| Parkdale Collegiate | |
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| 209 Jameson Avenue Toronto, Ontario, M6K 2Y3, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School board | Toronto District School Board |
| Superintendent | Curtis Ennis |
| Area trustee | Irene Atkinson |
| Principal | Irene Chewchuk |
| School type | High school |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Language | English |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Enrolment | 635 (spring 2008) |
Parkdale Collegiate Institute is a public high school located on Jameson Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1888 in the community of Parkdale.
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Parkdale High School opened in the Masonic Hall on Dowling Avenue in 1888. When the town of Parkdale was annexed to the City of Toronto a year later in 1889, Parkdale High School moved to its new residence on Jameson Avenue where it became the Jameson Avenue Collegiate Institute, and later the Jameson Collegiate Institute. In 1910, the school was renamed to its present name of Parkdale Collegiate Institute. The original building served until 1928 and then demolished while the school moved to the present structure which was completed in 1929. The school has had two additions, the most recent in the 1960s. Parkdale is the second oldest secondary school in the old City of Toronto.[1]
One of the first teachers was Nellie Spence, one of the first female secondary school teachers in Toronto, who taught at Parkdale from 1888 on. The Nellie Spence Archive Room in the school containing memorabilia and local history is named after her.[2]