York Mills Collegiate Institute
| York Mills Collegiate Institute | |
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490 York Mills Road , , Canada | |
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| School type | Public, High school |
| Motto | Labore et prudentia ("through effort and intelligence") |
| Founded | 1957 |
| School board | TDSB formerly NYBE |
| Superintendent | Kathleen Garner |
| Area trustee | Gerri Gershon |
| School number | 954810 |
| Administrator | Michael de Rosario Leslee Waterston |
| Principal | J. Chan |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1187 (As of spring 2008[update]) |
| Language | English and French |
| Area | formerly City of North York City of Toronto Riding of Don Valley West Toronto City Council Ward 13 |
| Colour(s) | Red and White |
| Mascot | The Titan |
| Team name | Titans; Rubber Duckies (Swim Team) |
| Feeder schools | Windfield's MS St. Andrew's MS Don Valley MS (Only French Immersion) |
| Public transit access | TTC Subway: York Mills Subway Station TTC Bus Routes: 95 (York Mills) 115 (Silver Hills) 122 (Graydon Hall) |
| Website | TDSB School Profile: York Mills C.I. School Website: Official website |
York Mills Collegiate Institute is a Toronto high school, offering grades 10–12, located in North York along York Mills Road between Leslie Street and Bayview Avenue. The school emphasizes university preparation. English and French Immersion courses are provided from grades 9 to 12. Windfields Middle School and St. Andrews Middle School are the two feeder middle schools that make up the majority of York Mills' population. Additionally, Don Valley Middle School was a feeder school to York Mills until its conversion from a junior high (grades 7 to 9) to a middle school (grades 7 to 8) in 2016.
Extracurricular activities
Clubs
York Mills Collegiate is home to a variety of clubs, which include academic clubs (e.g., Math Club, Physics Club, Chemistry Club), school spirits clubs (e.g., student council, athletic council, Spectrum-Yearbook,WÖRD- School Newspaper Committee), social justice clubs (e.g., International Issues, Ambassadors' Club, Greenpaws), cultural clubs (e.g., Korean club, Persian club, Jewish club), and general interests clubs (e.g., Model United Nation/Politics Club, Ping Pong Club, Anime Club). They also temporarily had a Pokemon Fan Club.[1]
Sports
York Mills offers a wide variety of extracurricular sports, including: Badminton, Baseball, Softball, Basketball, Cross-country Running Team, Curling, Field Hockey (girls), Golf, Tennis, Hockey, Rugby, Soccer, Swimming, Water-Polo, Track and Field, Ultimate Frisbee, Volleyball, and Weight Training.
School Show
The School Show is now an every-other-year event at York Mills, and is usually performed in the first week of December, while the production and planning start near the end of the previous school year. The show is a collaborative staff and student effort with approximately 10 percent of the student population assisting in the production.
Notable alumni
- Sasha Gollish – competitive runner, Pan American Games bronze medalist, Maccabiah Games gold medalist
- Dave Hodge[2]
- Brian Kang – Member of Korean rock group, Day6, under the stage name Young K
- Terry Leibel[2]
- Dan Shulman[2]
- Jeffrey Skoll[3]
- Joana Ceddia — Youtube personality [4]
See also
References and footnotes
- ^ Clubs & Teams Archived December 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c Post City Magazines | February 2007, Dave Hodge by Megan Griffith-Greene
- ^ Broverman, Alison (July 2009). "Bayview's Person of the Year: Jeff Skoll". Post City Magazines. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
- ^ Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTuber.
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External links
- York Mills C.I. Official Site
- Douglas R. Scott Library (York Mills C.I.)
- Titan Times (York Mills C.I. School Newspaper)
- 43°45′08″N 79°22′25″W / 43.752191°N 79.373592°W (Location of York Mills on WikiMapia) Geo-Links for York Mills Collegiate Institute