Walkerville Collegiate Institute

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name= Walkerville Collegiate Institute


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motto= "Nil Sine Labore"
motto_translation= "Nothing without work"
streetaddress= 2100 Richmond Street
city= Windsor
province= Ontario
postalcode= N8Y 1L4
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url= [http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/schools/sec/walkervi/ Website]
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schoolboard= GECDSB
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principal= Mrs. P. Masson
viceprincipal= Ms. V. Houston
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schooltype= Collegiate Institute
grades= 9 through 12
language= English
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teamname= Tartans
colours= Blue and White
founded= 1922
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Walkerville Collegiate Institute (W.C.I) is a secondary school (grades 9 through 12) located in the old Walkerville area of Windsor, Ontario, and managed by the Greater Essex County District School Board. It is the home of the Windsor Centre for the Creative Arts, and hosts one of three Community Living (STEPS Programs) in the district, which serves more than 30 developmentally challenged students. Walkerville also has many sports teams including basketball, hockey, swimming, soccer, and curling.

Walkerville's feeder schools include:
* King Edward
* Hugh Beaton
* Prince Edward
* Begley
* Gordon McGregor (by proximity, not actually a feeder school)

More than 800 students currently attend Walkerville.

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= History =Walkerville Collegiate Institute was built about 80 years ago, and officially opened its doors to students on November 2nd, 1922.

"For more history, visit [http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/schools/sec/walkervi/history.htm Walkerville's History] page here".

= WCCA =

WCCA (Windsor Centre for the Creative Arts), is an extensive art program including drama, visual arts, media arts, dance, vocal and instrumental music in which students must audition to be accepted. Teachers and small group tutors specializing in a particular arts program collaborate to improve the artistic students in their work and give them the opportunity to succeed in an art career.

Past Productions

Every year, Walkerville puts on two big shows, one straight drama and one musical.{| class="wikitable"
-! Year ! Straight Drama! Musical
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2008-09
"The Crucible"
"Seussical"
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2007-08
"A Midsummer Night's Dream
"The Pajama Game"
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2006-07
"The Diary of Anne Frank"
"Into the Woods"
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2005-06
"The Miracle Worker"
"Fifteen"
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2004-05
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
"A Chorus Line"
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2003-04
"The Importance of Being Earnest"
"Oklahoma!"
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2002-03
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"Les Misérables (Student Edition)"
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2001-02
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"Grease"
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2000-01
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"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"
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1999-00
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"Evita"
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1998-99
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"Schoolhouse Rock Live, Little Shop of Horrors"
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1997-98
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"Oliver"
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Former Grads of Walkerville Centre for the Creative Arts

* Tamia Hill (formerly Tamia Washington) is a Grammy-nominated R&B singer and associate producer of Sister, Sister: The Musical.
* Katie Kerr, a recent graduate that previously appeared on Andrew Lloyd Webber's television series "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" as Kiki the Swarthy Courtesan.
* Steve Bacic, actor, appeared in Andromeda, 21 Jump Street, Street Justice, The Commish, Highlander, Call of the Wild, Stargate:SG-1 and The X-Files.
* Peter Senchuk is an pornographic film composer in Los Angeles.
* Craig Ramsay is a professional dancer/actor/singer (Mamma Mia and Charlottetown Festival). He was also awarded Most Influential Artist by GLAAD.
* Melissa Williams is a professional dancer/actress, toured with Prince, choreographs and appeared nude in the movie Showgirls.
* Nadia Sulaiman is an actress (Second City) and burlesque performer.
* Chris Mio is an actor/waiter in Toronto.
* Dayna Curtis is a dancer on scholarship in Los Angeles and has disappeared. Anyone with information are encouraged to contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
* Kristyn Dayus is a dancer with the Radio City Rockettes and dolphin trainer at Sea World.
* Genevieve Marentette is an international vocalist in Hong Kong and devote Shaolin monk.
* Kagan Mcleod is a freelance artist/illustrator whose work has appeared in The Modern American Fascist.
* Dan Jovanov is a dancer in Los Angeles and boyfriend of Lance Armstrong.
* Liz Nantais is a professional accompanist (Fosse, Sweet Charity) and spokeswoman for International Female Artists with Tourettes Syndrome.
* Crystal Gage (nee Gauthier) is a local (by local we mean what? who wrote this?) country music singer and .
* Rory O' Connor is an artist who designed a monument in Dieppe, France honouring Essex Scottish Regiment. He was award handsomely.
* Nav Sehmbi is an international R & B recording artist and smokes a lot of dope.
* Andrew Lochhead is an internationally recognized conceptual artist and electronic music promoter who is known for his project Auto-Fellatio for Mormons.
* Sarah Lochhead is dancing internationally and is spokeswoman for the Richard Gere Gerbil Society.
* Andrew Deane is an award-winning gay erotica photographer; singer/songwriter and a member of SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada.