Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (Hamilton, Ontario)

Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School is located at 1715 Main Street East Hamilton Ontario, and is a member of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board. Opened in 1967, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School has a 2009-2010 enrolment of 1100. The school's mission statement is "Educating students to become lifelong learners and contributing citizens in a challenging, changing, multi-cultural world." Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School uses the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) to assess Grade 10 students' skills in reading and writing. Successful completion of the test is one of 32 requirements students need to attain in order to receive an Ontario Secondary School Diploma. The school also offers special education classes as well as an ESL program.

History

Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School was founded in 1967 as part of a plan by the Board of Education for the City of Hamilton to have enough schools available to meet the demand of baby boomers. In 1972, the school became Hamilton's pilot school in the semester system style of schedule that had been showing positive increases in student achievement amongst schools in Alberta and British Columbia. The school was named after Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II.

Program highlights and student support programs

Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School takes part in the following programs:

• Communications/Media Arts Program
• Environmental CO-OP Program – award winning
• Personal Support Worker Program
• Technology – Construction, Manufacturing, Transportation 2 credit course packages – OYAP incentives
• Volleyball Focus Programs
• Hockey Focus program
• Composting Sewage Program
• Alternative Education Program – self-paced program packages in college, applied and essential courses
• Credit Recovery Program for students under age 16 repeating courses in grades 9 and 10 – tied to a learning strategies course credit.
• Teacher-Student one-on-one Mentoring Program
• Literacy Volunteers Program
• After-school literacy/numeracy program
• Churchill ‘Chievers Recognition Luncheon
• Locally developed essential and workplace level programming – Geography, History, and French
• Celebration assembly
• Literacy Computer Lab – for OSSLC and grade 9 essential level courses
• Alternative Education Co-operative Learning Program
• Navigating the Workplace – Co-operative Education
• Change Your Future Program through the Learning Partnership

Clubs

Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School has the following clubs:

• Student Council and Student Leadership Association
• Athletics – variety of sports for males and females
• Girls and Boys Athletic clubs
• Drama – Lunch hour “Improv” and annual musical production
• Music – vocal, instrumental band and jazz club, guitar club
• Care Committee
• Stage & Technical Crew
• “Feel the Power" Girls' athletics and Public Health Project
• Blood Donor Clinic committee
• Environmental Club – Green Team and “Envirothon”
• Graduation Committee
• The Bull Pen- school store
• The “Churchillian – newspaper committee
• Creative Writing Club; The Spoken Word
• Film Club
• "Secret Geek Society", a computer committee, run by Mr. Wilson
• "Positive Space Group", A safe space for LGBT* students and allies

See also

• List of high schools in Ontario

External links

• Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School profile
• School Website

Coordinates: 43°14′15″N 79°47′41″W / 43.237588°N 79.794613°W / 43.237588; -79.794613