Harbord Collegiate Institute
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| Harbord Collegiate Institute | |
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| 286 Harbord St. Toronto, Ontario, M6G 1G5, Canada |
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| School board | Toronto District School Board |
| Area trustee | Chris Bolton |
| Principal | Rodrigo Fuentes |
| School type | High school |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Language | English, French, |
| Mascot | Bengal Tiger[citation needed] |
| Team name | Harbord Tigers |
| Colours | Orange and Black |
| Founded | 1892 |
| Enrolment | Approx. 1000 students |
| Homepage | http://www.harbordci.ca/ |
Harbord Collegiate Institute (also known as H.C.I. for short, or colloquially as Harbord) is a public secondary school located in downtown Toronto, Canada. Specifically, the school is located in the Palmerston-Little Italy/The Annex neighbourhood, situated on the north side of Harbord Street, between Euclid Ave. and Manning St. Currently, the school has approximately 1000 students enrolled and more than 50 faculty members.
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[edit] History
Harbord was opened in 1892 as Harbord Street Collegiate Institute.
[edit] Harbord's first centennial
Harbord's first centennial was celebrated in 1992 and included the inauguration of the Harbord museum, a repository of Harbord memorabilia. To mark this major event, Harbord's alumni group, the Harbord Club, published a 300-page history of the school entitled The Happy Ghosts of Harbord, which traces the history of the school from its opening in 1892 to 1992.
[edit] Remembrance Day 2005
On November 11, 2005, a huge Remembrance Day ceremony took place at Harbord. With the donations from the W. Garfield Weston Foundation and many other corporate sponsors and individuals, the rededication of the 1921 World War I monument back to its original splendor was held. The master of ceremony was Syd Moscoe while poignant addresses were given by President of George Weston Ltd. Galen Weston, former Minister of Defence Barney Danson, Canadian Armed Services Chief of Land Staff Lieutenant-General Marc Caron, and Chairperson of the TDSB Sheila Ward. Harbord's Jazz Band played a piece written by band teacher Mr. Alberts, called On Remembrance Day. The Cantemus Choir also performed and poems written by students Kevin Tung and Michael Lee were read. The ceremony ended with a picture that was taken of the students, teachers, alumni and neighbours all standing in front of the school.
In May 2007, a second monument created to remember World War II was revealed in another ceremony.[1]
[edit] Harbord Club
The Harbord Club is the longest continuous high school alumni group in Canada consisting of over 2600 members. It was established in 1978 by Elsie Affleck, who brought along other alumni including Ken Prentice, Willie Zimmerman, Johnny Wayne, Max Goldhar and Julius Molinaro. The Harbordite, founded in 1979, is the Harbord Club newsletter that keeps former students of the school in contact with one another and up-to-date on Harbord activities. The Harbord Charitable Foundation was also created at this time, supporting both student scholarships and alumni activities. Currently, the president of the Harbord Club is Joan McCarville.[2]
[edit] Notable alumni
Since Harbord opened its doors in 1892, there have been many graduates over the years who have achieved/are achieving remarkable accomplishments.[3]
- Charles Best - Co-discoverer of Insulin
- Kathleen Coburn - Leading scholar on the works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- David Cronenberg - Filmmaker
- Charles Trick Currelly - Founder and first curator of the Royal Ontario Museum
- Victor Feldbrill - Former Conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
- Adam Giambrone - Former Toronto city councillor and TTC chair
- Philip Givens - Former Toronto Mayor
- Eddie Goodman - Former Lawyer and politician
- Max Kerman - Juno Award-winning Lead Singer of Arkells
- Stephen Lewis - UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDs in Africa
- Sydney Moscoe - Former Lawyer and politician
- Joe Pantalone - Former Toronto city councillor
- Bob Rae - Former Ontario Premier
- Louis Rasminsky - Former Governor of the Bank of Canada
- Morley Safer - CBS News Anchor
- Sam Shopsowitz - Founder of Shopsy's restaurant
- Sam Sniderman - Founder of Sam the Record Man
- Steven Staryk - Violinist
- Kiefer Sutherland - Actor
- Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster (Wayne and Shuster) - Comedians
[edit] Multiculturalism
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Harbord has been a diverse multicultural school for many years. From the 1920s to the 1950s, about 90% of the student body was Jewish and many prominent Jewish Canadians attended Harbord. Today, the student body largely consists of, but is not limited to, students of Chinese and Portuguese descent, which is representative of the surrounding neighbourhoods. Many of the clubs at Harbord are reflective of the ethnic groups present. Harbord is well known for its language program, offering courses in Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish, Latin, French and Portuguese. Such courses allow students to learn basic language structure and conversation skills in their chosen languages.
Harbord has three French programs to choose from: Immersion, Extended and Core French. These classes offer students an opportunity to become bilingual in Canada's official languages. There is also a French Club within Harbord.
Harbord has a full ESL (English as a Second Language) program which helps all students new to Canada to learn English. Harbord also has an International Club to help the students become accustomed to Toronto and the new environment. The club hosts many activities throughout the year to help new students become involved in the school and give them the chance to socialise with other students in the school.
[edit] Clubs
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The Student Activity Council, better known as SAC, is the largest student-run organisation at Harbord Collegiate Institute, which is run by dedicated and active individuals who wish to make students' stay at Harbord more enjoyable. SAC members are participants of athletic events and the arts, and are therefore accurate representatives of Harbord Collegiate Institute's population.
The Creative Arts Council, also known as CAC, consists of music, art and drama students who work together to improve the school's Creative Arts program. This council was created in 2004, when the music council was restructured to include students in the disciplines of visual arts and drama.
The Boys' Athletic Association (BAA) and the Girls' Athletic Association (GAA), are two separately-run clubs in Harbord that work closely together to organise most athletic events, such as the annual Athletic Banquet and intramural games.
The Harbord Debating Society is a place to enhance students’ political awareness as well as their oratorical skills. The society is open to all Harbord students. Each year, students participate in various tournaments, such as the Ontario Model Parliament and the Southern Ontario Model United Nations Assembly. The club has many members.
The Empowered Student Partnership is a new club at Harbord that works with the TDSB, the Toronto Police Service and the Toronto Catholic District School Board to make the school and the community a safer and better place. They work towards minimizing violence, drug use, graffiti, guns and racism.
"Key Club is an international student-led organisation which provides its members with opportunities to provide service, build character and develop leadership."[4] Members of Harbord C.I.'s Key Club have volunteered for Epilepsy Toronto, the Canadian Cancer Society, The Liver Foundation, the Heart & Stroke Foundation, Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), the Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon and many other non-profit organisations.
Tiger Talk is Harbord's official newspaper. It covers a wide range of topics in and out of school, and has provided a source of information through the eyes of Harbordites for Harbordites for many years.
The Business Club gather at lunch and/or after school to learn about business topics. They also participate in the internationally well recognized business competition, DECA and many of the competitors had advanced to the Provincial level to compete with business students all over Ontario.
[edit] Sports
Harbord has a wide variety of sport teams, coached and managed by many members of the faculty and sometimes with help of old students of Harbord.
Here is a list of sport teams offered at Harbord:
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[edit] Music program
Harbord has a range of musical programs.
[edit] Band
The band program goes from the Grade 9 Beginner Band to the Grade 12 Senior Band. Harbord's Jazz Band is conducted by Mr. Alberts and is composed of the most experienced band players in the school. Their practices are early in the morning and therefore require a lot of dedication. Instruments in band include flute, clarinet, saxophone, French horn, trombone, tuba, bass guitar, keyboard, drums, baritone and trumpet. The band performs at assemblies and concerts which includes the Remembrance Ceremony, Senior Showcase, Feeder School Concert, Commencement and the Farewell Assembly.
[edit] Vocal
The classes range from Grade 9 Beginner Vocal to Senior Vocal. There is also a Cantemus Choir at Harbord that sings for many events inside and outside of Harbord. The choir has participated at the Kiwanis Festival multiple times.
[edit] Strings
The classes include the Grade 9 Beginner Strings, the Junior Strings and the Senior Strings. Instruments available for strings at Harbord include: violin, viola, cello and bass. Harbord's String Quartet won First Prize at last year's Kiwanis Festival. The Chamber Orchestra has performed at other venues such as Massey Hall, and George Weston Hall. There is also an upcoming concert at The Ford Centre by the Strings Orchestra. The Strings Chamber Orchestra plays at many school events such as the Awards Assembly, Feeder School Concert and Senior Concert, and from time to time, accompanies the Cantemus Choir.
[edit] Onward Harbord
Onward Harbord is Harbord's official song, it is sung along with the school band playing at the same time. Generally at the behest of the principal ("One more time!"), the song gets sung twice. The lyrics are as follows[5]:
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ World War Two Monument by Jared Malcolmson, from Tiger Talk Newspaper, issue #6 June 2007, June 2007.
- ^ Harbord Club
- ^ Principal's Address by Ms. Parkin, from HCI Yearbook 2004-2005, February 2006.
- ^ http://www.keyclub.org/keyclub/about/objects.asp
- ^ HCI Agenda 2007-2008
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Coordinates: 43°39′40″N 79°24′51″W / 43.661228°N 79.414272°W
