Centre Wellington District High School

Infobox_Education_in_Canada
name= Centre Wellington District High School


motto= Dulcius ex asperis
streetaddress= 905 Scotland Street
city= Fergus
province= Ontario
postalcode= N1M 2W5
areacode= 519
phone= 843-2500
fax= 787-0100
url= http://website.ugdsb.on.ca/cwdhs
schoolnumber= 909831
schoolboard= Upper Grand District School Board
superintendent=Dave Euale
trustee= Bud Fauteux
affiliation= none
principal= Karen Welch
viceprincipal= Brian Serafini
Deidre Wilson
schooltype= High school
grades= 9-12
language= English
mascot= Freddy the Falcon
teamname= Falcons
colours= Black, red, gold
founded= 1928
enrollment= ~1500 (September 31 2007)
lastupdate= 1 May 2006

Centre Wellington District High School, or CWDHS, is a fully composite high school located in Fergus, Ontario. The school was originally called Fergus High School and was constructed in 1928. Later, two additions were built, but eventually, the number of students exceeded the capacity of the building. As a result, a brand new school was built which opened in September 2004. It is run by the Upper Grand District School Board

The school's educational philosophy is centered around three core principles: learning, respect, and community.

Teachers and staff

As of September 2007, CWDHS had approximately 100 teachers and staff.

Current Faculty (as of 2007):

*L. Addams
*B. Avery
*D. Ballantyne
*J. Bergman
*H. Brown
*P. Brown-Wass
*J. Brubacher
*P. Bruce
*L. Bryant
*D. Burgess
*D. Burnett
*M. Bedard
*M. Camp
*D. Cathcart
*T. Ceccato
*C. Chilvers
*C. Compion
*M. Cottrill
*M. Cowie (retired 2008)
*E. DeMarinis (retired 2008)
*J. Diamond
*N. Fulton
*A. Gamble
*O. Gessner
*H. Ginzel
*C Gobbato
*S. Grigsby-Lehmann
*R. Grimes
*L. Hattle
*Z. Hunyady
*L. Iravani
*K. Janzen
*C. Kellum
*S. Kritzer
*L. Love
*J. Lovell (retired 2008)
*B. Mallany
*J. Martinez
*J. Mason
*R. McColeman
*J. McCormick
*K. McCracken
*T. Mac
*A. McGillivray
*G. McGinnis
*S. McPhedran
*L. Mowatt
*R. Neff
*C. O'Brien
*G. Patterson
*D. Pearce
*M. Pequegnat
* B. Pettifer
* M. Pittman
* C. Priester
* D. Richardson
* D. Ritter
* J. Ritter
* L. Ritza
* M. Robblee
* P. Sedlak
* B. Serafini
* K. Shanks
* M. Skerritt
* S. Smith
* R. Stevens
* B. Stride
* B. Turner
* R. Vander Vlugt
* L. Wink
* B. von Niederhausern
* A. Vosburgh
* G. Wagner
* G. Wallace
* L. Warmington
* K. Welch
* J. Wilford
* C. Wilhelm
* D. Wilson
* B. Winch
* E.Wood
* B. Zinck

Curriculum

Departments

"The CWDHS curriculum comprises several phantasmagorical departments:"
*The Arts (Drama, Music, Media Arts and Fine Arts)
*Business Studies
*English
*Canadian and World Studies (Geography, History and Family Studies)
*International Languages (French and Spanish)
*Mathematics
*Science
*Physical Education
*Technological Studies

Athletic program

Similar to most high schools, CWDHS has a vast extracurricular athletic program in which teams composed of students travel to surrounding schools to compete. The school is particularly strong in volleyball, badminton, cross country, rugby and wrestling, having heralded several elite national level track and cross country runners.

Sports include the following:
*Alpine Skiing Team
*Badminton
*Basketball
*Cross Country
*Curling
*Field Hockey
*Ice Hockey
*Rugby
*Softball
*Soccer
*Swimming
*Tennis
*Track & Field
*Ultimate Frisbee
*Volleyball
*Wrestling

CWDHS plays in the very competitive District 10 of CWOSSA. Other schools in the district include Bishop MacDonell (Catholic), Centennial CVI, Guelph CVI, John F. Ross CVI, Orangeville DSS, St James (Catholic), Westside SS, Our Lady of Lourdes (Catholic).

R.A.R.A.

At CWDHS, an innovative program called "R.A.R.A." (Read Always, Read Anywhere) involves every student and staff member taking time out of each day (except Friday) to read. It commenced in September, 2005.

While the program was initiated to combat low literacy rates in boys, and to encourage reading to prepare for the grade 10 literacy test, it remains a polarizing issue amongst students and staff, many of whom regard it to be a waste of time, since most of the students spend the 20 minutes doing things that are not classified as reading.

Extracurricular activities and clubs

*Airbands
*Alcohol Awareness
*Amnesty International
*Anime Club
*Assembly Committee
*Astronomy Club
*Band/Vocal
*Battle of the Bands
*Choir
*Christian Fellowship
*Coffee House
*Commencement Committee
*Computer Club
*Debating Club
*Drama - CWDHS Presents
*Encounters with Canada
*Environment Club
*Exchanges - Rotary
*Falconstock
*G.S.A. Club (Gay-Straight Alliance)
*Games Club
*Guitar Club
*Knitting Club
*Language Department Exchanges
*Martial Arts Club
*Mathematics Contests
*Meditation Club
*Mountain Bike Club
*Peer Helping
*Reach For The Top (also known as "School Reach")
*School Council
*Ski & Snowboard Club
*Student's Council
*Swordsmen Club (Larp)
*Skills Canada
*Stage Crew
*Yoga club

References

#cite web | title=Muskoka Woods Outdoor Recreation Program | url=http://www.muskokawoods.com/outdoor.cfm | accessdate=December 28 | accessyear=2005

External links

* [http://communitylinks.cioc.ca/details.asp?RSN=102&Number=40 Guelph and Wellington Community Information Database]
* [http://www.ugdsb.on.ca Upper Grand District School Board]
* [http://www.ugdsb.on.ca/profiles/sec_profile.asp?select=216&Submit2=Submit CWHDS Profile]
* [http://website.ugdsb.on.ca/cwdhs/ CWHDS Website]
* [http://www.wellingtonguelph.ca/ Wellington Guelph Community Portal]
* [http://www.fergus-ontario.com/high-school.htm FergusPages.com]