Westmount Collegiate Institute
| Westmount Collegiate Institute | |
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Suite 103 - 1000 New Westminster Drive Thornhill, Ontario, L4J 8G3 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°49′04″N 79°27′12″W / 43.817649°N 79.453433°WCoordinates: 43°49′04″N 79°27′12″W / 43.817649°N 79.453433°W |
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| School type | High school |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Secular |
| Founded | 1996 |
| School board | York Region District School Board |
| Superintendent | Rashmi Swarup |
| Area trustee | Susan Geller |
| School number | 952516 |
| Principal | Sheri Epstein |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1257 (October 2015) |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Urban |
| Area | Thornhill, Ontario |
| Colour(s) | Teal, Dusty Rose |
| Mascot | Wolf |
| Team name | Westmount Wolves |
| Website | www |
| Last updated: Mayr 2016 | |
Westmount Collegiate Institute is a high school in the Thornhill, Ontario district of the greater city of Vaughan. It opened its doors in 1996, as part of the multi-purpose Benjamin Vaughan Complex, named for Benjamin Vaughan, the diplomat for which the city is named. The complex contains the high school, Rosemount Community Centre, and the City Playhouse Theatre, to which the school is given limited access. The school is part of the York Region District School Board. Westmount is one of the 29 secondary schools in the board which comprises 191 schools altogether. Westmount is known for its arts program and its strong academic program. Many awards have been given to recognize the art, drama, dance, and music program known as ArtsWest. Mathematics and the sciences were also recognized with York Regional awards. The school is three levels with the first floor hosting many Arts classes and the gymnasium, the second floor is prevalent in languages, and the third floor has many computer based classes, mathematics and sciences.
The community centre, which is attached to the northern edge of the school, contains an arena, a split gymnasium, and recreational rooms used for different events and programs, such as playing . Rosemount also hosts various summer camps and programs, such as summer stock. The name of the community centre was created by merging the names of two nearby elementary schools and subdivisions, Rosedale and Westmount. The school is given access to the gym and arena throughout the years, such as for the school's hockey team.
Adjoining Westmount from the southern portion of the complex, the City Playhouse is a 386-seat, community-based theatre featuring a wide variety of professional, community and school productions. It also serves the community as a rental house, particularly during the offseason months of May–September. The box office is on the south side of the theatre adjacent to New Westminster Drive. Similar to the community centre, the high school is given access to the theatre for use in assemblies, Westmount drama productions as well as other theatrical shows and the bi-annual musical productions, Springfest and Winterfest. Known productions to frequent the theatre include but are not limited to City Youth Players, Starbeat, Characters, Judy & David, and even the in-house City Playhouse Productions. Marquee Productions was also a major company to produce shows for the theatre, among others in the Greater Toronto Area, but are no longer producing for the City Playhouse theatre having finished their last projects there in April, 2012. Some of the plays over the years include Romeo & Juliet, Afternoon In The Park, Grease, Oklahoma, As You Like It, Annie, Aladdin, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
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