Bloor Collegiate Institute
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| Bloor Collegiate Institute | |
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| Address | |
| 1141 Bloor Street West Toronto, Ontario, M6H 1M9, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School board | Toronto District School Board |
| Religious affiliation | None |
| Superintendent | Georgina Balascas |
| Area trustee | Maria Rodrigues |
| Principal | Katherine Evans |
| Vice principal | Reiko Fuentes |
| School type | Public high school |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Language | English |
| Team name | Bears |
| Colours | Maroon and Gold |
| Founded | 1925 |
| Homepage | http://bloorci.vze.com/ |
Bloor Collegiate Institute is a public secondary school located at the intersection of Bloor Street and Dufferin Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The school is located in the Dufferin Grove neighbourhood.
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[edit] History
Bloor Collegiate Institute was founded in 1925.[1] In the 1970s, the school fielded sports teams in football, soccer, hockey, basketball,cricket, volleyball, rugby, cross-country running, track and field, and archery. Teams competed in the "bantam" level (grade nine students), the "junior" level (grades 10 and 11 students), and the "senior" level (grades 12 and 13 students). In September 2009, a Grade 11 student was stabbed during lunch hour.[2] Kathy Evans, the principal of the school, stated that this was the first stabbing at the school that she's aware of.[2] For about two hours, the school was in "secure mode" where nobody was allowed in or out of the building.[2] However, the school wasn't in lockdown as students were allowed to move around the school.[2] In 2011, the school won more gold medals at the Toronto Sci-Tech Fair than any other school, and sent two students on to the national science fair. Both of these students were from the TOPS Program.
[edit] School Culture
In the 1960s and 1970s, the school was predominantly attended by immigrants and first-generation Canadians of immigrants of mostly European origin (especially English, Irish, Ukrainian, Italian, Greek and Portuguese although some students were of Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Tamil background). School motto: "Quod Incepimus Conficiemus" - What We Have Begun, We Shall Finish. (Shared with Colonel By Secondary School, Gloucester, Ontario.)
[edit] Programs
[edit] TOPS
Bloor Collegiate Institute houses a very prestigious program called TOPS, an abbreviation for "Talented Offerings for Programs in the Sciences".[3] The program started in September 2009.[3] The school is comparable to the TOPS program at Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute.[3] MGCI at first did not accept the new home of the program, but the fantastic TOPS on Bloor students have lived up to and beyond there standards, through participation in science fairs, Waterloo math and computing contests, UofT mentorships and etc. Students are not required to be gifted and there is a $400 fee which pays for all core field trips and classroom materials beyond the Ontario curriculum.[4] The TOPS students not only excel inside school and with academics but outside the school and through extracurricular. Initiatives such as starting up DECA and Debate, fundraisers for charities and hosting events, are just some of the way they enrich their leadership abilities and involvement in the school
[edit] Subjects required for TOPS
| Subjects required for TOPS | ||
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| Grade | Subject | Source |
| 9 | Science | [4] |
| Math | ||
| English | ||
| Geography | ||
| Careers & Civics | ||
| 10 | Science | |
| 2 Maths | ||
| Computer Studies | ||
| English | ||
| History | ||
| 11 | Biology | |
| Chemistry and/or Physics | ||
| Technological Design | ||
| Math | ||
| English | ||
| 12 | Biology | |
| Chemistry and/or Physics | ||
| English | ||
| Math | ||
[edit] Notable alumni
- Frank Gehry, Architect
- Peter Glassen, Philosopher
- Susan Ioannou, Poet
- Rik Emmett, Musician
- Derek McGrath, Actor Poet
- Randy Hurst, Writer/Poet
- Ewan D. Johnson MD,PhD, Physician/Scientist
- Anthony Ayiomamitis, World-renown astrophotographer
[edit] References
- ^ "About". Toronto District School Board. http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/bloorci/about.php. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ a b c d Ferenc, Leslie (September 14, 2009). "Bloor Collegiate student stabbed". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/695444. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
- ^ a b c MacDonald, Moira (7 December 2009). "TOPS is a Toronto school gem". Toronto Sun. http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/moira_macdonald/2009/12/07/12061971-sun.html. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ a b "TOPS on Bloor Program". Toronto District School Board. http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/bloorci/tops.php. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
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Coordinates: 43°39′33″N 79°26′13″W / 43.659292°N 79.436994°W
