Grand River Collegiate Institute

Grand River Collegiate Institute
Address
175 Indian Road
Kitchener, Ontario, N2B 2S7
Canada
Coordinates 43°27′27″N 80°26′14″W / 43.4574°N 80.4372°W / 43.4574; -80.4372Coordinates: 43°27′27″N 80°26′14″W / 43.4574°N 80.4372°W / 43.4574; -80.4372
Information
School type High School
Motto GRCI
Founded 1966
School board Waterloo Region District School Board
Superintendent Evelyn Giannopoulos
Principal Jim Woolley[1]
Vice-Principals Daniel Ballantyne, Bryan Lozon, Siobhan Watters
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1 241 (November 2017)
Language English and French (Extended)
Area Stanley Park
Colour(s)

Gold, Blue, and White             

Mascot Bandit
Team name Renegades
Website grc.wrdsb.ca

Grand River Collegiate Institute is a public secondary school in Kitchener, Ontario. The school is located at 175 Indian Road. It is part of the Waterloo Region District School Board. Grand River's principal is currently Jim Woolley.

Grand River's sports teams are known as the Renegades (commonly shortened to the "Rens").

As the fifth collegiate in Kitchener-Waterloo, Grand River Collegiate (GRCI) was built on Indian Road near the Grand River on Kitchener's east end. "Grand River" was chosen in favour of other names like Parkwood, Sand Hills, as the name for the new school. GRCI officially opened on September 6, 1966, with about 850 students and 55 teachers. GRCI is located in the Heritage Park community of Kitchener with the Grand River community located just across Heritage Drive from it.

Currently there are approximately 1 250 full-time students at Grand River. Grand River has about 130 staff. Within its existence, Grand River has had seven principals:

  • Mr. Ross L. Shaver (1966 to 1984)
  • Mr. Gary A. Boug (1984 to 1995)
  • Mr. Ray Teed (1996 to Jan 2008)
  • Ms. Agnes Dufournaud (Feb 2008 to Aug 2009)
  • Mr. Scott Lomax (Aug 2009 to Jan 2011)
  • Ms. Deborah Tyrrell (Feb 2011 to June 2017)
  • Mr. Jim Woolley (July 2017 to Present)

Grand River has athletic groups which include: alpine skiing, archery, badminton, basketball, cross-country, curling, dance, field hockey, football, ice hockey, Nordic skiing, power lifting, rugby, soccer, swimming, tennis, track & field and volleyball.

They also have many clubs and activities to choose from such as badminton, chess, dance, debating, DECA, music groups, photography, robotics, tech crew, weight training, GSA.

GRCI has several fundraising events such as "Kenya Dig It" where they raise money to try to dig a well in Kenya.

Grand River Collegiate Institute has a club called the ACCT club. ACCT club stands for Acknowledge, Challenge, Change and Teach. Every October Grand River hold an "ACCT OUT" day where selected students can reach out through the strength of their friends and fellow students at a one-day anti-bullying workshop.[2]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ About Us | Grand River Collegiate Institute
  2. ↑ "ACCT Out". WRDSB. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
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