Winnipeg School Division

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Winnipeg School Division
Location
1577 Wall Street East, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
Coordinates 49°54′00″N97°10′05″W / 49.900°N 97.168°W / 49.900; -97.168
District information
GradesN-12
Established1877
Chief SuperintendentMatthew Henderson (2023)
School boardBoard of Trustees
Chair of the boardTamara Kuly (2023-2024)
Schools78
Budget$421 m CAD (2021/22) [1]
Students and staff
Students33,000
Teachers2,500
Staff6,000
Other information
Website www.winnipegsd.ca
Kelvin High School, a high school in the South District Kelvin High School.jpg
Kelvin High School, a high school in the South District

The Winnipeg School Division is a school division in Winnipeg, Manitoba. [2] [3] With 78 schools, it is the largest of six public school divisions in Winnipeg, as well as the largest and oldest school division in Manitoba. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Its schools collectively teach over 33,000 students, in central, pre-unicity Winnipeg.

Current schools

There are currently 78 schools in the Winnipeg School Division. [5]

Elementary schools

Elementary schools include those from preschool to grade 6.

School [5] Notes
Brock Corydon
Carpathia
Champlain
Clifton
Dufferin
Faraday
Fort Rouge
Garden Grove
George V
Gladstone
Glenelm
GreenwayBuilt at a cost of $88,000 in 1910 at 850 St. Matthews Avenue. This School was the first of three schools with this name, and at the time was the largest in Winnipeg, built to hold 1000 students. In 1919, a second one-storey "bungalow style" building with eight more classrooms was erected nearby. Those two buildings remained until 1997 when they were demolished. [7] The current Greenway school is located at 390 Burnell Street.
Grosvenor
Harrow
Inkster
J.B. Mitchell
John M. King
Kent Road
King Edward
Laura Secord
LaVérendrye
Lord Nelson
Lord Roberts
Lord Selkirk
Luxton
Machray
Montrose
Mulvey
Norquay
Pinkham
Prairie Rose
Principal Sparling
Queenston
River Elm
Riverview
Robert H. Smith
Robertson
Rockwood
Sister MacNamara
Strathcona
Tyndall Park
Victoria-Albert
Wellington
Weston
Wolseley

Middle school and mixed-grade schools

These are middle schools (aka junior high), or a combination of elementary and middle school (typically preschool to grade 9) or middle to high school (typically grades 7 to 12).

School [5] TypeGrades
Keewatin Prairie Community elementary and middle school N-9
David Livingstone elementary and middle school N-8
Earl Grey elementary and middle school N-8
Isaac Brock elementary and middle school N-9
Lansdowne elementary and middle school N-8
Meadows West elementary and middle school N-8
Niji Mahkwa elementary and middle school N-8
Ralph Brown elementary and middle school N-8
Sacre-Coeur elementary and middle school N-9
Sargent Park elementary and middle school N-9
Shaughnessy Park elementary and middle school N-8
Stanley Knowles elementary and middle school N-8
William Whyte elementary and middle school N-8
Andrew Mynarski V.C. middle 7-9
General Wolfe middle 7-9
Hugh John Macdonald middle 7-9
Isaac Newton middle 7-9
River Heights middle 7-8
Churchill middle and high school 7-12
Collège Churchill middle and high school 7-12
Elmwood middle and high school 7-12
Gordon Bell middle and high school 7-12
Grant Park middle and high school 7-12
St. John's middle and high school 7-12
WSD Virtual School kindergarten to high school K-12

High school and adult learning

The River Osborne Community Centre houses the satellite program of the Winnipeg Adult Education Centre. ROOCS.JPG
The River Osborne Community Centre houses the satellite program of the Winnipeg Adult Education Centre.
School [5] TypeGrades
Adolescent Parent Centre High 9-12
Argyle Alternative High 10-12
Children of the Earth High 9-12
Daniel McIntyre Collegiate High 9-12
Elmwood High School High 7-12
Kelvin High School High 9-12
R. B. Russell Vocational High (vocational)9-12
Sisler High School High 9-12
Technical Vocational High (vocational)9-12
Winnipeg Adult Education Centre Adult learning 12

French-immersion programs

French-immersion programs are taught in either: [8]

The immersion program option is offered in the following schools:

SchoolFrench ProgramGrades
École Garden Grove SchoolDual-TrackN-6
École George V SchoolDual-TrackN-7
École J.B. Mitchell SchoolDual-TrackN-6
École secondaire Kelvin High SchoolDual-Track9-12
École Laura Secord SchoolDual-TrackN-6
École River Heights SchoolDual-Track7-8
École Riverview SchoolDual-TrackN-6
École Robert H. Smith SchoolDual-TrackN-6
École Sisler High SchoolDual-Track9-12
École Stanley Knowles SchoolDual-TrackN-8
École Victoria-Albert SchoolDual-TrackK
École LansdowneMilieuN-8
École LaVérendryeMilieuN-6
École Sacré-CoeurMilieuN-8
Collège ChurchillMilieu7-12

Former schools

School [3] LocationDemolished
Alexandra SchoolEdmonton Street1969
Argyle School (moved) [9] Louise Street1940s
Carlton School Graham Avenue 1903
Margaret Scott SchoolAlfred Avenue1990
Somerset School775 Sherbrook Street2005
Strathcona School (moved)McGregor Street1963-1964
Winnipeg Collegiate InstituteBannatyne Avenue1928

Governance

Policies regarding the provision of educational services in WSD are the responsibility of the Board of Trustees of the Winnipeg School Division. The Winnipeg School Division comprises nine wards, each having one elected trustee, who are elected for a four-year term. [10]

On October 26, 2022, the following trustees were elected into office: [11]

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