WESTERN TECHNICAL-COMMERCIAL SCHOOL

Official name	Western Technical-Commercial School
Nickname	Western Tech
Principal	Audley Salmon
School board (type)	Toronto District School Board (Public)
Grades	9-12
Schedule Type	Two-Semester
Religious affiliation	None
Founded	1927
Location	125 Evelyn Cres. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Enrollment	1,046
Mascot	Colt
School colors	Green, White and Black

'Western Technical-Commercial School' '(WTCS)' is a high school in the Bloor-West Village of Toronto, Canada. It shares the same building with Ursula Franklin Academy and The Student School. Originally two schools when it was opened, Western Technical and Western Commercial, the present school is now the product of the merger between the two schools. The main building was constructed in 1927, with the addition being constructed in 1967-1970.

Contents

Education

School ID card

2007 lockdown procedure

Special Education (SES) to move to West Toronto CI

Media

External links

Education

Western, commonly referred to as WTCS or Western Tech, offers courses from grade 9 through 12 in Applied, Academic, or Gifted/Enriched levels. There is also a "post graduate" year. The gifted/enriched department is one of many highlights, taken by students who have been identified as gifted or applied as enriched. The tech department has been part of the school since the beginning, and it accounts for much of the male population at the school which hover at around 70%. In 2005, Western was the third school to be designated as a CyberArts School by the Toronto District School Board to serve the southwest quadrant of Toronto.

School ID card

Students and staff were required to wear a school ID card (also known as lanyard) while in the school or on WTCS property to ensure the safety and security of students and staff who belong to Western Tech. Effective September 4th, 2007, this policy has been lifted, and students, although requiring a card, do not have to wear a lanyard.

2007 lockdown procedure

As a result of the Virginia Tech school shooting in the United States that took place on April 16 2007, the school was practically locked down on April 30 2007 during Period 1 between 9:30 and 9:50 a.m for a practice. The School is planning for a full lockdown drill next year.

Special Education (SES) to move to West Toronto CI

It was announced that the non-credited Special Education Class "School of Environmental Studies" program will be relocated to West Toronto CI for the upcoming 2007-2008 School year, reasoning for the move is that West Toronto CI offers more Special Education courses than Western Tech. An Open House Party is scheduled to take place on June 15 2007.

Media

★ ''The Hidden Agenda'', the school's newspaper.

External links

★ WTCS official website

★ WTCS Profile on TDSB website

★ WTCS Gifted/Enriched Sub-Site

★ WTCS Music Department