L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute

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L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute
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Address
L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute
2501 Bridletowne Circle

Toronto
,
Ontario
,
M1W 2K1

Canada
Coordinates 43°48′6.93″N79°19′4.31″W / 43.8019250°N 79.3178639°W / 43.8019250; -79.3178639
Information
School type Public high school
MottoFreedom with Responsibility
Founded1973
School board Toronto District School Board
(Scarborough Board of Education)
SuperintendentMark Sprack
Area trusteeManna Wong
School number4226 / 920576
AdministratorJohnson Lo
PrincipalBernard Lee
Grades 9-12
Enrolment584 (2016-2017)
Language English
HousesIncendium, Pelagus, Zephyrus and Telluris
Colour(s)Royal blue and gold   
MascotSt. Bernard
Team nameL'Amoreaux Saints
Website schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/lamoreaux/

L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute (or L'Am for short) is a public high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada founded in 1973. It is located in the L'Amoreaux neighbourhood of the former suburb of Scarborough. Originally part of the Scarborough Board of Education, it is now consolidated into the Toronto District School BoardIn 2020 the school had an enrolment of 439 representing 46% of its 957 total capacity. [1] The number of students at L'am for whom English is an additional language is more than double the provincial average (60% vs. 23%) as is the number of students who are new to Canada from a non-English peaking country (10% vs. 5.1%). The area feeding the school also contends with an over-representation of children from lower-income households at (30% vs ~18%). [2] Despite these challenges, 81% passed the Grade 10 literacy test on their first attempt in 2021-2022; essentially identical to the provincial average. [3] The motto of the school is "Freedom with Responsibility".

Contents

History

The ultimate origins of L'Amoreaux Collegiate date back to 1868 when S.S. No. 1 opened what later became L'Amoreaux Public School. Located in the northwestern L'Amoreaux neighbourhood, S.S. No. 1 was located on the northeastern corner of Finch and Birchmount. [4] It was demolished in 1970 to eliminate intersection jog.[ citation needed ] The date stone is now in the foyer of Silver Springs Public School.[ citation needed ]

The collegiate itself, designed by the noted Canadian architect Raymond Moriyama, [5] was constructed in 1971 and opened on 4 September 1973 on Bridletowne Circle, just northeast of Warden and Finch, as Scarborough's sixteenth collegiate and twenty-first high school. Its distinctive architecture, (arguably postmodern [6] ) and interior design, includes a large, tiered Central Market Square later named after Rollit J Goldring, [7] the first principal of the school, instead of the standard auditoriums of similar-sized facilities which tend to be largely unused. The interior design makes use of Moriyama's trademark angular interiors made of concrete, and hallways which feature generous use of colour to set off 'neighbourhoods'. The school hallway appeared in the rock band Rush's 1982 video for the single "Subdivisions".

R.J. Goldring delivering the Principal's Message 1974-75 RJGoldring7475.jpg
R.J. Goldring delivering the Principal's Message 1974-75

Overview

Campus

Map of the internal layout of the building L'Amoreaux CI Building Map.jpg
Map of the internal layout of the building

L'Amoreaux Collegiate has 161,512 square feet (15,005.0 m2) of space located in 15 acres (6.1 ha). It is a 2-story school with classrooms on the lower floor and the main office in the second. There are around 24 classrooms, six science labs, three art rooms, three music rooms, five computer laboratories (including a communications technology laboratory), four vocational shops for technical design and construction, the Rollit J. Goldring Market Square, a cafetorium with a stage, four gymnasia with the larger one having the ability to be portioned into two with the smaller gyms built in between, a 25m swimming pool shared with the city, the main office and guidance offices located on the second floor, and the 400m standard track and football/soccer field. There are two small portables and one large portapak (Adult ESL Center). The school hallways and lockers have distinctive accent colours of red, yellow, green and blue moving from the front (South) of the school to the back (North).

Houses

From the 2017-2018 school year, students are in one of four houses selected randomly at the start of the year: Incendium, Pelagus, Telluris and Zephyrus (Latin for the four elements). Siblings are grouped in the same house to avoid any rivalry. The original 'House system' comprised: Edwards, Kennedy, Purcell, Tomlinson, Scadding and White with yearbooks organized accordingly. [8] According to an article by Carol Tennant in L'Amoreaux Life, a community newspaper, at least five of the original houses were named after well-known local ministers, teachers, land donors and farmers.

Courses

Specialist High Skills Major Programs

L'Amoreaux is one of the schools in the TDSB, which offers three Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) programs, and offers programs in Business and Finance, Information and Communication Technology, as well as Health and Wellness. Students enrolled in SHSM receive an extra seal with their diploma.

Extended French and Spanish

L'Amoreaux offers the Honors Extended French Programs, in which students on the Extended French track can graduate with a bilingual certificate. Spanish is also offered.

Robotics engineering

L'Amoreaux is one of the few schools that offers a robotics course as well as the club. Students in the course learn about engineering and the engineering process, robot systems and programming, and robots in society. Robotics engineering is a project-based course and assignments include building two VEX EDR Robots, which are entered into the worldwide VEX Robotics Competition. Students in the course also help build the FIRST Robotics Competition robot.

Extra-curricular

Sports

Sports at L'Amoreaux currently include: Badminton (girls), Basketball (boys), Basketball (girls), Cricket (mixed), Cross Country (mixed), Dragon Boat (mixed), Field Hockey (girls), Soccer (boys), Soccer (girls), Swimming (mixed), Volleyball (boys), Volleyball (girls)

Clubs

Clubs at L’Amoreaux currently include: Athletic Council, Black Student Alliance, Boyz to Men, Chess Club, Christian Fellowship, Debate Club, Drama, Equity and Student Advocacy, Formal Committee, Girl Talk, L’Amoreaux Pride LGBT+, L’Amoreaux Prefects (formerly PALS), LESS, Model United Nations, Muslim Student Association, Music Council, Radio L’Am, Robotics, School Action Team, Student Activity Council, United Cultures @ L’Am, Yearbook.

Notable alumni


Yearbook Covers


1974-1975 Yearbook cover-L'Amoreaux C.I..jpg
1974-1975 Yearbook cover-L'Amoreaux C.I. "Diamonds In The Rough" [15]
1976-1977 Yearbook cover-L'Amoreaux C.I..jpg
1976-1977 Yearbook cover-L'Amoreaux C.I. "Memories" [16]
1978-1979 Yearbook cover-L'Amoreaux C.I. The Book of Saints.jpg
1978-1979 Yearbook cover-L'Amoreaux C.I. The Book of Saints [17]
L'Amoreaux C.I. 2022-2023 Yearbook L'Amoreaux CI 2022-2023 Yearbook.tif
L'Amoreaux C.I. 2022-2023 Yearbook
L'Amoreaux CI 2021-2022 Yearbook L'Amoreaux CI 2021-2022 Yearbook.jpg
L'Amoreaux CI 2021-2022 Yearbook

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