Zion Heights Junior High School
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Zion Heights Junior High School is an intermediate school for students in Grade 7 to Grade 9 in the Leslie Street and Cummer Avenue area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Zion is a feeder school to AY Jackson Secondary School. Pronunciation of the school name varies from "zeye-on" to "zeye-un", etc.
As of spring 2005, the school has a student population of 573 students; 76% of Zion students speak a primary language other than English. 31% of students have lived in Canada for five years or less. Predominant non-English language groups include Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, Persian, and Russian. [1]
Zion is home to a Gifted Program for specially identified students. Another special feature is the "Spirit of Mathematics" program, a unique approach to math that has enabled Zion to be a winner of many distinguished math awards nationally and internationally.
The school has a reputation for academic excellence and achievements. In the 2004~2005 Grade 9 Academic EQAO (provincial testing) mathematics test results, 96% of students enrolled in Grade 9 Academic math at the school scored at or above the provincial standard (Level 3); only 65% of students taking the test in the Toronto District School Board achieved this. [2]
- L. Koffman: Principal
- H. Bieler: Vice-Principal
