Westmount Collegiate Institute
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| Westmount Collegiate Institute | |
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| Suite 103 - 1000 New Westminster Drive Thornhill, Ontario, L4J 8G3, Canada |
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| School number | 952516 |
| School board | York Region District School Board |
| Religious affiliation | Secular |
| Superintendent | Helen Fox |
| Area trustee | Joel Hertz |
| Principal | Simon Schreiber |
| Vice principal | Alex Corry, Susan Milne |
| School type | High school |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Language | English |
| Area | Thornhill, Ontario |
| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | Wolf |
| Team name | Westmount Wolves |
| Colours | Teal, Dusty Rose |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Enrollment | 1339 (June 2004) |
| Homepage | www.westmount.ci.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/ |
Westmount Collegiate Institute is a high school in the Thornhill, Ontario district of the greater city of Vaughan. It opened its doors in 1996, as part of the multi-purpose Benjamin Vaughan Complex, named for Benjamin Vaughan, the diplomat for which the city is named. The complex contains the high school, Rosemount Community Centre, and the City Playhouse, to which the school is given limited access. Located at the busy intersection of Bathurst Street and New Westminster Drive, the school is part of the York Region District School Board. Westmount is one of the 29 secondary schools in the board which comprises 191 schools altogether.[1] The majority of lockers are located on the ground floor in the atrium in long cell banks away from classrooms.
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[edit] Benjamin Vaughan Complex
[edit] Rosemount Community Centre
The community centre, which is attached to the school, contains an arena, a split gymnasium, and recreational rooms used for different events and programs, such as playing bridge. The name of the community centre was created by merging the names of two nearby elementary schools and subdivisions, Rosedale and Westmount. The school is given access to the gym and arena throughout the year[2].
[edit] City Playhouse
The City Playhouse is a community theatre. The box office is on the south side of the theatre facing New Westminster Avenue. Similar to the community centre, the high school is given access to the theatre for use in assemblies as well as theatrical and musical productions[2]. Recent plays include Romeo & Juliet, Grease, Oklahoma, and As You Like It.
[edit] Nursery
Attached to the west side of the complex, a preschool exists for children younger than the age of four.
[edit] Building
The complex was built by MCW Consultants in 1995[2], who later built a similar complex in Newmarket, Ontario, Newmarket High School. It too contains a similar attached community theatre. The older Milliken Mills High School in Markham, Ontario, built in 1988, has a similar layout on the inside to the two; however, it contains a very different façade and décor. All three schools contain a large open atrium with a grand staircase that handles the highest volume of students getting to and from class. Even though these schools are in three different cities, they are all part of the York Region District School Board.
[edit] Arts West
In 2007, Westmount started to offer an arts program called Arts West, where the applicant can either major in Music (Instrumental), Visual Arts or Drama in the following school year. Arts West is the fourth Arts program within the York Region.
