North Toronto Christian School

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North Toronto Christian School
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Address
North Toronto Christian School
255 Yorkland Blvd

North York, Toronto
,
Ontario
,
M2J 1S3

Canada
Coordinates 43°46′25″N79°20′15″W / 43.77348°N 79.33757°W / 43.77348; -79.33757
Information
School type Christian School
Religious affiliation(s)Christian
AdministratorGordon Cooke [1]
PrincipalNicole Brouwer [1]
Vice principalDavid Vant Erve [1]
Grades Junior Kindergarten - Grade 12
Language English
Website www.ntcs.on.ca

North Toronto Christian School (NTCS) is a non-semestered private Christian school located in the North York district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The school is a co-educational Christian elementary and high school, not affiliated with any specific church or denomination. [2] Space is offered for both domestic and international students, along with an accompanying ESL and homestay program. [3]

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North Toronto Christian School is a member of the Association of Christian Schools International. [4]

History

North Toronto Christian School was founded in 1981.

NTCS originally occupied the former Page Public School building, which was closed as an operating school by the North York Board of Education (later Toronto District School Board) in 1981. Its first lease was for five years and was terminated on July 31, 2011. The Page Avenue property was sold to a private owner. [5] Formerly called The Yorkland School, the high school adopted the elementary school's name, North Toronto Christian School, during a merger between the two schools at the beginning of the 2011/2012 school year. [6]

From March 13, 2020 to the end of the 2019–2020 school year, the school building was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto. The school used online learning during that time. [7]

Property

North Toronto Christian School is situated on a 5-acre (20,000 m2) campus near the intersection of Highway 401 and Highway 404 in North York, an area of Toronto. It occupies a former commercial office building and fitness centre with a total of 80,000 square feet (7,400 m2) of space on two floors. Evidence of the building's past can still be seen in some areas throughout the building.

High school classrooms are numbered N1-N6, C1-C8, and S1 (N for North, C for Central Square, and S for South).

There is a music classroom in room N6, [8] and science classrooms in rooms N3-N5. [9]

In 2010–2011, the building was renovated and expanded in order to accommodate elementary school students and staff. The elementary school building, which was rented from the Toronto District School Board, was demolished in 2011, as the property was sold by the TDSB to a property developer.

Technology

One of NTCS's computer labs, room C6. The computers in the photo were replaced in 2018. NTCS Computer Lab C6.png
One of NTCS's computer labs, room C6. The computers in the photo were replaced in 2018.

There are three computer labs with Internet access in rooms C4, C6, and C8. [10] All computers in the computer labs run on Windows 10 Home and have Microsoft Office 2007 and LibreOffice installed, along with tools for programming in Python and Java. There are no student libraries, however, the Toronto Public Library's Fairview branch is 1.5 km away.

Daily schedule

The school day at North Toronto Christian School begins at 9:00 a.m. The high school day ends at 3:30 p.m., whilst the elementary school day ends at 3:15 p.m. Uniforms are required. Chapel is usually held every other Wednesday after period one for the high school students, and after homeroom for the grade 7 to 9 students. [10] Schedule days are numbered Day 1–4, with 6 periods of 50 minutes in length each day, as well as a 40-minute lunch break between period 3 and 4, 10-minute homeroom time (where announcements are read out and devotions are done) between period 2 and 3, and a 5-minute gap between other periods. Grades 11-12 also have spare periods; they may leave the school or work in the café area on the first floor during these periods.

Athletic facilities

Many of the fitness facilities, such as the swimming pool, track, and squash courts, are remnants of the school's past as a fitness centre.

Extracurricular activities

Sports teams include volleyball, soccer, basketball, swimming and more. These sports teams are available to both the junior grades and the senior grades. There are other teams such as the DECA team and a service and leadership team (SALT), and the school's Reach for the Top team which qualified for the Ontario provincial finals in the 2018–2019 school year. [11]

Chandos Outdoor Education Centre

Chandos Outdoor Education Centre is a camp property owned and operated by North Toronto Christian School. Twice a year, students from grades 3 - 9 take an overnight trip there, in the fall and in the winter. Once a year, students in grade 10 take an overnight trip there, in the fall. Each class, accompanied by teachers (and parents for younger grades), goes once in the fall and once in the winter. Chandos Outdoor Education Centre is located outside of Apsley, Ontario, on Chandos Lake. [12] [13] [14] In the summer, a summer camp, Camp Ke-Mon-Oya, is operated there. [15]

Notable alumni

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  3. ↑ "NTCS - International Students". North Toronto Christian School. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
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  11. ↑ "2019 Ontario Provincials - Public" . Retrieved 2019-05-16– via Google Docs.
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