Victoria Park Collegiate Institute, Toronto

About Victoria Park Collegiate Institute

”Victoria Park Collegiate Institute ; formerly Victoria Park Secondary School, is a collegiate institute located south of York Mills Road and west of Victoria Park Ave. at 15 Wallingford Road in the North York area of Toronto, Ontario, 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. The student population of Victoria Park Collegiate Institute is diverse, with a component of English as Second Language students .HistoryVictoria 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.In the late 2000s, a fitness centre was opened which goes by the name of "Brian Maxwell Fitness Centre". This was to dedicate Brian Maxwell and his contributions to this school, as well as his passing in 2004.Throughout 2016-2017, many renovations had occurred in the school with new additions such as a new and improved resource room, a remodelled gym, an improved track field, a cell phone charging station, and repainted walls/doors. Read more

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