…right here at VANIER!!!
Grade 9 students and parents are invited to the school on Tuesday, August 17 @ 5pm for our annual BBQ. Please stop by for a bite to eat!
The Vanier office will be open on
Friday, August 13 @ 9 a.m. for new registrations and Grade 11/12 students needing schedule changes
Monday, August 16@ 9 a.m. for new registrations and Grades 9-12 students needing schedule changes
Wednesday, August 18 – First day of classes, meet in the Ned Andreoni Gymnasium @ 8:45 for Opening Assembly
Have a safe and enjoyable summer!
Report Cards (& 2010-11 Class Schedules) that were not picked up on Monday, June 14, will be mailed by the end of June.
If you have any questions over the summer holidays, please feel free to contact:
Principal: Mr. Shannon Pearce (shannon.pearce@htcsd.ca)
Vice-Principal: Mr. Brad Moser (brad.moser@htcsd.ca)
Vanier Collegiate was officially opened May 24, 1967, coinciding with Canada’s Centennial Year Celebrations.
The Governor General, Georges Vanier had before his death given permission to name the school after him.
Georges Vanier was a great Canadian who in his lifetime practiced his Catholic Christian values. His life, dedicated to the service of others, was one that future Vanier students could emulate.
The opening celebration, held in the Vanier Gym, hosted many dignitaries. Sr. Antoinette’s “Glee Club” (the forerunner of our celebrated Vanier choirs) entertained the guests. The Moose Jaw Lions Junior A Band featuring many Vanier students performed as well. Vanier art students under the direction of Sr. Gabriella designed the school crest and provided the decorations for the celebrations.
This ceremonial function was repeated in December 1999 with the blessing of the most recent “version” of the Vanier facility.
Graduation was first held at Vanier in May, 1967. Dan Hartney was the first Valedictorian.
Sr. Anne, former principal at St. Louis College was the guest speaker. Wilma Robb was the recipient of the first Governor General Medal awarded at Vanier.
The second graduation, May 1968, featured Ralph Garry Alridge as Valedictorian.
Archbishop James Weisgerber, currently presiding as Archbishop in Winnipeg, but in 1968 ministering at Notre Dame, Wilcox was the guest speaker.
Vanier Graduation 2010 will be Saturday, May 29. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Believe in a World of Possibilities”.
