Woburn Collegiate Institute
| Woburn Collegiate Institute | |
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| Address | |
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2222 Ellesmere Road Woburn, Scarborough, Ontario, M1G 3M3 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°46′40″N 79°13′42″W / 43.77778°N 79.22833°WCoordinates: 43°46′40″N 79°13′42″W / 43.77778°N 79.22833°W |
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| School type | Public secondary school |
| Motto |
Latin: Studium Eruditionis Crescat (Let the Zeal for Learning Flourish) |
| Founded | 1963 |
| Status | Active |
| School board |
Toronto District School Board (Scarborough Board of Education) |
| Superintendent | Shirley Chan |
| Area trustee | David Smith |
| School number | 4202 / 954160 |
| Administrator | Nancy Hamilton |
| Principal | Karen Hume |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1086 (2015-16) |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Red, Blue, and White |
| Mascot | Wildcat |
| Team name | Woburn Wildcats |
| Website | schools |
Woburn Collegiate Institute (Woburn CI, WCI, or Woburn) is a non-semestered, English-language public secondary school on Ellesmere Road in the Woburn neighbourhood of the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It had 1,086 students as of September 2015[update] and is operated by the Toronto District School Board. The school motto is "Studium Eruditionis Crescat", Latin for "Let the Zeal for Learning Flourish".
By 1847, when Scarborough had grown to the point where an education system more organized than the township's original, single school was required, the township established 16 School Sections; SS # 6 included the Woburn community. A school, also designated SS #6, was erected on Markham Road, just north of the 2nd Concession (Ellesmere Road). It was a one story frame structure, 23 by 33 feet (7.0 m × 10.1 m) with windows for light and a wood stove for heat. Between 1850 and 1862, Alexander Muir taught at SS #6. He composed The Maple Leaf Forever, which for many years was Canada's unofficial national anthem; hence the maple leaf in the school crest.
A second school site of 1 acre (0.4 ha), on Ellesmere Road just east of Markham Road, was purchased from James Purvis, the owner of the surrounding property, for $200 in 1862. The second S.S. # 6, Woburn Public School, was built on the site in 1863. In 1895, an addition to the back of the building expanded it to two rooms. A few years later, the convenience of two outdoor privies was finally added. The school operated this way until 1956. By then, though, the old school just could not keep up with the demands of modern education or with the enrollment resulting from suburban development which had reached the area in the 1950s.
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