Grand River Collegiate Institute is a public secondary school in

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. The school is located at 175 Indian Road. It is part of the

Waterloo Region District School Board Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB, known as English-language Public District School Board No. 24 prior to 1999) is the public school board for the Region of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. It operates 105 elementary schools, 16 secondary ...

. As of November 2017, there are approximately 1250 full-time students and 130 staff.

History

As the fifth collegiate in Kitchener-Waterloo, Grand River Collegiate (GRCI) was built on Indian Road near the Grand River in Kitchener's eastern area. "Grand River" was chosen in favour of other names like 'Parkwood' or 'Sand Hills', as the name for the new school. GRCI officially opened on September 6, 1966, with about 850 students and 55 teachers. Grand River Collegiate Institute has had seven principals: *Ross L. Shaver (1966 to 1984) *Gary A. Boug (1984 to 1995) *Ray Teed (1996 to Jan 2008) *Agnes Dufournaud (Feb 2008 to Aug 2009) *Scott Lomax (Aug 2009 to Jan 2011) *Deborah Tyrrell (Feb 2011 to June 2017) *Jim Woolley (July 2017 to Oct. 2018) *Josh Windsor (Oct. 2018 - Present)

Athletics

Grand River has athletic groups which include: alpine skiing, archery, badminton, basketball, cross-country, curling, dance, field hockey, football, ice hockey, Nordic skiing, power lifting, rugby, soccer, swimming, tennis, track & field and volleyball. Grand River's sports teams are known as the Renegades (commonly shortened to the "Rens").

Notable alumni

Chelsea Aubry Chelsea Aubry (born June 27, 1984) is a Canadian professional basketball player from Kitchener, Ontario. She plays for the Canadian women's national basketball team. She has competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is tall. She has played for ...

, Olympic Basketball player *

Riley Damiani Riley Damiani (born March 20, 2000) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Texas Stars in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). Early life Damiani ...

NHL hockey player, Dallas Stars *

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, Olympic Pole Vaulter *

Jill Hennessy Jillian Noel Hennessy (born November 25, 1968) is a Canadian actress and singer. She is most known for her roles on the American television series ''Law & Order'', on which she played prosecutor Claire Kincaid for three seasons, and ''Crossing ...

, actress * Mike Hoffman, NHL Hockey player,

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* * Kelly VanderBeek, Olympic Alpine Skier *

References

Waterloo Region District School Board High schools in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo Educational institutions established in 1966 Schools in Kitchener, Ontario Modernist architecture in Canada 1966 establishments in Ontario {{Waterloo Region schools

History

Athletics

Notable alumni

See also

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