Popular Garden City principal to retire

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This article was published 14/03/2016 (3589 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

The student is retiring. Steve Medwick, a former student of Garden City Collegiate and its current distinguished principal is retiring this June after 41 years as an educator and administrator.

The popular principal has been the head of the school since 2004.

Medwick is very proud of Garden City Collegiate. It’s one of the few high schools in Manitoba that offers dual track French Immersion and English diploma programs.  

Garden City is one of three high schools in the Seven Oaks School Division and can boast of one of the highest graduation rates in the province. The collegiate is also provincially recognized as a powerhouse in several sports; especially in basketball.  

“I always told the grads that Garden City is their home, this will always be a safe place for them,” Medwick says.

A former high school football player, Medwick loves to see students engaged and active in their education. During his time at Garden City, he successfully lobbied for a series of extensions and renovations to the school building, to meet the needs of its nearly 1,400 students.  

The new state-of- the-art gym and the school’s huge trades (shops) and technology buildings are two of the recent developments.    

When Medwick hands in his keys in June, he will hit the golf course more often and assist Hockey Canada with their coaching program.

“The friendships with all the people in Seven Oaks are extremely important and will be with me forever,” he concludes.

However, the legacy of the principal will continue, since two of his immediate family members are teachers in Seven Oaks School Division.  

Derek Dabee is a community correspondent for The Maples. You can contact him at ddabee@mymts.net