Kennedy Collegiate Institute

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Hon W.C. Kennedy Collegiate Institute
Address
245 Tecumseh Road East Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Information
School board	Greater Essex County District School Board
Principal	Mr. J. Elcombe
Vice principal	Mrs. E. DiGesu
School type	High School
Grades	9 through 12 (OAC)
Language	English
Motto	"Altiora Peto" ("We seek higher things")
Team name	Clippers
Colours	Blue and Gold
Founded	1929
Enrollment	868 (2005-2006 year)
Homepage	Website

Honourable W.C. Kennedy Collegiate Institute is a secondary school (grades 9 through 12) located in central Windsor, Ontario. It is part of the Greater Essex County District School Board (GECDSB). Currently, Jon Elcombe is the principal of Kennedy.

The school is located in the heart of Windsor, Ontario along Tecumseh Road, one of city's main throughfares. It is affectiontately called 'The Castle' due to its prominent location and distinctive turreted architecture.

[edit] Sports

Kennedy Collegiate is renowned throughout the province of Ontario for its successful swim program. The Kennedy swim team has experienced twenty three consecutive W.E.C.S.S.A.A championships from 1978 to 2001 and nine provincial O.F.S.A.A championships from 1992 to 2001. The Kennedy swim team holds the record for the greatest number of O.F.S.A.A team championships won of all high schools in history. The Kennedy swim program has also developed national record holders such as Mike McWha, a representative of Team Canada at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The Kennedy swim team's success is mainly credited to the head coach of thirty-seven years, Mr. Dave Pells and former Kennedy swimmer assistant coach Mr. Michel Eastman.

Kennedy has a very successful Cross Country team. In 2006 the team tied for the WECSSAA AAA/A team championship despite the fact that Kennedy is considered an AA/A school. Kennedy’s senior girls A-team won the gold medal for both WECSSAA and SWOSSAA. All of this was possible thanks to the coaches Mr. Hindei and Mr. Cavenaugh.

Kennedy also has a very successful Senior Boys Soccer team. In 2005 the team won the University of Windsor Tournament by beating L'Essor in the final by the score of 5-0. In adition, they won the WECSSAA AAAA/AAA championship by defeating Brennan in the final with a score of 7-1, despite the fact that Kennedy is considered an AA/A school. They succeeded to also beat St. Patrick's of Sarnia in the SWOSSAA AAA final with a score of 4-3, which made them make a trip to London for the AAA OFSAA championships where they competed fairly. The following year (2006), they won the Essex Raiders Indoor tournament and made it to the WECSSSA final later on where they placed second. All of this was possible thanks to the coaches Mr. J.J. Dowhan, Milan, and Gordon. Mr. Brown was the sponsor for the team. http://wecssaa.tripod.com/

[edit] Student Council

Kennedy’s student council is known as the “Forum” because it is the Latin word for meeting place. Kennedy’s student council organizes events around the school, fundraiser for charities, and is particularly well known for the awesome school spirit shown during blue and gold spirit days. The following is the list of students serving on the 2006- 2007 student forum:

Executive Cabinet-> President- Jonna Reaume, Vice-President- Kimberley Orr, Treasurer- Anastasia Giles, Secretary- Georgiana Madar, Public Relations- Diana Trussler <---------HOTT!

Convenors-> Activities- Amanda Moffat, Assemblies- Joey Acott, Awards- Saifa Salman, Dance- Britney Hewitt, Environment- Nate DeBono, Prom- Tashina MacGuigan, Kennedy Korner- Cameron Elsdon, Fashion Show- Joy Nassar, Special Events- Walter Petrichyn, Spirit- Nathan Lesperance

Notable alumni of Kennedy include:

• Herb Gray, at one time Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
• Sandra Pupatello, Minister of Economic Development and Trade and Minister responsible for Women's Issues for the province of Ontario.