Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (St. Catharines)
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| 101 Glen Morris Drive St. Catharines, Ontario, L2T 2N1 Canada |
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| School type | Secondary school |
| Founded | 1959 |
| School board | District School Board of Niagara |
| School number | 238 |
| Principal | Carol Purcer |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | Approximately 1000 students |
| Language | English, French Immersion |
| Area | Glenridge, Ontario |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue and Gold |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| Website | www |
Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School is a secondary school in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It is one of eight public high schools in St. Catharines, and is located in the Glenridge area of the city. It is administered by the District School Board of Niagara.
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History
Sir Winston was founded in 1959, and named after the British Prime Minister, known mainly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II.
Sports
Sir Winston Churchill has several teams, including a football team. On top of the football team they have a swimming team, a cross country team, track and field, volleyball, basketball, soccer, lacrosse as well as a few other teams.
Chess
Sir Winston Churchill won the St. Catharines City Championship 3 years in a row (2007, 2008, 2009).
Volleyball
Sir Winston Churchill has had a few great years of volleyball. Winning city championships four years in a row (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) and reached the provincial finals at OFSAA in 2009. Sir Winston Churchill regained their reputation as a solid volleyball school when the Senior Boys Volleyball team captured the Zone 4 title for AAA Volleyball in 2012, 2013, and 2014 while advancing to SOSSA for three years in a row. They have had a few players go on to compete at the university level, Queen's University, McMaster University, the University of Guelph and Sacred Heart University to name a few.
Facilities
Its campus contains a football/soccer/lacrosse field, a track, a parking lot, and a two-story building. The building includes a gymnasium with multiple changing rooms for boys and girls as well as showers, a weight room known as the cage, and an auditorium. A brand new two-level cafeteria was unveiled in the 2011–12 school year. The old cafeteria has been converted into a larger library, while the old library has been converted into two classrooms. Furthermore, there are now elevators available to the library for the use of injured or handicapped students.
The school is one of the most technology-based schools in the area, having classes such as Communications Technology (Com-Tech) and hosting a Specialist High Skills Major program in Film and Television Production. The school recently opened a new broadcast studio on the main floor, outfitted with studio lighting and high definition video cameras, that is used to broadcast the morning announcements – a student-run program called SWC NEWS.
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.
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 six times (2008-2011 and 2013-2014). While participating in the championship, the team place 8th in 2008, and then they took 3rd place in both 2009 and 2010, however they did not get picked for the elimination stages during the 2011 championship and did not qualify for the 2012 championship. The team went on to compete in the 2013 and 2014 championships, not getting picked for eliminations in 2013, but were picked in 2014 before being knocked out in division quarter-finals. This club is run by Some of the Technology teachers at the school, with previous students and parents helping when needed. 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's Reach team has been very successful in years past.
Notable alumni
- Malin Åkerman (1995), Swedish-Canadian actress and model
- Doug Favell (1965), NHL goalie. Philadelphia Flyers and Toronto Maple Leafs
- Karla Homolka graduated in 1988
- Tammy Homolka was in grade 10 at this school at the time of her death in 1990. She was a murder victim of Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo.
- Paul Jenkins (1965), Senior Deputy Governor and Chief Operating Officer, Bank of Canada (his signature is on the right-hand side of all Canadian paper money)
- Wade MacNeil (2000), one of the guitarists, vocalists and founding members of the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire
- Keith Makubuya (2009), Canadian Professional Soccer Player for Toronto FC
- Mark Steenhuis (1996), National Lacrosse League (Buffalo Bandits) and Major League Lacrosse Player (Hamilton Nationals)
