Walter Murray Collegiate
Address
1905 Preston Avenue South Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7J 2E7, Canada
Information
School board	Saskatoon Public School Division
Principal	Bruce Bradshaw
Vice principal	Jack Nepjuk
School type	High school
Grades	9-12
Language	English, French Immersion
Area	Saskatoon
Mascot	Haggis
Team name	Marauders
Colours	Blue and Grey
Founded	1961
Enrollment	1454 (Jan 6 2006)
Homepage	Walter Murray Collegiate Institute

Walter Murray Collegiate Institute is a high school serving grades 9 to 12, located in south-eastern Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This public secondary school is supported by the infrastructure of the Nutana Suburban Centre, a part of the Nutana Suburban Development Area. It is also known as Walter Murray Collegiate or simply WMCI.

The school is named after Dr. Walter Charles Murray, first president of the University of Saskatchewan. It is one of only two Saskatoon high schools to offer the Advanced Program (the other is Bedford Road) for gifted students, and a full French Immersion program (the other is Marion M. Graham Collegiate). WMCI has a technology wing that offers mechanics, welding, electronics, wood-working, machining, and photography/graphic arts to its students. WMCI also offers courses to those learning English as a second language. Each year, WMCI hosts Model United Nations, a United Nations simulator; students from surrounding communities are billetted with Saskatoon students, making it the largest and most successful Model UN in Saskatchewan. This school falls under the jurisdiction of the Saskatoon Public School Division.

Also, Walter Murray offers many successful athletic programs, such as its cross country team, which is a 5 consecutive time defending city championship winning team, wrestling team, whose girls won cities in 2007 and boys were runners-up, as well as their football program, where Walter Murray had made it to the city final 3 of the past 4 years and their junior football team, who sported the only unbeaten record in the city. Recently, they added a hockey program to their list of athletic programs.

[edit] Notable alumni

• Don Atchison, Mayor of Saskatoon (2003 to present)
• Pat Atkinson, Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly member
• Graeme Bell, CFL player
• Hubert Buydens, Football and rugby player
• Eric Cline, Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly member
• Guy Few, concert musician
• Mike Green, hockey player for the Washington Capitals
• Dave King, former Team Canada hockey coach
• Dr. Philip Links[1], Cancer Researcher
• Gene Makowsky, CFL player
• Keith Morrison, journalist and broadcaster
• Warren Muzika, CFL player
• Kalvin Pletz, Skateboarder
• Graham Potts, political scientist

[edit] External links

• Walter Murray Homepage
• Saskatoon Public Schools

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