Windsor Park Collegiate

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Windsor Park Collegiate
Address
1015 Cottonwood Rd. Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2J 1G3, Canada
Information
School board	Louis Riel School Division
Superintendent	Terry D. Borys
Principal	Irene Nordheim
Vice principal	Ralph Wagner
Administrator	Gigi Sylvestre
Staff	35 Teachers, 30 Support Staff
School type	Public Secondary school
Grades	Grades 9 - 12
Language	English/Français Partiel
Area	Windsor Park
Motto	Classical: Wisdom Patience Courage Traditional: Where Pride Counts
Mascot	The Duke of Windsor
Team name	Royals
Colours	Orange, Black, Gold and Brown
Founded	1960
Enrollment	535 (2006)
Homepage	http://fc.rielsd.org/wpc

Windsor Park Collegiate or WPC is a public secondary school in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and is a school within the Louis Riel School Division.

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Contents 1 History 2 Construction Information 3 Spirit Week 4 Special Needs Program 4.1 Crackers the Bistro 5 Notable Alumni 6 External links

[edit] History

"In the year of nineteen hundred and sixty, in the community of Windsor Park, there opened a school that became a legend. Only one other school in North America had this unique hexagonal architecture. The first principal of the school, Windsor Park Collegiate, was Mr. D. M. Slater, and the faculty population was 27. The first school President was R. D. McClelland. The school had a population of 619, ranging from Grade 7 to Grade 12. 93 of the students were graduating that year." Taken from the 1978 Yearbook

Currently, Windsor Park Collegiate is a Grade 9 to Grade 12 school serving 535 students. Its 35 teachers and 30 support staff strive to maintain an environment that promotes student learning. The school offers an English Language Program as well as Français Partiel.

[edit] Construction Information

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 former cafeteria (also underground), and a door near the main gymnasium changing rooms. The old cafeteria space is now used as a weight room as part of the physical education program.

[edit] Spirit Week

Windsor Park Collegiate used to have amazing spirit weeks right after the school first opened in 1960, but they have died off because of lack of interest. WPC just finished its most recent Spirit Week before the start of Spring Break, in the hopes of getting the school more involved in school activities. The grade twelves won in the end, but it was a close race through and through. The grade elevens actually won the Gym Riot, but the Senior 4's beat them in total with a lead of just 500 points! Good show!

[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
• WPC School Website