Waterloo Collegiate Institute

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Waterloo Collegiate Institute
Address
300 Hazel Street [[1]] Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Information
School board	Waterloo Region District School Board
Principal	Nelson Cuthbert
School type	Public
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1350 (2006)
Homepage	http://wci.wrdsb.on.ca/

Waterloo Collegiate Institute (also known as WCI) is a public high school in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

1 General information
2 Facilities/layout
3 Clubs
4 Special programs
5 See also
6 External link

[edit] General information

Waterloo Collegiate Institute is an academically driven high school in Waterloo. It opened in 1960. Although the school is known for its strong athletic and musical clubs and teams, it excels most in academics. In 2006, the school placed first in the country in the Canadian National Math League for grades 9, 11, and 12.

[edit] Facilities/layout

The school consists of two campuses separated by Hickory Street. Having been built with an intended enrolment of approximately 1200 students and having served numbers in excess of 2100, Northdale Public School was annexed in 1999 to provide further facilities. Both the main school building and the Northdale campus have between 5 and 10 portables, some being used for storage.

[edit] Clubs

Leadership: Homeroom Representatives (Student Council, Athletic and Charity Reps), Student Council Executive (ABCD), Viking Crew, Junior Leadership

Performing Arts: Coffee Houses, Concept, Woodstock, Air Bands, Multicultural Show, Arts Festival, special assemblies

Publications: Norse Star (newspaper), Saga (yearbook), Literary Magazine, Writers' Guild, Sketchy Press (Underground)

Music: Junior Bands and Orchestras, Senior Bands and Orchestras, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Spirit Band, Jazz Choir, Concert Choir, Music nights

Clubs: Debating Team, Math Leagues & Contests, Inter-school Christian Fellowship, Spirit Club, Federal-Provincial Conference Simulation, Ballin, Reach for the Top, Unity in Diversity, DECA, Japanese Animation Club, The Latin Club, Skills Canada, Dragon Boating, Robotics Club, Computer Science Club

Special Events: Dances, Assemblies, Grade 9 Party, Grad Auction, Dress-up days, Sports Nights, Movie Nights, Spirit of Waterloo, Wifey-a-thon, Spirit Wear, Valentine's Formal, Charity and Food Drives, Annual Drive-by, Charity Golf Tournament, Dance-a-thon

Athletics: Basketball, Volleyball, Swimming, Track & Field, Cross-Country Running, Field Hockey, Nordic and Alpine Skiing, Football, Curling, Tennis, Soccer, Hockey, Golf, Badminton, Rugby

[edit] Special programs

[edit] Geotech Magnet

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[edit] Pre-Advanced Placement Programs

The Pre-AP Program at Waterloo Collegiate is a set of academic skills, strategies, and content used to build rigorous curricula, prepare students for success in senior Advanced Placement courses, increase academic challenges, promote independent learning, and expose students to assessment techniques useful for success at university. Pre-A.P. is not a prescribed curriculum but rather an enriched experience to enhance current curriculum standards.

[edit] Advanced Placement Programs

The Advanced Placement (AP) program consists of a number of enrichment courses and related examinations. These courses are comparable to university courses and therefore are rigorous and challenging . The AP programmer is an internationally recognized standard of academic excellence. Successful students may be granted advanced placement or credit at universities. This is a new initiative for 2004-05 at WCI only. This is not a magnet programmer like strings or extended French at WCI. Students from other school catchments areas wishing to enroll at Waterloo Collegiate to take Advanced Placement Courses must get a principal to principal transfer from their home school in order to attend Waterloo Collegiate. School board officials may or may not grant transfers to students who wish to move schools to attend non-magnet programs.

[edit] Strings Magnet Program

The Waterloo Collegiate String Program is focused around the development of a broad range of musical skills, with performance being the main vehicle for learning. A high standard of performance is achieved in the classroom through the careful sequencing and integration of music theory, music history, ear training and listening skills, creative composing and arranging, in addition to authentic and exciting interpretations of original repertoire.

One of the aspects of the Waterloo Collegiate String Program is its extra-curricular String Orchestra program. Waterloo Collegiate has a long history of excellence in both its Junior and Senior String Orchestras, consistently receiving top awards at both international and regional competitions. The Waterloo Collegiate String Orchestras have performed at the Kitchener-Waterloo Arts Awards, Ontario Newspaper Awards (held last year in Waterloo), Kitchener-Waterloo Kiwanis Music Festival, in addition to ongoing performances at Waterloo Collegiate’s feeder schools and surrounding homes for the elderly.