John Polanyi Collegiate Institute
It is a semestered school offering a "full range of university, college and apprenticeship programs."
History
Bathurst Heights was opened in 1952 and later closed in 2001. Upon its closure, students were transferred to Sir Sandford Fleming Secondary School. Sir Sandford Fleming Secondary School was constructed and opened in September 1964. Fleming's school was created with the same design as Newtonbrook Secondary School. Fleming's teams were known as the Chargers. On September 6, 2011, Fleming was closed with the Fleming staff and students moving into the former Bathurst Heights Secondary School on Lawrence and Allen. Bathurst, in turn, was renamed John Polanyi Collegiate Institute . 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 declining enrollment, Bathurst Heights closed its doors as a regular operating school on June 23, 2001. The sports teams were known as the Bathurst Bears with team colours being green and white. The school was well equipped with a cafeteria, a separate theatrical auditorium, swimming pool, wood shop, metal shop, auto body shop and an auto mechanic shop. To help prepare students for University, the school had a lecture hall, named in memory of John F. Kennedy (Kennedy Hall).
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
- Sandie Rinaldo, Canadian television journalist
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)".