Bill Crothers Secondary School

Bill Crothers Secondary School
Address
44 Main Street
Unionville, Ontario, L4S 2T9, Canada
Coordinates 43°51′24″N 79°18′44″W / 43.85667°N 79.31222°WCoordinates: 43°51′24″N 79°18′44″W / 43.85667°N 79.31222°W
Information
School number 939585[1]
School board York Region District School Board
Religious affiliation none
Superintendent Lisa Walsh
Area trustee Elizabeth Richardson
Principal Rose Walker
Vice principal Cindy Ranieri
Ron Zoratto
Administrator Shirley DiFebo
School type Public High school
Grades 9-12
Language English
Motto To Develop In Students The Love Of Sport Through Learning, And The Love Of Learning Through Sport
Colours White, Black, Blue and Red
Founded 2008
Enrollment 1399[2] (October 2013)
Homepage Official website

Bill Crothers Secondary School is an athletic based High school in the community of Unionville in Markham, Ontario, Canada. It is the newest secondary school in the York Region District School Board. Named for former Olympic athlete and Chair of the York Region District School Board, Bill Crothers, the school opened its doors to Grade 9 and 10 students in August 2008. The school is 32 acres (130,000 m2) and cost an estimated $32 million to build. The school was formerly an 18 hole golf course, Unionville Golf Centre, opened in 1961.[3]

Culture

The school made a brief cameo appearance on primetime television's Flashpoint. The episode "Perfect Storm" garnered 9.6 million viewers on the CBS television network in the United States and 1.4 million viewers on Canada's CTV. This school is known for their prolific track and field team, boys and girls senior soccer teams, boys volleyball team, boys and girls basketball, senior boys rugby team, and their boys varsity lacrosse team

Field construction

Three main fields are being laid down at the North side of the school.

Field 1 is an artificial turf field to be used mainly for Soccer, and Field Hockey. This field was completed in September 2008.

Field 2 (Main Field) is an artificial field with a mondo track to be used for Football and Track & Field. The field portion was installed in mid October 2008.

Field 3 is a natural turf grass field to be used for Soccer. This field was laid in September 2008 and completed in September 2010.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bill Crothers Secondary School". Secondary School Profile. Ontario Ministry of Education. 2010-02-18. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
  2. ↑ "York Region District School Board - Monthly Enrolment Report" (PDF). York Region District School Board. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Pugh, Denis (2011-03-28). "Unionville Golf Centre Inc | Unionville Golf Centre Inc Golf Course". Golflink.com. Retrieved 2012-10-31.

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