Calvin Christian Collegiate

Infobox Education in Canada
name= Calvin Christian Collegiate


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motto= A school you can believe in
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streetaddress= 706 Day Street
city= Winnipeg
province= Manitoba
postalcode= R2C 1B6
areacode= 204
phone= 222-7910
fax= 222-8511
email=
url= http://www.calvinchristian.mb.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7&Itemid=8
schoolboard (Chair)= Rob Booy
affiliation= Christian (non-denominational)
principal= David Taylor
viceprincipal= Rod Harris
staff= 27
fundingtype= Private
schooltype= Junior and Senior high school
grades= 7-12
language= English
area= Transcona, Winnipeg
teamname= Eagles
founded= 1960, 2002
enrollment= 250
lastupdate= February 4, 2008

Calvin Christian Collegiate is a high school in Transcona, Manitoba. Calvin strives to give students a Christian education.

Overview

Calvin, like public schools, offers a full range of High School programs. It offers a sports program, band program, and more. Calvin's mission is to offer a safe and enjoyable environment where students are able to be themselves and make life-long friend ships, as well as strive to seek out their Christian identity.

Mission Statement

Calvin Christian School serves Christian families by providing a secure learning environment in which God’s children can explore, experience and evaluate all of life under the lordship of Christ.

History

Calvin Christian School comes from a Reformed religious and philosophical tradition dating back to the 1800s. It originally had strong denominational connections with Reformed churches. In the late 1950s, a group of Dutch immigrants worked together to establish a Christian school. All of these immigrants were from the Christian Reformed Churches in Winnipeg and that gave the school a Dutch Calvinist background. However, due to the Reformed traditions and philosophical perspectives regarding church connections, Calvin Christian School has been interdenominational since its founding. The founders associated themselves with The Greater Winnipeg Society of Christian Education and set about planning what would become Calvin Christian School. They built a seven room school that opened its doors in September 1960 to 65 students. Today, more than 60 different churches are represented within the student body. The philosophy that remains today is often characterized as small “r” reformed because it isn’t about a connection to a Reformed Church; it is about a philosophical connection to early reformed thinkers.

By the late 1980s, portable classrooms had multiplied around the original building and it was necessary to build in order accommodate the growth. Extra property was acquired to the east of the original building, and construction began in 1989. An 8-classroom wing was added to the east, and a new library, multipurpose room, administrative area and gymnasium were added to the west. The original building was sandwiched between the two new wings, and was completely renovated in the summer of 1990. Space again became a problem in the late 1990s. In 1997, that gave rise to the construction of the north wing, which included a computer lab, two more classrooms, and a staff room.

But the need for space did not stop there. In its quest for more space, the school took over the former Aurthur Day School in Transcona. This was to both alleviate growing pains, but to also house Calvin's First ever High School program. So in September 2002, it opened the doors to Calvin Christian Collegiate, the school's second campus, housing the both Grades 7-9 and the newly created 10 to 12 program.

Future Expansion

As was originally projected, space is running low at the Collegiate. Calvin is currently seeking private donations in order to begin with the long term expansion of the Collegiate. This phase includes the construction of a new gymnasium, band facilities, science labs, art/drama room upgrades, library, and student space.

External links

* [http://www.calvinchristian.mb.ca=8 Official web site]