Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute

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Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute
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Lawrence Park C.I. entrance
Address
Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute
125 Chatsworth Drive

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M4R 1S1

Canada
Coordinates 43°43′20″N79°24′37″W / 43.7221°N 79.4103°W / 43.7221; -79.4103
Information
School type High School
MottoAmor Doctrinae Floreat [1]
(Let the love of learning flourish)
Founded1936
School board Toronto District School Board
(Toronto Board of Education)
SuperintendentCassandra Alviani-Alvarez [1]
Area trusteeShelley Laskin [1]
PrincipalMichael Griesz [1]
Grades9 - 12
Enrolment1196 (2019-2020)
Language English, French Immersion, Extended French
Colour(s)Gold and Blue   
MascotPanther
Team nameLawrence Park Panthers
Website schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/lawrenceparkci/Home.aspx
Last updated: September 21, 2020

Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute is a semestered, public high school institution with over 1,267 students enrolled. The school is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It teaches grades 9 through 12 and is operated and governed by the Toronto District School Board. Until 1998, the school was part of the former Toronto Board of Education.

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The school is located in the Lytton Park neighbourhood. The majority of students come from the surrounding Bedford Park, Lytton Park, North Toronto, and Lawrence Park areas. The closest TTC subway station is Lawrence station.

History

Lawrence Park Collegiate was founded in 1936. Charles W. Robb was the school's first principal and went on to become the Superintendent of Secondary Education for Toronto. [2] The front entrance was built with Beaux-Arts elements.

Sports

There are over 50 athletic clubs that wear the Panther colours of blue and gold. In recent years Lawrence Park has won TDSB Championships in Swimming, (boys and girls), Cross Country, Curling (girls), Ice Hockey (girls), Soccer (boys and girls), Track and Field, Tennis, Volleyball, Alpine Skiing (boys and girls) and Snowboarding.

In March 2016 both the girls' Curling team and the girls' Hockey team won OFSAA championships.

In 2018 Lawrence Park CI were the OFSAA Girls’ AAA soccer champions.

Fall sports

  • Cross Country
  • Girls Junior Basketball
  • Girls Senior Basketball
  • Boys Junior Football
  • Boys Senior Football
  • Boys Golf
  • Girls Fall Rugby
  • Boys Rugby 7's
  • Girls Rugby 7's
  • Girls Field Hockey
  • Boys Junior Soccer
  • Boys Senior Soccer
  • Tennis
  • Boys Junior Volleyball
  • Boys Senior Volleyball

Winter sports

  • Curling (Boys and Girls)
  • Hockey (Boys and Girls)
  • Boys Junior Basketball
  • Boys Senior Basketball
  • Girls Junior Volleyball
  • Girls Senior Volleyball
  • Ski Team
  • Snowboarding Team
  • Swim Team
  • Indoor Soccer

Spring sports

  • Badminton
  • Boys Baseball
  • Girls Rugby
  • Boys Junior Rugby
  • Boys Senior Rugby
  • Girls Soccer
  • Girls Softball
  • Track & Field
  • Water Polo
  • Ultimate Frisbee

Drama

Lawrence Park has a very large and active Drama Council that is responsible for various events at the school. The council plans and runs the Remembrance Day assembly. Each year the council runs United Artists for a Cause, a performing arts night that includes music, drama and a fashion show. Lawrence Park is one of few schools that enters 2 plays in the NTS (formerly Sears) drama festival in addition to hosting the festival. Each year, there is a school play performed for hundreds of people including Arsenic and Old Lace (2016), Departures and Arrivals (2017) and Anne of Green Gables (2018). Dramatic productions take place in a very large and recently upgraded auditorium with a new LED lighting system installed in 2017. "Masquerade," a school magazine, showcases the music, drama and visual arts programs at Lawrence Park Collegiate. [3]

Councils

The school has multiple councils for students to join,[ clarification needed ] ranging from the Student Council to the Classics Council to the Athletic Council.

Feeder schools

Lawrence Park has three main feeder schools from around the area:

Students from Davisville Public School, John Wanless Public School, John Ross Robertson Public School, John Fisher Public School, and Allenby Public School graduate to Glenview Senior Public School and then to Lawrence Park, while students from Bedford Park Junior Public School and Blessed Sacrament go straight to Lawrence Park as they go from Kindergarten to grade 8.

Movies and videos

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute (GR. 09-12)". Toronto District School Board. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  2. Hardy, Edwin Austin (1950). Cochrane, Honora M. (ed.). Centennial Story: The Board of Education for the City of Toronto 1850-1950. Toronto, ON: Thomas Nelson & Sons (Canada) Limited.
  3. "LPCI History". Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute. Retrieved 3 May 2017.