Walkerville Collegiate
| Walkerville Collegiate Institute | |
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2100 Richmond Street Windsor, Ontario, N8Y 1L4 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 42°19′02″N 83°00′25″W / 42.31715°N 83.00691°WCoordinates: 42°19′02″N 83°00′25″W / 42.31715°N 83.00691°W |
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| School type | Collegiate Institute |
| Motto | "Nil Sine Labore" ("Nothing without work") |
| Founded | 1922 |
| School board | GECDSB |
| Principal | Melissa Nantais |
| Vice Principal | Theresa Williams |
| Senior Secretary | Christine Borysowytsch |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Enrollment | 854 |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Blue and White |
| Team name | Tartans |
| Website | publicboard |
Walkerville Collegiate Institute (W.C.I) is a secondary school (grades 9 through 12) located in the olde Walkerville area of Windsor, Ontario, and managed by the Greater Essex County District School Board. It is the home of the Walkerville Centre for the Creative Arts, which has arts programs in Drama, Dance, Visual Arts, Media, and Vocal. All of the WCCA courses require students to audition to get into the program. Walkerville hosts one of three Community Living (STEPS Programs) in the district, which serves more than 30 developmentally challenged students. Walkerville also has sports teams which include basketball, soccer, volleyball, tennis, and badminton.
Walkerville's feeder schools include:
Walkerville Collegiate Institute officially opened its doors to the public on September 2, 1922. Located in the Olde Walkerville area, named for Hiram Walker, it is across the street from Willistead Park, the former estate of Edward Chandler Walker, the second son of Hiram Walker.
The school started with one hundred and ninety five students and a staff of ten with Mr. Robert Meade as Principal. Initially there were twenty-two classrooms, an area for manual training for the boys, a cooking and sewing area for the girls, a wood- paneled library, a gymnasium, "The Plunge" pool, and auditorium.
In 1929, Walkerville's kilted cadet Corps was formed and the Pipe Band was recognized through competition as the best in the province.
Major renovations were completed in 1957 with the addition of a new gymnasium, cafeteria, rifle range and quartermaster stores and a new music room. The main office was renovated in 1966, new classrooms were added along with an improved change area for the girls' physical education classes.
In 1986 the Community living program was added. In 1989, Walkerville was selected as the home for the Walkerville Center for the Creative Arts and facilities expanded again to meet the needs of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Art and Dance as well as painting, printmaking and sculpture programs.
Today there are over eight hundred students and a staff of seventy. "Nil sine Labore" (Nothing Without Work) remains the school motto.
WCCA (Walkerville Centre for the Creative Arts), is an art program including drama, dance, visual arts, media arts, vocal and instrumental music. All students must audition to be accepted into the programs. Teachers and small group tutors specializing in a particular arts program collaborate to improve the artistic students in their work.
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