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General Information

York Memorial Collegiate Institute is a high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 2690 Eglinton Avenue West, at the corner of Keele St. and Eglinton Avenue West. The school was established in 1929. The school's name was a tribute to former students who became fallen soldiers during the war.^{[citation needed]} The school is fondly referred to as "Memo" by students. The school boasts 1200+ students; a huge and competent student and staff body and an excellent working community.

Advanced Placement

York Memorial is known for its RUSH and AP programs. The RUSH program stands for Roadmap to University Success with Honours. It is an enrichment program that trains students for the full AP programs. The Advanced Placement Program at York Memorial is well-known. AP courses are offered in a wide variety of subjects, from mathematics to sciences to the humanities. AP courses offered to date include: Biology, Statistics, English, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, French, Economics, Computer Science, World History and Calculus. The Pre-Advanced Placement program was established for students who want to take the AP challenge. York Memorial has had great success especially with AP Psychology.

External links

Unofficial York Memo Website: [1]
Toronto District School Board TDSB website: [2]
School website: [3]
School profile (lists courses available): [4]
Library webpage: [5]
Computer studies at York Memorial: [6]
York Memorial Alumni: [7]
CBC news archives: (Runnymede Collegiate versus York Mills Collegiate): [8]

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+==General Information==
+'''York Memorial Collegiate Institute''' is a high school in [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario, Canada]]. It is located at 2690 Eglinton Avenue  West, at the corner of Keele St. and Eglinton Avenue West. The school was established in 1929.  The school's name was a tribute to former students who became fallen soldiers during the war.{{Fact|date=April 2007}}  The school is fondly referred to as "Memo" by students. The school boasts 1200+ students; a huge and competent student and staff body and an excellent working community.
+==Advanced Placement==
+York Memorial is known for its RUSH and AP programs.  The RUSH program stands for Roadmap to University Success with Honours.  It is an enrichment program that trains students for the full AP programs.  The [[Advanced Placement Program]] at York Memorial is well-known.  AP courses are offered in a wide variety of subjects, from mathematics to sciences to the humanities.  AP courses offered to date include: Biology, Statistics, English, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, French, Economics, Computer Science, World History and Calculus.  The Pre-Advanced Placement program was established for students who want to take the AP challenge.  York Memorial has had great success especially with AP Psychology.
+==External links==
+*Unofficial York Memo Website: [http://www.yorkmemo.com]
+*Toronto District School Board [[TDSB]] website: [http://www.tdsb.on.ca/scripts/Schoolasp.asp?schno=6697]
+*School website: [http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/yorkmemorial/]
+*School profile (lists courses available): [http://www.tdsb.on.ca/choices/6697.pdf]
+*Library webpage: [http://www.tdsb.on.ca/libraries/links.asp?schoolNo=6697/]
+*Computer studies at York Memorial: [http://www.businessstudies.ca/dmdocuments/Computer_Studies.pdf]
+*York Memorial Alumni: [http://groups.msn.com/YorkMemorialC-I-Alumni/_whatsnew.msnw]
+*[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] news archives: ([[Runnymede Collegiate]] versus York Mills Collegiate): [http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-112-1498-10075/1960s/1961/clip1]
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