Victoria Park Collegiate Institute

Victoria Park Collegiate Institute
Perge et Perage
"Take Action and Pursue our Goals with Enthusiasm"
Address
15 Wallingford Rd.
North York, Ontario, M3A 2V1, Canada
Information
School board Toronto District School Board
Superintendent K. Meighan
Area trustee Micheal Coteau
Principal Diana Panagiotopoulos
Vice Principals Gregory Foulidis
Tim Ward
Todd Bushell
School type Public High school
Grades 9-12
Language English
Mascot Panther
Colours Scarlet and Gold         
Established 1960
Enrolment 1446 (September 2009)[1]
Homepage http://www.victoriaparkci.ca

Victoria Park C.I., formerly Victoria Park Secondary School, is a collegiate institute located south of York Mills Road and west of Victoria Park Ave. at 15 Wallingford Rd. in the North York area of Toronto, Canada. It is the first publicly-funded school in Ontario to host the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. Authorized to offer the IB Diploma Programme since July 1987, the programme is taught in English. The school is open to male and female students. Some feeder schools include Milne Valley Middle School and Donview Middle School.

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History

Victoria Park Collegiate Institute was officially opened to students in 1960. Approximately two decades after its founding, Victoria Park C.I. became the first public school within Ontario to offer the International Baccalaureate Program.

Academical achievements

Provincial assessment

For the year 2010/2011,

Contests

Victoria Park has participated in numerous competitions throughout its years. These include various fields of mathematics, the sciences, as well as the social services; some of which take place beyond school walls.

International Baccalaureate program

Offered since 1987, Victoria Park C.I. was the first public school in Ontario to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. Graduates consistently score within the top 5% of all students enrolled in the IB Program. Grade nine and ten students are admitted into a pre-IB program at Victoria Park where they are given the opportunity to gauge the IB curriculum. Individuals who wish to apply for the pre-IB program must write a student application essay of 400-500 words. The applicant then must attend an interview with the IB Coordinator in order to complete the application process.

Sports

Sports offered at Victoria Park C.I. include:

  • The Varsity Boys' Baseball offered again in the 2006-2007 school year
  • The archery team was started in 2002 and has won a medal every year since 2003.
  • Resumed in the fall of 2010 after a 15 year hiatus
  • The Senior chess team placed first at the city championships and 2nd overall at the provincial championships in 2009-2010

Library

Victoria Park C.I., like all high schools in the TDSB, has a very resourceful library. The library offers over 20 workstations, two computer labs, independent study areas, printing services, and photocopying service. The library is also the home to over a thousand books of all genres. The library occasionally holds fundraisers for the Hospital for Sick Children and much more.

Some programs on the over 150 computers (which run on Windows XP) are Turing programming software, Microsoft Office 2003, and graphic editors such as Adobe Photoshop. The Accelerated Reader software is offered, with which grade nine students are encouraged to read and are tested afterwards on the content of the novel they chose.

White Pine at VP

The White Pine high school reading program started in Victoria Park C.I. in the spring of 2003. Every year at the beginning of semester two, a meeting is held in the school library to gather students who are interested in participating in this reading program. All books nominated for White Pine are young adult fictions written by Canadian authors. The ten nominated books are introduced to the students who will have to read at least seven out of the ten selections to be eligible to vote for their favourite book.

A meeting takes place every three weeks in the library where students get an opportunity to discuss, with their peers as well as other teachers, about the books they have read. The voting for the favourite book takes place in mid May at the school. After all the votes from across Ontario have been accounted for, teachers and students of Victoria Park CI who have participated in the White Pine reading program are then invited to the ceremony where the winning author of the nominated books is announced.

Clubs

Victoria Park C.I. offers its students a wide range clubs in which they can host fundraisers, support various causes, earn community service hours, discuss similar interests, and share new experiences with their peers.

List of clubs running as of the 2010-2011 school year:

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "Victoria Park CI Toronto DSB". Toronto District School Board. Education Quality and Accountability Office. http://eqaoweb.eqao.com/eqaoweborgprofile/profile.aspx?_Mident=3486&Lang=E. Retrieved 8 December 2011. 
  2. ^ "Victoria Park CI Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics, 2010-2011". Toronto District School Board. Education Quality and Accountability Office. http://eqaoweb.eqao.com/eqaoweborgprofile/Download.aspx?rptType=PBS&_Mident=949353&YEAR=2011&assessmentType=9&orgType=S&nF=OfhBxJbJ8sqtohrKevmR8CG1hKFNSIDpIuDw2W~plus~O9Kc=&displayLanguage=E. Retrieved 8 December 2011. 
  3. ^ "Victoria Park CI Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test, March 2011". Toronto District School Board. Education Quality and Accountability Office. http://eqaoweb.eqao.com/eqaoweborgprofile/Download.aspx?rptType=PBS&_Mident=949353&YEAR=2011&assessmentType=10&orgType=S&nF=wXyvpS7XA8UvQjzNfh1bx7xsMO8S9UbvaUISuStDvc~fslash~gSgBeTybPMA==&displayLanguage=E. Retrieved 8 December 2011. 

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