John Polanyi Collegiate Institute
It is a semestered school offering a "full range of university, college and apprenticeship programs." The school was originally named after the Scottish-Canadian inventor of time zones Sandford Fleming.
History
Sir Sandford Fleming Secondary School was constructed and opened in September 1964. The building shares the same design as Newtonbrook Secondary School. The teams name was known as the Chargers. On September 6, 2011, the school was renamed to John Polanyi Collegiate Institute with the Fleming staff and students moving into the former Bathurst Heights Secondary School on Lawrence and Allen. The name of the school team was changed to the Jaguars with their colours being blue and black.
Origins of Bathurst Heights
Bathurst Heights Secondary School opened on September 4, 1951, as North York's second high school (the first being Earl Haig Secondary School) and officially opened on May 29, 1952. Six additions were made throughout the years and adult education was introduced before its program being abolished in 2000. After years of enrolment declining, Bathurst Heights closed its doors as a regular operating school on June 23, 2001.
In 2004 the school was used in the filming of the Zero Hour episode: Massacre at Columbine High.
In the 2000s, the Toronto Catholic District School Board used the Bathurst Heights building to house the students from Brebeuf College School during re-construction and later Dante Alighieri Academy Beatrice Campus.
The school's building is now leased out by the Toronto District School Board to several tenants:
- Swim camp
- Toronto ESL Learning Centre
The school is currently being internally renovated to house TDSB offices.
Notable alumni (Bathurst Heights)
- Rosalie Abella, justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Denham Brown, basketball player
- Paul Godfrey, municipal politician and newspaper publisher
- Urjo Kareda, late theatre and music critic
- Danny Livingstone, Antiguan cricketer
- Bob Nevin, late hockey player
- David Shiner, municipal politician
See also
References
- ^ "John Polanyi Collegiate Institute". Toronto District School Board. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
- ^ Constable, Mike. "School prepares for big move." My Town Crier. February 22, 2011. Retrieved on October 14, 2018.
- ^ "Alternate universe Columbine...in Canada! (Part 1)".