Westdale Secondary School
| Westdale Secondary School | |
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| Address | |
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700 Main Street West Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 1A5 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°15′36″N 79°54′05″W / 43.2601°N 79.9015°WCoordinates: 43°15′36″N 79°54′05″W / 43.2601°N 79.9015°W |
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| School type | High school |
| Motto |
Alius Alia Via Ad Astra Ascendit ('Each Reach For The Stars In Their Own Way') |
| Founded | 1931 |
| Principal | Michelle Visca |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Colour(s) | Green and Gold |
| Mascot | The Westdale Warrior |
| Website | www |
| Last updated: September 28, 2016 | |
Westdale Secondary School is a public high school founded in 1931 in Hamilton, Ontario. It is the second oldest high school in the city of Hamilton (after Delta Secondary) and is located in Westdale Village, a suburb in the west-end of the city. It is administered by the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board. Westdale celebrated its 75th Anniversary in 2006. Westdale is also the most populated public high school in Hamilton, Ontario.
Westdale was founded as a collegiate school—housing three collegiates under one roof—and was, at a time, the largest school in the British Commonwealth. The original building was referred to as "Westdale Composite School", or "Westdale Tripartite School", because it housed three separate schools. The collegiate, technical and commercial schools were housed on the left, middle, and right side of the school, with the cafeteria on the fourth floor (the cafeteria has since moved to the first floor). The architects Prack and Prack designed the building with arched doorways and pseudo-buttresses of the "school gothic" architectural style. Constructed by J.M. Piggott Construction Company at an initial cost of $1,306,521 (including 4.7 hectares of land), the school has undergone three major renovations, which occurred in 1959, 1974/75. Westdale Secondary school has also become an IB school as of 2008, and has been the home of the Westdale Latin Programme since 1931.
Westdale regularly participates in and plays host to numerous fundraisers and awareness rallies. Each year the students organise such events as Keep the Beat, Coffee House, and the 30 Hour Famine. Westdale makes annual contributions to the Stephen Lewis Foundation through crêpe sales and other fund raiser activities. In 2005, Westdale students were part of the effort to keep the Victoria Cross of Frederick George Topham in Canada, as it was being auctioned off by his family. Westdale also runs an annual canned food drive for the food banks in Hamilton.
Westdale annually hosts the Haiti Run, a charity event held on a Saturday in the fall to raise money to build schools and nurseries and to raise awareness about the desperate situation in Haiti. Participants walk, run, or jog through Westdale Village having secured pledges in the weeks leading up to the run.
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