Woodbridge College

Woodbridge College
Let's Go Wyverns
Address
71 Bruce Street Vaughan, Ontario, L4L 1J3, Canada
Information
School board	York Region District School Board
Religious affiliation	Secular
Superintendent	Dennis Connor
Area trustee	Anna DeBartolo
Principal	Ann Pace
Vice principal	Fran Harvey, Maria Luongo-Cassar
School type	Public
Grades	9 to 12
Language	English
Area	Woodbridge
Team name	Woodbridge Wyverns
Colours	Red, blue and white
Founded	1958, as Woodbridge High School
Enrolment	Approximately 950 (2010)
Homepage	www.woodbridgecollege.yrdsb.edu.on.ca

Woodbridge College opened its doors in 1958 as Woodbridge High School, and remained a regular neighborhood high school until 1991, when it became an academy alternative school, changing its name to Woodbridge College, with students in grades 7-OAC. In 2000, Woodbridge College’s alternative school status ended and it returned to being a regular neighborhood school starting at grade 9. The school building has undergone a major transition during the past four years including a renovation and a new addition housing 16 classrooms. The school’s current enrollment is approximately 950 students. In the school year of 2009-2010, Debra Conrad Knight was succeeded by Ann Pace as school principal.

Uniform

It is the only public high school in York Region where students wear uniforms, a policy which originated during its alternative school days, but still strongly unsupported by the community, although occasionally frowned upon by the student body. The uniform consists of either a white or navy blue T-shirt and grey pants. All students must wear plain black shoes. In 2009 school administration discontinued kilts from the school uniform due to the fact that several females had begun to wear sizes that were unacceptably small or worn too high up on the body, thus exposing skin.

Extracurricular activities

The school has a fitness center and offers many sports in its extra-curricular program, including cricket, badminton, football, soccer, basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball, tennis, floor ball, cheerleading and etc. The school's teams are known as the "Wyverns."

In 2007, Marsha Druker took the initiative to begin the Woodbridge College DECA chapter. The school opened its first DECA chapter with 12 out of 15 members successfully reaching provincials. In 2009, 24 DECA students went to Provincials at the Sheraton Hotel , hoping to compete on the International Level.

The boys soccer team won the silver meadal in 2011 losing to Emily Carr.