Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute

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Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute
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Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute
333 North High Street

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Canada
Coordinates 48°26′58″N89°13′39″W / 48.44944°N 89.22750°W / 48.44944; -89.22750
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School type High school
Founded2009
School board Lakehead Public Schools
PrincipalNeil Workman
Grades 9–12
Language English
Colour(s)Columbia Blue, Black & White    
MascotThe Gryphon
Rivals Hammarskjold High School
École secondaire catholique de la Vérendrye
St. Ignatius High School
Website superior.lakeheadschools.ca
Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute

Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute (SCVI) is a high school in Thunder Bay, Ontario and is part of the Lakehead District School Board system. The school opened in September, 2009. It has approximately 600 students. It is also currently, as of September 2019, the only school in the Lakehead District School Board that offers the International Baccalaureate program, introduced in September 2018 after the shut down of Sir Winston Churchill Collegiate & Vocational Institute. [1]

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History

Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute replaced Port Arthur Collegiate Institute and Hillcrest High School. Port Arthur Collegiate opened in 1909 and closed in 2007. Its students were then transferred to Hillcrest High School, which opened in 1928 as "Port Arthur Technical School". Hillcrest High School closed in 2009.

Construction of the school began in 2007. It was built on the former site of Balsam Street Public School, about a kilometre north of Hillcrest High School.

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References

  1. "International Baccalaureate Programme Information Sessions". 29 November 2017.