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Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts (commonly known as Wexford Collegiate, WCSA, Wexford CSA, Wexford or "Wex" for short); formerly Wexford Collegiate Institute is a public high school located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Run and organized by the Toronto District School Board, the school officially opened its doors to students in September 1965 as Wexford CI by the Scarborough Board of Education and was renamed Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts in 2006 in recognition of its specialized arts programs.〔(TDSB Special Meeting )''TDSB'' 31 May 2006〕 The school is located in the Wexford neighbourhood of Scarborough, north of the intersection of Lawrence Avenue and Pharmacy Avenue. The motto for the school is ''Palman Qui Meruit Ferat'' which means "Let him bear the palm who has deserved it". ==History== Located on Pharmacy Avenue in Scarborough, Wexford is a mid-sized, three storey secondary school. The origins began when the Scarborough Board of Education decided to apply for accommodation for 1200 pupil secondary school named Northwest Collegiate Institute on April 2, 1962 and took steps to acquire the ‘McGuire Site’ that has 8.59 acres. Meanwhile, the Board offers $200,000 to James Worrall (McGuire’s son-in-law) who later accepted it. Page & Steele was appointed architects for the Northwest C.I. project and the contract for removal of buildings on the McGuire site was awarded for $1800. On March 18, 1963, Northwest C.I. was given the official name, ''Wexford Collegiate Institute''. The next month, the contract for construction of school awarded to Noren Construction for $1,870,220.18 with the application for funds $2,232,000.00. The board appointed Lorne Shewfelt as the principal and Al Kerr in the Vice Principal position effective September 1, 1964. Work began on the Wexford school began on July 2, 1964. Wexford Collegiate opened for classes on September 7, 1965 as Scarborough's thirteenth collegiate institute with only the classrooms on the upper floors. Other rooms such as home economics, industrial arts, science labs, music rooms, gymnasia, library and cafeteria are eventually completed and become available for use. The school officially opened on February 4, 1966 and the datestone ("1964") officially inserted into position in the front foyer on April 1 of that year. In 1972 a large new wing was built in the north parking lot and opened at the north end of the school, which housed the new Art Centre, as well as a new gym and library. The new wing also included an elevator, making it one of the accessible schools within the TDSB system. By 1977, the 25 metre tank swimming pool was added. Along with instructing the regular, core program leading to an OSSD, the school also consists of two art programs, known as the Performing Arts program and the Visual Arts program. Each program is further divided into more pathways, which is distinguished through the courses taken by the student. The encouraged growth of the Music Theatre Program in the 1990s and the continuing success of the Art Centre resulted in the declaration of the school as ''Wexford Collegiate School For The Arts'' in 2000. This designation was sought after by the then principal Gail Darling, who fought fiercely in the board administration for this permanent stature for the school. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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