North Albion Collegiate Institute
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| North Albion Collegiate Institute | |
| Address | |
| 2580 Kipling Avenue Toronto, Ontario, M9V 3B2, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School board | Toronto District School Board |
| Religious affiliation | none |
| Superintendent | Trevor Ludski |
| Area trustee | John Hastings |
| Principal | Jonathan Shoss |
| Vice principal | Slacer, |
| School type | Public high school |
| Grades | 9-12+ |
| Language | English |
| Mascot | Cougar |
| Team name | Cougars |
| Colours | Orange, Blue |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Enrollment | 1000+ (September 2005) |
| Homepage | http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/naci/ |
North Albion Collegiate Institute is a high school in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Toronto District School Board. The school opened in 1962 to serve the growing suburb known as Rexdale.
North Albion Collegiate Institute (NACI) earned a reputation for academic and athletic excellence from the time of its inception through the 1980s. Thereafter, the reputation of the school became more associated with the involvement of some students in crime and violence. In recent years, discipline has improved and, as a result the post-secondary success rate has been rising dramatically. From 2000 to 2004, the graduation rate rose to 40%. In 2006 the school was placed among the top 25 of the Ontario Grade 10 literacy test. It is placed above other local schools such as West Humber Collegiate Institute, Thistletown Collegiate Institute, and Martingrove Collegiate Institute, as a school known for reasonable excellence in Academics. Now the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is even considering it as one of the best schools in Rexdale/Etobicoke. However NACI has many gang problems and is full of troubled youth. NACI has improved over the years yet it still has less than a 50% graduation rate and is underfunded ( missing intramural teams )
Its feeder schools include North Kipling Junior Middle School and Smithfield Community School.
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[edit] Notable alumni
- Craig Ramsay (former NHL player and coach)[1]
- James Christie (Globe & Mail sports writer)[2]
- Teri Austin (actress: Knot's Landing, Seinfeld, Thrill of a Lifetime; now with The Amanda Foundation, Los Angeles)[3]
- John Wallace[4] (medical researcher; co-founder of NicOx and founder of Antibe Therapeutics)[5]
[edit] G.M Hull Award Winners
This Award is to commemorate NACI's former and well known Principal Mr. Hull. It is NACI's most prestigious award and is given to a student in the graduating class who best represents his or her grade.
Past Winners:
- 2007: Paras Kadakia
- 2006: Luxshana Navaratnarajah
- 2005: Shefali Vyas
- 2004: Paulina Reibon
- 2003: Amandeep Rai
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- North Albion Collegiate Institute at the Toronto District School Board website
