Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute

Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute
Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute
	Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute in 2013.
Address
	3663 Danforth Avenue; Birch Cliff, Toronto, Ontario, M1N 2G2; Canada
Coordinates	43°41′52″N 79°15′35″W
Information
School type	Public, high school
Motto	Latin: Vertias Omnia Vincit; (Truth Conquers All)
Founded	1964
School board	Toronto District School Board; (Scarborough Board of Education)
School district	South-east
Superintendent	Brendan Browne; LC3, Executive; Peter Chang; LN18
Area trustee	Parthi Kandvel; Ward 18
School number	4118 / 895016
Administrator	Beatrice Kay
Principal	Ellen Austrom
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	982 (2014-15)
Language	English
Campus	Suburban
Colour(s)	Blue, Gold, Black and White
Mascot	Panther
Team name	Birchmount Park Panthers
Website	schools.tdsb.on.ca/birchmount/

Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute (Birchmount Park CI, BPCI, or Birchmount Park) is a high school located in Scarborough, a part of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It operates under the Scarborough Board of Education with the latter board merged into the present Toronto District School Board. The school sits atop the Scarborough Bluffs overlooking Lake Ontario and Birchmount Park itself. The motto is Vertias Omnia Vincit ("Truth conquers all").

History

To provide additional crowds in the southern Scarborough community, Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute was constructed in May 1963 and accepted by the Scarborough Board of Education in July 1964. The school, as the tenth collegiate, opened its doors on September 8, 1964, with its first principal, John H. Edwards. The structure of the 1900-pupil school were designed by architects Sidney Bregman and George Hamann. Prior to the opening, the students in the area previously attended nearby collegiates such as R.H. King, Midland, and W. A. Porter as well as Malvern in the eastern end of Toronto.

Birchmount Park's Adult Re-Entry program for the Scarborough Board of Education was established in November 1977 with one teacher and fifteen students that evolved into Scarborough Centre for Alternative Studies in September 1986 opened at Tabor Park Vocational School on Midland Avenue.

The school became a movie feature of the 1986 film Youngblood and 2003 film How to Deal as well as the 2004 film Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen.[1]

The school along with other schools in greater Toronto area started to offer an "anti-black racism course" to combat racism in the communities starting in 2021.[2]

Overview

Facilities

Birchmount Park Collegiate is located in a 9.057-acre site. The structure is combined with load-bearing walls and steel-frame construction as well as window area reduced to save costs (although the design bear resemblance to Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts).

The 181,114-square-foot campus has 22 classrooms, lecture room, music room, drama room, six science labs, art room, home economics room, a library, three gymnasia (that can be partitioned into smaller gyms), a weight room, 1045-seated auditorium built in a style of a theatre, cafeteria with kitchen, administrative and guidance offices, and technical shops for electrical, automotive, carpentry and metal. Attached to Birchmount Park is Birchmount Stadium with the 400m race track and sports field with artificial turf.

Athletics

The school started the Birchmount Exceptional Athlete Program (BEAP) in September 1989, Two classes from the BEAP program were among the 12 courses cancelled at this school in 2019 due to funding cuts.[3]

Notable alumni

Aaron Brown, Olympic medalist[4]
Clifton Dawson, professional football player[5]
Crispin Duenas, Olympian; archer[6]
Wayne Simmonds, professional hockey player [7]
Devante Smith-Pelly, professional hockey player[8]
Tim Smith, professional baseball player[9]
Anthony Stewart, professional hockey player [10]
The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye), Grammy Award-winning musician[11]
Jemal Thompson, professional football player[12]
Tyler Toffoli, professional hockey player[13]
Justyn Warner, Olympian; professional track athlete[14]
Ian Warner, Olympian[15]
Russell Williams, serial killer[16]
Peter Zezel, professional hockey player[17]

References

"Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute School Profile" (PDF). Toronto District School Board. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
"Welcome to Birchmount Park CI". Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute. 2009-05-12. Archived from the original on 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2009-05-24.

External links

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[1] "Movies Filmed at Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute". Movie Maps. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[2] Little, Olivia. "Schools in Toronto will offer a course on anti-Black racism starting this year". blogTO. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[3] ttps://www.tdsb.on.ca/Portals/0/docs/Article%20Documents/Impact_of_Class_Size_Average_Increase_Secondary_Course_Selection.pdf

[4] ttp://www.birchcliffnews.com/the-olympic-connection/

[5] ttps://www.thestar.com/sports/football/2008/08/12/argos_happy_to_play_waiting_game_for_ivy_league_star.html

[6] ttps://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/2012/04/21/london_olympics_canadian_archer_crispin_duenas_takes_dead_aim_at_return_to_games.html

[7] ttps://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/4468877-scarborough-s-nhl-six-pack-produces-two-career-years/

[8] ttps://www.cambridgetimes.ca/news-story/4468877-scarborough-s-nhl-six-pack-produces-two-career-years/

[9] Zwolinski, Mark (June 24, 2004). "Jays end D-Rays' streak with 10th-inning rally; Tampa Bay loses for first time after 12 straight wins Catalanotto hints quick return from injury isn't likely".

[10] ttps://www.insidetoronto.com/sports-story/63151-scarborough-hockey-players-lace-up-in-post-season/

[11] ttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/why-the-weeknd-is-truly-torontos-very-own/article27053702/

[12] ttp://www.tdcaa.org/track/Resultstdcaaboys.htm

[13] Kalchman, Lois (3 January 2008). "Tyler Toffoli, Toronto Jr. Canadiens AAA". Toronto Star. Retrieved 17 December 2015.

[14] ttp://www.birchcliffnews.com/the-olympic-connection/

[15] ttp://www.birchcliffnews.com/the-olympic-connection/

[16] "Col. Russell Williams: A serial killer like none police have seen | The Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2019-05-12.

[17] ttps://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/4628452-street-naming-ceremony-remembers-great-scarborough-son-peter-zezel/

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