Georges Vanier Secondary School

Not to be confused with Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School.

Georges Vanier Secondary School Woodbine Junior High School

Scholarship, Spirit, Social Responsibility! We believe it! We live it!
Address
3000 Don Mills Road Toronto, Ontario, M2J 3B6 Canada
Coordinates	43°39′14″N 79°24′11″W / 43.653837°N 79.402960°W / 43.653837; -79.402960Coordinates: 43°39′14″N 79°24′11″W / 43.653837°N 79.402960°W / 43.653837; -79.402960
Information
School type	Public Middle school Public High school
Religious affiliation(s)	Secular
Founded	1968
School board	Toronto District School Board (North York Board of Education)
Superintendent	Beth Vale
Area trustee	Ken Lister
School number	3345 / 1021118 3446 / 921360
Principal	Vanier: Tamara Grealis-Ellam Woodbine: Alisha Cashore
Grades	7-12
Enrollment	959 (2014-15)
Language	English
Area	North York
Colour(s)	Maroon and White Red and Green
Team name	Vanier Vikings
Website	schools.tdsb.on.ca/georgesvanier/

Georges Vanier Secondary School (also named as Georges Vanier SS, GVSS, Georges Vanier or Vanier) and Woodbine Junior High School (shortly called as Woodbine JHS, WJHS and Woodbine) are two schools consisted of a junior high school (Grades 7 to 9) and high school (Grades 10 to 12) located in North York district of Toronto, Ontario. Owned and Operated by the North York Board of Education (which is now merged into the Toronto District School Board), the school was named after Canada’s first French-Canadian Governor General, Georges Vanier.^[1] Attached to the Vanier-Woodbine campus is the North-East Year Round Alternative Centre.

History

Opened in 1966, Georges Vanier was selected by the Canadian Education Association as one of 21 exemplary schools across Canada. The school offers specialized programs such as msc2.ca, Program2 Art, "One World Youth Arts Project" program, BSc@Van, the Aerospace and "Focus on Information Technology" program, in addition to offering an Advanced Placement program and a Centennial College Partnership program. These programs give students the opportunity to earn nationally recognized certifications.^[2]

Notable Alumni

Ravi Baichwal, Chicago-based news anchor for ABC News, former national reporter and anchor for CTV News.
Kirk McLean, the goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks that lead them to the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals.
Mark McKoy, Track & Field Olympian
Benny Hinn, TV evangelist and faith healer.
Geddy Lee, lead singer and bassist of the rock band Rush
Alex Lifeson, guitarist of the rock band Rush
Maurice LaMarche, two-time Emmy-winning voice actor for Futurama, also Emmy-nominated in 1998 for his voice acting work as "The Brain" in Pinky and the Brain.
Howie Mandel, comedian and Deal Or No Deal host, attended for half a year, and Vanier is the unnamed high school he references as the one to which he called in contractors for an estimate for an unauthorized addition to the east wing. He was expelled for the prank.
Garth Richardson, Grammy-nominated engineer, Juno-nominated and Juno-winning music producer
Alannah Myles, recording artist and songwriter best known for the 1989 hit single, "Black Velvet"
David Bendeth, award winning music producer, writer, mixing engineer and recording artist

References

↑ , georges vanier ss website, 07:06, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
↑ , tdsb page for schools, 07:06, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

External links

High schools in Toronto

Anglophone Secular and Separate

East York	East York Alternative East York Leaside Marc Garneau

Etobicoke	Alderwood Burnhamthorpe Central Etobicoke (Westway) Etobicoke EYRAC Father John Redmond Humbergrove (Father Henry Carr / Marian) Keiller MacKay (Don Bosco) Kingsmill (Bishop Allen) Kipling Lakeshore (New Toronto) Martingrove Mimico Monsignor Percy Johnson North Albion Richview Royal York (ESA) Scarlett Heights School of Experiential Education Silverthorn Thistletown Vincent Massey (Michael Power-St. Joseph) West Humber

North York	A.Y. Jackson Avondale Bathurst Heights (John Polanyi) Brébeuf Cardinal Carter Chaminade C.W. Jefferys Dante Alighieri Don Mills Downsview Drewry (Lewis S Beattie) Earl Haig Emery Georges Vanier George S. Henry James Cardinal McGuigan Loretto Abbey Madonna Nelson A. Boylen Newtonbrook NEYRAC NWYRAC Northview Heights Regina Pacis (Monsignor Fraser Norfinch) Senator O'Connor Sir Sanford Fleming (Dante Alighieri (Beatrice)) St. Basil-the-Great St. Joseph's Morrow Park Victoria Park Westview Centennial William Lyon MacKenzie York Mills Yorkdale

Scarborough	Agincourt Albert Campbell ASE 1 Bendale Birchmount Park Blessed Cardinal Newman Blessed Mother Teresa Cedarbrae David and Mary Thomson Delphi Dr. Norman Bethune Francis Libermann L'Amoreaux Lester B. Pearson Maplewood Mary Ward Mary Ward ESL/LINC Midland Avenue (SCAS / SEYRAC / Safe and Caring) Monsignor Fraser Midland Monsignor Fraser Midland North Neil McNeil Parkview R. H. King St. John Paul II Sir John A. MacDonald Sir Oliver Mowat Sir Robert L. Borden Sir Wilfrid Laurier Sir William Osler Stephen Leacock Tabor Park (Jean Vanier) Timothy Eaton W. A. Porter West Hill Wexford Winston Churchill Woburn

Old Toronto	ALPHA Alternative School A.P.P.L.E. Brother Edmund Rice Bloor / ALPHA II Alternative School Brockton Central Toronto Academy Central Technical CALC City School Contact Alternative School Danforth Eastdale Eastern Commerce Forest Hill Greenwood Harbord Humberside Inglenook Jarvis Lakeview (St. Patrick) Lawrence Park Loretto College / Bishop Francis Marrocco Malvern Marshall McLuhan Monarch Park Monsignor Fraser Annex Monsignor Fraser Isabella Monsignor Fraser Mid-town Notre Dame North Toronto Northern Oasis Alternative Orientation Centre Parkdale Riverdale Rosedale Heights SEED SOLE St. Joseph St. Joseph's Commercial (Thomas Merton) St. Mary's St. Michael's Choir St. Patrick Elementary (Heydon Park) Subway Academy I Subway Academy II Student School Triangle West Park (Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton) West Toronto Western Technical - Commercial / Ursula Franklin West End

York	Frank Oke George Harvey Oakwood Runnymede Vaughan Road Weston York Humber (old) (Blessed Archbishop Romero) York Humber York Memorial

Francophone

Secular	Étienne-Brûlé Le Collège français West Toronto (Toronto Ouest)

Separate	Lewis S Beattie (Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel) West Toronto (Saint-Frère-André)

Independent

Private	Abelard Bayview Glen Bond Academy Branksome Crescent School Crestwood Preparatory De La Salle College (Toronto) Dragon German International School Greenwood Thornton Lycée Français Toronto French Toronto Montessori University of Toronto Schools Upper Canada York School Yorkland

Religious	Bishop Strachan Bnei Akiva Crawford Adventist De La Salle Havergal Hawthorn School for Girls Peoples Christian Academy Royal St. George St. Clement St. John St. Michael's College Tanenbaum CHAT Tiferes Bais Yaakov Ner Israel Yeshiva

This list is incomplete. Italics indicate a separate school but some are located in the former public school buildings. Brackets noted the buildings occupied by tenants or other boards.

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