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Wellington Secondary School is a public high school located in Nanaimo, British Columbia. It is part of School District 68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith and is known for its music, film and athletics programs.Wellington secondary school is the catchment school for the Wellington, Departure Bay and Uplands neighbourhoods.HistoryWellington Secondary was founded in 1967 as a junior high school, grades 8 through 10. Since its initial construction in 1966 and 1967, the building has had additions in 1973, 1979, and 2001. Five elementary schools currently feed into Wellington Secondary.From 1875 to 1944, Wellington Public School was the school located on the top field behind what is now called Mount Benson Elementary School. Although Wellington Secondary is a relatively new school, it has the historical "Wellington" neighbourhood school name, which predates the province's oldest high school, (Victoria High School, est. 1876) by one year.