Vincent Massey Secondary School
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1800 Liberty Street Windsor, Ontario, N9E 1J2 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 42°15′36″N 83°1′42″W / 42.26000°N 83.02833°WCoordinates: 42°15′36″N 83°1′42″W / 42.26000°N 83.02833°W |
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| School type | Public, high school |
| Motto | Dum Laboramus Prosumus (As long as we are working, we are progressing) |
| Founded | 1960 |
| School board | Greater Essex County District School Board |
| Superintendent | John Howitt |
| Principal | Joan Rankin |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,900 (September, 2015) |
| Language | English |
| Area | South Windsor |
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| Mascot | Morris the Mustang |
| Team name | Massey Mustangs |
| Newspaper | The Stang |
| Yearbook | Pegasus |
| Website | Official website |
Vincent Massey Secondary School, commonly known as Massey, is a public high school located in the South Windsor neighbourhood of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The school is under the jurisdiction of the Greater Essex County District School Board, one of the four school boards in Windsor–Essex. The school was named after Vincent Massey, the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada. Currently, the school has a population of over 2000 students.
The school offers both semestered and non-semestered courses. It is notable within Windsor for offering the enriched program.
The school was opened in the fall of 1960 under the name of Vincent Massey Collegiate Institute. The school was opened under the direction of the Windsor Suburban High School Board and the Windsor Board of Education.
During the late 1960s and the early 1970s, Morris the Mustang, the school's mascot, would be paraded around South Windsor's Norfolk Street to celebrate the commencement of the football season.
In the fall of 1966, a swimming pool, a second gym, a cafeteria, technical and business areas, the library and labs were opened to accommodate an increasing student population. Tennis courts were planned on the parcel of land that sits along Rankin Avenue, but neighbours complained about the project during the 1960s and the land is now used as a bus stop. During this time, the name "Collegiate Institute" was replaced by "Secondary School" to reflect the fact that Vincent Massey had become a fully composite school.
Enrollment was so high at the school during the early 1960s – peaking at over 2,200 students – that a second high school was constructed in South Windsor. Opened in 1970, Centennial Secondary School created a new learning institution and lowered the enrollment numbers.
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