Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (St. Catharines)

Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School
Address
101 Glen Morris Drive
St. Catharines, Ontario, L2T 2N1
Canada
Coordinates 43°08′26″N 79°13′40″W / 43.14053°N 79.227819°W / 43.14053; -79.227819Coordinates: 43°08′26″N 79°13′40″W / 43.14053°N 79.227819°W / 43.14053; -79.227819
Information
School type Secondary school
Motto Latin: Facta non verba
("Deeds, not words")
Established 1959
School board District School Board of Niagara
School number 238
Principal John Shaw
Vice-principal Catherine Matheson
Grades 9–12
Enrolment Approx. 1000 students
Language
  • English
  • French
Campus type Suburban
Colour(s) Navy blue and gold         
Mascot Bulldog
Community Glenridge
Website sirwinston.dsbn.org

Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School is a Canadian secondary school located in St. Catharines, Ontario. It is one of eight public secondary schools in the city, and is situated in the community of Glenridge. It is administered by the District School Board of Niagara.

History

Sir Winston was founded in 1959. It was named after the British Prime Minister, who led the United Kingdom through the Second World War.

Facilities

Its campus contains a football/soccer/lacrosse field, a track, a parking lot, and a two-story building. The building includes a gymnasium, and an auditorium. A brand new two-level cafeteria was unveiled in the 2011/2012 school year. The old cafeteria has been converted into a larger library, while the old library has been converted into two classrooms.

The campus in November 2006

Renovations over the summer of 2013 have given the school 6 new science labs and 4 new computer labs.

In May 2016, it was announced that the school had received a grant to have a multi-sport turf football field added, as well as a recording studio installed for the 2016/2017 school year.

The school is also built on the same plans as another school in the city, Laura Secord Secondary School, located only 6.3 km away.[1]

Extended French program

Sir Winston Churchill's Extended French program has been in existence for over 30 years. The school offers the program through grades 9 to 12 to students who participated in Extended French previously in elementary school. Twelve of the forty credits that an Extended French student completes will be taught in French. These are mainly core subjects like French, Math, Science and Social Sciences.[2]

Sports

Sir Winston Churchill offers several extracurricular sports activities to its students, including football, swimming, cross country running, track and field, volleyball, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, hockey, rowing, and others.[3]

Dance Team

The Sir Winston Churchill competitive dance team is a group of dancers who learn choreography throughout the school year and perform at various competitions. Some competitions include Strive Dance Challenge, Niagara's Best Dance Crew, and Dance Starz.

Clubs

Robotics

Team Winston (known as The Sir Winston Churchill Robodogs until the beginning of the 2013/2014 season) has been competing in the First Technology Challenge (2007–2009) and the VEX robotics competitions (2009–present). They have competed in the world championships seven times (2008–2011, 2013–2014, 2016). As of the 2013/2014 year, the club has 5 robots registered: 211A, 211S, 211W, 211C and 211Z.

Schoolreach

Schoolreach is a competition between schools based on knowledge of trivia. Sir Winston Churchill has participated consistently in the competition for many years.

Fishing

The Sir Winston Churchill Fishing Team is a team that competes in the Educast Annual Fishing Tournament in St. Thomas, Ontario. This tournament awards prizes for bass, northern pike, and common carp.

Notable alumni

Graduation year is in parentheses:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sir Winston – History". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Sir Winston – Extended French". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Extra-Curricular Programs At Sir Winston Churchill" (PDF). Retrieved 11 August 2016.
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