Kipling Collegiate Institute
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Kipling Collegiate Institute is a public high school
High school
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 in Toronto
Toronto
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, Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
Canada
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Kipling is a member of Peaceful Schools International and has been featured in Maclean's
Maclean's
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magazine as one of "Canada's Top Ten Extraordinary High Schools", as well as the Toronto Star
Toronto Star
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, as a featured school for its unity and peace
Peace
Peace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent conflict. Commonly understood as the absence of hostility, peace also suggests the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the...

 initiatives. It is also a certified Gold Level Eco-School. Situated near Toronto Pearson International Airport
Toronto Pearson International Airport
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, the school is home to many immigrants and a diverse student population, with 54 different nationalities represented.

modules. Principal Roger Dale's efforts, combined with his philosophy of progressive discipline
Progressive Discipline
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 and restorative justice
Restorative justice
Restorative justice is an approach to justice that focuses on the needs of victims, offenders, as well as the involved community, instead of satisfying abstract legal principles or punishing the offender...

, has caused the suspension rate to fall. As a result, principal Roger Dale has been recognized as one of "Canada’s Outstanding Principals of the Year" by the Canadian Association of Principals and The Learning Partnership. Six years ago, only 30 to 40 parents came to parent-teacher interviews, and less than half the students passed the Grade 10 Literacy Test. The school's failure rate has since dropped 40%, literacy scores have increased by 21% and parental and community involvement is at its highest in over 10 years.

Kipling CI is well known for its athletes who compete in many arrays of sports. Kipling Wildkats as they are referred to, excel in basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

, soccer, baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 and volleyball
Volleyball
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