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John Polanyi Collegiate Institute

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School type
  
High school

Grades
  
9-12

Colour(s)
  
Blue and white

Phone
  
+1 416-395-3303

Founded
  
1964

Religious affiliation(s)
  
Secular

Language
  
English

Team name
  
John Polanyi Jaguars

Province
  
Ontario

John Polanyi Collegiate Institute

Address
  
640 Lawrence Ave W, North York, ON M6A 1B1, Canada

District
  
Toronto District School Board

Motto
  
Scientia Est Potentia (Motto)

School board
  
Toronto District School Board

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John Polanyi Collegiate Institute (JPCI), previously Sir Sanford Fleming Academy from 1964 to 2011, is a public high school located in the North York district of Toronto, and serving the area of Lawrence Avenue West and Allen Road (a.k.a. Lawrence Heights). It is a semestered school offering a "full range of university, college and apprenticeship programs."

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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 enrollment declining, Bathurst Heights was closed its doors as an regular operating school on June 23, 2001.

From 2006 to 2011 it was home to Dante Alighieri Academy Beatrice Campus and since moved to Sir Sandford Fleming Academy building.

The former school's building is now leased out by the Toronto District School Board to several tenants:

  • formerly hosting the North York Harvest Food Bank
  • Swim camp
  • Toronto ESL Learning Centre
  • Notable alumni (Bathurst Heights)

  • Denham Brown, basketball player
  • Paul Godfrey, municipal politician and newspaper publisher
  • Urjo Kareda, late theatre and music critic
  • David Shiner, municipal politician
  • References

    John Polanyi Collegiate Institute Wikipedia