Winnipeg School Division

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]

Winnipeg School Division
Location
1577 Wall Street East, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
Coordinates49°54′00″N 97°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
Websitewww.winnipegsd.ca
Kelvin High School, a high school in the South District

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

Current schools

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

Elementary schools

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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
Greenway Built 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

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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] Type Grades
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
Waterford Springs 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

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The River Osborne Community Centre houses the satellite program of the Winnipeg Adult Education Centre.
School[5] Type Grades
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

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

  • "milieu" schools, where French immersion is the only program taught in the school, and immersion starts at the Nursery level; or
  • dual track schools, where both English and immersion programs are taught in the same school and immersion starts at Kindergarten.

The immersion program option is offered in the following schools:

School French Program Grades
École Garden Grove School Dual-Track N-6
École George V School Dual-Track N-7
École J.B. Mitchell School Dual-Track N-6
École secondaire Kelvin High School Dual-Track 9-12
École Laura Secord School Dual-Track N-6
École River Heights School Dual-Track 7-8
École Riverview School Dual-Track N-6
École Robert H. Smith School Dual-Track N-6
École Sisler High School Dual-Track 9-12
École Stanley Knowles School Dual-Track N-8
École Victoria-Albert School Dual-Track K
École Waterford Springs School Dual-Track N-8
École Lansdowne Milieu N-8
École LaVérendrye Milieu N-6
École Sacré-Coeur Milieu N-8
Collège Churchill Milieu 7-12

Former schools

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School[3] Location Demolished
Alexandra School Edmonton Street 1969
Argyle School (moved)[9] Louise Street 1940s
Carlton School Graham Avenue 1903
Margaret Scott School Alfred Avenue 1990
Somerset School 775 Sherbrook Street 2005
Strathcona School (moved) McGregor Street 1963-1964
Winnipeg Collegiate Institute Bannatyne Avenue 1928

Governance

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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]

  • Jamie Dumont (Vice-chair) — Ward 1
  • Chris Broughton — Ward 2
  • Kathy Heppner — Ward 3
  • Erin Glover — Ward 4
  • Dante Aviso — Ward 5
  • Perla Javate — Ward 6
  • Tamara Kuly — Ward 7
  • Betty Edel (Chair) — Ward 8
  • Ann Evangelista — Ward 9

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "WSD Budget".
  2. ^ "Winnipeg School Division". Retrieved 2011-06-08.
  3. ^ a b c "Manitoba Organization: Winnipeg School Division". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  4. ^ "Governance". www.winnipegsd.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Our Schools". Winnipeg School Division. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  6. ^ "Manitoba School Divisions and Districts". Retrieved 2011-06-08.
  7. ^ "Historic Sites of Manitoba: Greenway School (850 St. Matthews Avenue, Winnipeg)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  8. ^ "Winnipeg School Division".
  9. ^ "History". www.winnipegsd.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  10. ^ "Ward Boundaries & Maps". www.winnipegsd.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  11. ^ "City of Winnipeg: 2022 Municipal Council and School Boards Election". City of Winnipeg. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
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