Central Commerce Collegiate
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| Central Commerce Collegiate | |
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| Address | |
| 570 Shaw St. Toronto, Ontario, M6G 3L6, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School number | 899437 |
| School board | Toronto District School Board |
| Religious affiliation | none |
| Superintendent | Georgina Balascas |
| Area trustee | Chris Bolton |
| Principal | David Buhler |
| Vice principal | Jocelyn Luck, Larry Marshman |
| School type | High school |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Language | English |
| Mascot | Riders |
| Colours | Purple and Gold |
| Founded | 1916 |
| Enrollment | 721 (as of 2005 - 06 school year) |
| Homepage | http://www.centralcommerceci.com |
Central Commerce Collegiate (also known as Central Commerce or CCC for short) is a public, semestered secondary school located in the Palmerston-Little Italy neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is well known for its senior boys basketball team which has won the 2008 TBSSAA City Championship for "AAA" OFFSA. The team also received the bronze medal in the "AAA" OFFSA tournament. Students who graduate from Central Commerce Collegiate have the opportunity to go to university or college depending on the courses they take and the grades they receive while taking them. The school academics focus most on business courses being that it is a school of commerce. The school offers many extra curricular courses and clubs such as LINCSS, MedVents, CO-OP, Commerce Connections, and its most prestigious extra curricular course which is the Leadership course in which students learn leadership skills and habits and maintain much of the schools events and handle any student concerns in the school. At the Athletic Assembly two members of the class (1 male and 1 female) who demonstrate the best all-around leadership in the school and the course are honored with the Leadership Award. The winners of the award in the 2006-2007 school year were Mohammed Islam (who is the current president of the student body) and Milos Janikic for the Male Leadership Award (note: in the '06-'07 school year it was a tie between the two male winners) while Amanda Cabral received the Female Leadership Award. The school also has many events such as MOGA, Christmas Assembly, Talent Show, Athletic Assembly, Athletic Banquet, Semi-Formal & etc.
