Riverdale Collegiate Institute
| Riverdale Collegiate Institute | |
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| Address | |
| 1094 Gerrard Street East Riverdale, Toronto, Ontario, M4M 2A1, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School number | 5555 |
| School board | Toronto District School Board |
| Superintendent | Mike Gallagher |
| Area trustee | Cathy Dandy |
| Principal | Kenn Harvey |
| Vice principal | Rebekah Tsingos Trevor Bullen |
| School type | High school |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Language | English |
| Team name | Riverdale Raiders |
| Colours | Red and Blue |
| Founded | 1907 |
| Enrolment | ~1250 (Spring 2010) |
| Newspaper | The Riverdale Spectator |
| Yearbook | The Reveille |
| Homepage | Riverdale Collegiate Institute |
Riverdale Collegiate Institute is a high school located at Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1907 and was at that time on the outskirts of the city. It was extensively renovated in the 1990s but the original facade was maintained. It is the academic school for lower east end Toronto.
On May 17, 2006 the first annual United Games were hosted at Riverdale. This was a day-long event also including students from Eastern Commerce Secondary School, Monarch Park Collegiate and Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute. Former NBA star Jerome Williams acted as principal for the day[1]. His activities included a presentation speaking out against violence[2], barbecuing lunch with students, and overseeing games designed to build relationships between the schools by forming teams with students from all four schools, rather than having a team for each school.[3]
Riverdale Collegiate celebrated its centennial on May 12, 2007.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Morley Callaghan - writer
- Gordon Sinclair - writer and TV personality
- Michael Ironside - actor
- Ron Stewart - football player
- John Cannis - politician
- Billy Harris - hockey player
- Robert S. Kenny - politician
- Lincoln Alexander - politician
- Jane Creba, victim of the notorious Boxing Day shooting, was also a student of the school.
[edit] In Film and Television
- Flashpoint - in 2009, the interior of Riverdale Collegiate was used as the interior of the high school "Wellesley Collegiate" in the Flashpoint episode "Perfect Storm".
- Overruled! - the exterior of Riverdale Collegiate Institute was used as the exterior of the high school "Banting High" in Disney's Overruled!
- Missing
- Rookie Blue
[edit] External links and references
- ^ Media Advisory - Raptors' Williams to serve as Riverdale CI Principal tomorrow - Raptors Lead to Achieve
- ^ Reveille 2006, Pages 70-71 (School Yearbook)
- ^ GlobeAndMail.com - Schools team up to fight violence
Coordinates: 43°40′12″N 79°20′05″W / 43.669921°N 79.334856°W
