| Windsor Park Collegiate | |
| Address | |
| 1015 Cottonwood Rd. Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2J 1G3, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School board | Louis Riel School Division |
| Superintendent | Terry D. Borys |
| Principal | Myles Sichewski |
| Vice principal | Jesse Copet |
| Administrator | Christina Wynant |
| Staff | 38 Teachers, 36 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 A.K.A. The Duke (Willy .P Cat) |
| Team name | Royals |
| Colours | Black and Gold |
| Founded | 1960 |
| Enrolment | 510 (2009) |
| Homepage | Windsor Park |
Windsor Park Collegiate or WPC is a public secondary school in Winnipeg, Manitoba, within the Louis Riel School Division. The ultimate aim of Windsor Park Collegiate is to provide a positive learning environment in which students are able to succeed academically, and to develop into responsible citizens who are prepared to contribute to an ever-changing society.
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"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
The other school spoken of featuring the "unique hexagonal architecture" is Donald D. Lum Elementary School in Alameda, California.
Currently, Windsor Park Collegiate is a Grade 9 to Grade 12 school serving 525 students. Its 35 teachers and 31 support staff strive to maintain an environment that promotes student learning. The school offers an English Language Program as well as Français Partiel.
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. ( This is untrue. Ms. Thorington has stated that it is not a bomb shelter.) The old cafeteria space is now used as a weight room as part of the physical education program.
WPC has the largest secondary school Special Needs program in the Louis Riel School Division. It is technically termed the Occupational Skills Program. This program works with integration into standard classes, as well as work experience and life skills training.
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. Here they train and "employ" exclusively the students who are in the Occupational Skills Program within the Louis Riel School Division. It is located in a residential strip mall very close to WPC. The program was a great success in reaching its 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 was renamed Bistro in the Park[2].
A 50th anniversary celebration and reunion will be held on May 13-14, 2011. Details can be found at the Windsor Park Collegiate 50th Reunion website [3].
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