Westmount Collegiate Institute

Infobox Education in Canada
name= Westmount Collegiate Institute


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streetaddress= Suite 103 - 1000 New Westminster Drive
city= Thornhill
province= Ontario
postalcode= L4J 8G3
areacode= 905
phone= 905-882-0277
fax= 905-882-2450
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url= [http://www.westmount.ci.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/ www.westmount.ci.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/]
schoolnumber= 952516
campus= Urban
schoolboard= York Region District School Board
language= English
affiliation= Secular
superintendent= Helen Fox
trustee= Joel Hertz
principal= Simon Schreiber
viceprincipal= Alex Corry, Susan Milne
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schooltype= High school
grades= 9-12
language= English
area= Thornhill, Ontario
mascot= Wolf
teamname= Westmount Wolves
colours= Teal, Dusty Rose
founded= 1995
enrollment= 1339
enrollment_as_of=June 2004
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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, to which the school is given limited access. Located at the busy intersection of Bathurst Street and New Westminster Drive, 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. [ [http://www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/page.cfm?id=S00000005&t=1| York Region District School Board] ] The majority of lockers are located on the ground floor in the atrium in long cell banks away from classrooms.

Benjamin Vaughan Complex

Rosemount Community Centre

The community centre, which is attached to the school, contains an arena, a split gymnasium, and recreational rooms used for different events and programs, such as playing bridge. 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 year.

City Playhouse

The City Playhouse is a community theatre. The box office is on the south side of the theatre facing New Westminster Avenue. Similar to the community centre, the high school is given access to the theatre for use in assemblies as well as theatrical and musical productions. Recent plays include Romeo & Juliet, Grease, Oklahoma, and As You Like It.

Nursery

Attached to the west side of the complex, a preschool exists for children younger than the age of four.

Building

The complex was built by MCW Consultants in 1995http://www.mcw.com/display_pdf.asp?id=80] , who later built a similar complex in Newmarket, Ontario, Newmarket High School. It too contains a similar attached community theatre. The older Milliken Mills High School in Markham, Ontario, built in 1988, has a similar layout on the inside to the two; however, it contains a very different façade and décor. All three schools contain a large open atrium with a grand staircase that handles the highest volume of students getting to and from class. Even though these schools are in three different cities, they are all part of the York Region District School Board.

Arts West

In 2007, Westmount started to offer an arts program called WestArts, where the applicant can either major in Music (Instrumental), Visual Arts or Drama in the following school year. WestArts is the fourth Arts program within the York Region.

ee also

*Arts York
*St. Elizabeth Catholic High School
*Huron Heights Secondary School
*Unionville High School

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