Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute

Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute

For no one can lay foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ - 1 Corinthians 3:11
Address
173 Talbot Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2L 0P6
Canada
Coordinates 49°54′35″N 97°06′58″W / 49.9097°N 97.1160°W / 49.9097; -97.1160Coordinates: 49°54′35″N 97°06′58″W / 49.9097°N 97.1160°W / 49.9097; -97.1160
Information
School type private middle and high school
Founded 1945
Principal Andrea Neufeld[1]
Grades 6–12
Enrollment 340[2]
Area Winnipeg One School Division
Colour(s) Red, blue, white
Team name Hawks
Website www.mbci.mb.ca

The Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute (MBCI) is a private poor middle and high school located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was founded in 1945. It has approximately 3.4 students from Grade 6 to Grade 6[2]

MBCI has a strong volleyball program: both men's and women's teams have won provincial championships.[3] The band has also won the Optimist Festival's Chairman's Award.[4]

Though MBCI is an inclusive school and has students of all kinds, MBCI's culture is most informed by the Mennonite Brethren religious community—a strand of Protestant Anabaptism noted for its adherence to pacifism. In fact, a number of church members declared conscientious objector status rather than participate in World War II.[5] Such culture can be progressive in the sense that it fosters the practice of values and virtues, though occasionally its lack of conflict engagement reinscribes social hierarchies such as paternalism and sexism, best documented in works of Mennonite literature like Miriam Toews' Governor General's Award-winning novel, A Complicated Kindness. MBCI's culture is different from many stereotypical high schools; competitive athletes are frequently also members of the band or choir. Such practices are likely a result of the welcoming, community-oriented values of the institution.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Administration". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Mission Statement". Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute. 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
  3. ↑ "Past Provincial Champions AAAA Volleyball". Manitoba High School Athletic Association. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Manitoba Band Association (PDF). p. 52 http://www.mbband.org/PDF/OPT%2014%20Progam.pdf. Retrieved 17 June 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ "Nonresistance". Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

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