood Rd. Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2J 1G3, Canada
Website
http://fc.rielsd.org/wpc
Information
School board	Louis Riel School Division
Superintendent	Terry D. Borys
Principal	Irene Nordheim
Vice principal	Ralph Wagner
Staff	35 Teachers, 30 Support Staff
School type	Public Secondary school
Grades	S1 - S4 (Grades 9 - 12)
Language	English
Motto	Where Pride Counts
Mascot	Tiger
Team name	Royals
Colours	Orange and Black
Enrollment	535 (2006)

Windsor Park Collegiate or WPC is a public secondary school in Winnipeg, Manitoba part of Louis Riel School Division.

Contents 1 History 2 Special Needs Program 2.1 Crackers the Bistro 3 Notable Alumni 4 External links

[edit] History

Windsor Park Collegiate was built in the cold war era, and thus has a large bomb shelter in the foundation of the school. This is accessible though a crawlspace near the (also underground) cafeteria, and a door near the main gymnasium changing rooms. Part of this area is now used as a weight room as part of the physical education program.

[edit] Special Needs Program

WPC has the largest Secondary School Special Needs program in the Louis Riel School Division. This works with integration into standard classes, as well as work experience and life skills training.

[edit] Crackers the Bistro

In 1999, the program opened up Crackers The Bistro, a full-service restaurant that was open to the public for lunch 5 days a week. At Crackers they train and "employed" exclusively the students who were in the Special Needs programs within the Louis Riel School Division. It's located in a residential strip mall very close to WPC. The program was a great suscess in reaching it's goals, but is still operated largely off donations and public funding. In 1999 this program won the Manitoba School Board Innovation Award [1]. As of July, 2006 the restaurant has been renamed Bistro in the Park[2].

[edit] Notable Alumni

• "Rowdy" Roddy Piper - WWE Superstar
• Jennifer Jones - Professional Curler, Team Manitoba

[edit] External links

• WPC Class of '71 and '72 Reunion Website