Principal Message - April 30

Dear HWW Students, Families and Community members,

It has been a busy week at Henry Wise Wood High School! We were a federal election site and held our student vote on Monday. We are grateful to Mr. Foisy, our Social Studies team and student volunteers for guiding us through this democratic process. We were also mentioned in a news article this week as being the alma mater of Conservative Party leader, Pierre Poilievre. I would like to share an extended excerpt from my conversation with the Globe and Mail:

“Henry Wise Wood High School is a truly lovely community; we are connected closely with our neighbors, families and students. It is a joy to be the principal of this thriving school. 

Mr. Poilievre’s time was before my arrival here but we are certainly appreciative of being able to prepare all students for their promising futures. As a high school principal, my entire career has been in public education. I believe deeply in public education and how we educate citizens, how we create opportunities for students and how students find their place in the world after high school.

One of our CBE values is Public Education Serves the Common Good. We have a focus on learning, a focus on students and a focus on the best way to create student success. We think about access to opportunities and the opportunity to learn about one another. We build critical thinking skills and we take care of each other.

Established as a school in 1961, we have former students across the sectors, across Canada, across Turtle Island and across the world. We know that public education shapes student perspectives and their vision for their own opportunities and lives ahead.

It is so special to see how things have evolved over 64 years and yet how we have kept those beautiful elements that make us Henry Wise Wood High School: our students, their care for one another, their learning, their leadership, their voices and their excellence. We are a thriving, connected community!

Thank you to each of our Warrior families, students and staff.

With gratitude,

Aileen Smyth, Principal