Kenner Collegiate Vocational Institute

Kenner Collegiate Vocational Institute

OMNIA PER LABORUM
Success Through Work
Address
633 Monaghan Road
Peterborough, Ontario, K9J 5J2
Canada
Coordinates 44°16′42″N 78°19′37″W / 44.278392°N 78.327°W / 44.278392; -78.327Coordinates: 44°16′42″N 78°19′37″W / 44.278392°N 78.327°W / 44.278392; -78.327
Information
School type Public High School
Founded 1952
School board Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
Superintendent Steve Girardi[1]
Area trustee Rose Kitney
Roy Wilfong
Wes Marsden (First Nation)
Vivienne Jaehn-Kreibaum (Student)
School number 919195
Administrator Peter Mullins
(International Baccalaureate)
Principal Allison Sadowski
Grades 7 to 12
Enrollment 698 (2011[2])
Language English and French
Area COSSA (Kawartha)
Colour(s) Blue and Gold          
Mascot Ram
Team name Kenner Rams
Website kenner.kprdsb.ca

Kenner Collegiate Vocational Institute (Kenner CVI) is the oldest operating high school in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. It opened in 1952 and is now an accredited International Baccalaureate School. It is named after Peterborough Collegiate Institute's quinquagenary teacher and principal Dr. H.R.H. Kenner, father of literary scholar Hugh Kenner.[3]

Courses

It offers a wide range of programs including the International Baccalaureate Program and Learning, Life Skills Program, Peer Reading Tutor program, Cooperative Education, Technological Education, and Arts Education. In addition, Kenner CVI offers Specialist High Skills Majors in Construction, Hospitality, Horticulture, and Transportation under the supervision of the Ministry of Education for the Province of Ontario.[4]

Campus

The Kenner Collegiate Vocational Institute and Intermediate School facility consists of 200,000 square feet (20,000 m2) covering 7.13 hectares. The school is wheelchair accessible with one elevator and ramps.[5]

The indoor facility contains dedicated special education rooms with time-out rooms, drama, dance, music, visual art (with kiln), and hairstyling studios, greenhouse, industrial kitchen, weight and fitness room, photography dark rooms, science laboratories, technical (computer, welding, automotive, carpentry) shops, gymnasiums, cafeteria, conference and meeting rooms. General access areas for students including a cafeteria, student run restaurant (Kaycees), Student Success Room, Learning Resource Room, and Library Resource Center. One section of the school is designated for the Intermediate Division.

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. http://www.kprschools.ca/Schools/KennerCollegiateVocationalInstitute.html
  2. Ontario Ministry of Education. http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/sift/schoolProfileSec.asp?SCH_NUMBER=919195&x=13&y=6
  3. Adams, Peter (27 May 2002). "Kenner Collegiate". Edited Hansard. 1 (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Parliament of Canada). 37th Parliament (192). 192:1410.
  4. Kenner CVI Data Collection Report. http://www.kprschools.ca/Spotlight/documents/KennerCVIDataCollectionReport.pdf
  5. Kenner CVI Data Collection Report. http://www.kprschools.ca/Spotlight/documents/KennerCVIDataCollectionReport.pdf

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