Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute

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Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute
Address
1550 Sandhurst Circle Scarborough, Ontario, Ontario, M1V 1S6, Canada
Website
Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute
Information
School board	Toronto District School Board
Religious affiliation	none
Principal	M. Booth
School type	High school
Grades	9-12
Language	English
Motto	"Ne Obliviscaris" (Forget Not)
Founded	1976

Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute (ACCI) is a Toronto public high school located in north Scarborough. The school is named after former Scarborough reeve and mayor Albert McTaggart Campbell.

The school was built in the 1976 by famed Canadian architect Raymond Moriyama. Renovations were completed in the late 1980s and additions added in the early 1990s.

Campbell's pool is used also as a public swimming pool outside of school hours. The school is used as a Chinese school during the weekends.

1 The Student Body
2 Seasonal sports teams (Campbell Celtics)
3 Clubs and groups (incomplete)
4 Current music groups
5 Notable alumni
6 External links

[edit] The Student Body

The student body consists of a multicultural mix of students from all parts of Toronto. The school's reputation for high academics and a state-of-the-art music program has attracted students from all over, from as far as Britain and New Zealand. Some have claimed that due to its high number of asian students (both east and south asian), that groups and cliques are formed on the basis of race. This claim is unfounded and short-sighted as it may only apply to one or two groups, the fact is, everyone interacts with everyone else and are united with a sense of camraderie formed from trying to pass class together.

Special mention goes to Albert Campbell's Students In Action (SIA), which have participated in many events around the Greater Toronto Area promoting spirit and fundraising for the Scarborough Grace Hospital.

The Student Council organized events such as dances, spirit weeks and spirit days for the school and put on assemblies 3 times a year. The elections were criticized as being a glorified popularity contest, which holds true as often some of these members were found to be incompetent. Nevertheless, they manage to get the job done behind the scenes regardless of how the Student Body views them.