Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute
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Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute is a high school
in the Lawrence Park
neighbourhood of Toronto
. It is a non-semestered school and focuses mainly on academics, drama, music, and visual arts, featuring strong French extended and immersion streams.
The Music Program at Lawrence Park is among the best in the province. It is home to the city's first band and orchestral program. Lawrence Park offers three streams of music: band, strings, and vocal. The Lawrence Park School Song was written by the winner of a contest, former student William Metcalf. For the past 15 years the music department has achieved city, provincial and national recognition for excellence. The stage band has 5 provincial first place titles in the last 6 years while the choir has gone to the nationals and placed second for all of Canada. Concerts, Music Festivals, Coffee Night, LP's Got Talent, Fall Music Camp and performance tours to New York City, Chicago, New Brunswick, Costa Rica as just some of the highlights of this outstanding program. Students and residents of the Lawrence Park community recognize the music program for teaching students discipline and a love for music at the same time.
The Drama Department at Lawrence is considered to be one of the greatest in the TDSB. Sears Plays, Main stage productions and "Drama Nights" are highlights to the school. Recently, Masquerade released a magazine showcasing the arts at Lawrence.
As well, it offers courses such as Latin, German, computer studies and a variety of courses in the social sciences. It's rugby team is well known, along with their football teams.
The school donates and runs events for many charities such as United Way, building schools in Africa
, and various others.
The school motto is Amor doctrinae floreat, or "Let the love of learning flourish."
The school has been painted only once, in 1936. The Canadian singer Shiloh
sang one of her songs in the school in room 102, the girls washroom on the first floor, the first floor hallway, and outside in the front of the school.
Canadian singer Neil Young
was rumored to have been expelled from Lawrence Park for riding his motorcycle
through the halls in an attempt to stir up excitement for the release of the film Kangaroo Jack, in which Young had a brief speaking part.
Also, the movie The Pacifier
has one of its fight scene taken in the south gym on the first floor.
Being Ericas pilot episode was shot in the school's basement and main floor hallway
Scenes for the movies Dick
and Model Behavior
were filmed at the school.
Lawrence Park's 2009-2010 Jr. Football team won the TDSB City Championships with a 9-0 record. That same year the Sr. Football Team won a Tier II City Championship.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in the Lawrence Park
Lawrence Park, Toronto
Lawrence Park is one of Toronto, Canada's most affluent residential neighbourhoods, along with Rosedale, the Bridle Path, and Forest Hill. It is also one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in Canada....
neighbourhood of Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
. It is a non-semestered school and focuses mainly on academics, drama, music, and visual arts, featuring strong French extended and immersion streams.
The Music Program at Lawrence Park is among the best in the province. It is home to the city's first band and orchestral program. Lawrence Park offers three streams of music: band, strings, and vocal. The Lawrence Park School Song was written by the winner of a contest, former student William Metcalf. For the past 15 years the music department has achieved city, provincial and national recognition for excellence. The stage band has 5 provincial first place titles in the last 6 years while the choir has gone to the nationals and placed second for all of Canada. Concerts, Music Festivals, Coffee Night, LP's Got Talent, Fall Music Camp and performance tours to New York City, Chicago, New Brunswick, Costa Rica as just some of the highlights of this outstanding program. Students and residents of the Lawrence Park community recognize the music program for teaching students discipline and a love for music at the same time.
The Drama Department at Lawrence is considered to be one of the greatest in the TDSB. Sears Plays, Main stage productions and "Drama Nights" are highlights to the school. Recently, Masquerade released a magazine showcasing the arts at Lawrence.
As well, it offers courses such as Latin, German, computer studies and a variety of courses in the social sciences. It's rugby team is well known, along with their football teams.
The school donates and runs events for many charities such as United Way, building schools in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, and various others.
The school motto is Amor doctrinae floreat, or "Let the love of learning flourish."
The school has been painted only once, in 1936. The Canadian singer Shiloh
Shiloh (singer)
Shiloh Hoganson , known by her stage name as Shiloh, is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. Shiloh has performed with Lady GaGa, Katy Perry, Stereos, Hedley, Theory of a Deadman, Marianas Trench, and Faber Drive.-Early life:...
sang one of her songs in the school in room 102, the girls washroom on the first floor, the first floor hallway, and outside in the front of the school.
Canadian singer Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...
was rumored to have been expelled from Lawrence Park for riding his motorcycle
Motorcycle
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through the halls in an attempt to stir up excitement for the release of the film Kangaroo Jack, in which Young had a brief speaking part.
Also, the movie The Pacifier
The Pacifier
The Pacifier is a 2005 comedy film directed by Adam Shankman and written by Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant. It stars Vin Diesel, Lauren Graham, Faith Ford, Brittany Snow, Max Thieriot, Morgan York, Carol Kane, and Brad Garrett. The film was released in March 2005 by Walt Disney Pictures, and earned...
has one of its fight scene taken in the south gym on the first floor.
Being Ericas pilot episode was shot in the school's basement and main floor hallway
Scenes for the movies Dick
Dick (film)
Dick is a 1999 American comedy film directed by Andrew Fleming from a script he wrote with Sheryl Longin. It is a parody retelling the events of the Watergate scandal which ended the presidency of Richard Nixon and features several cast members from Saturday Night Live.Kirsten Dunst and Michelle...
and Model Behavior
Model Behavior
Model Behavior is a 2000 television movie that aired on The Wonderful World of Disney on ABC. The film starred Maggie Lawson and was directed by Mark Rosman. The film also stars Justin Timberlake and co-stars Kathie Lee Gifford...
were filmed at the school.
Lawrence Park's 2009-2010 Jr. Football team won the TDSB City Championships with a 9-0 record. That same year the Sr. Football Team won a Tier II City Championship.
Notable alumni
- Elaine LuiElaine LuiElaine "Lainey" Lui is a self-proclaimed gossip maven. She pens a website, laineygossip.com, and is a reporter for CTV's etalk.- Early life and education :...
- Wendy MesleyWendy MesleyWendy Mesley is a host and reporter for CBC Television's consumer investigation series Marketplace. She is also a frequent back-up anchor for CBC's flagship evening news program The National. She also co-hosts Test the Nation with Brent Bambury...
- Rob Stewart (filmmaker)Rob Stewart (filmmaker)Rob Stewart is an Canadian photographer and movie director/filmmaker, best known for making and directing the multi-award-winning movie Sharkwater.-Biography:...
- Neil YoungNeil YoungNeil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...
- Rick MercerRick MercerRichard Vincent "Rick" Mercer is a Canadian comedian, television personality, political satirist, and blogger.Mercer first came to national attention in 1990, when he premiered his one man show Show Me the Button, I'll Push It, or Charles Lynch Must Die at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in...
- Amanda MarshallAmanda MarshallAmanda Meta Marshall is a Canadian pop-rock singer.She grew up in Toronto in a biracial family to a White Canadian father and a Black Trinidadian mother...
- Lois MaxwellLois MaxwellLois Maxwell was a Canadian actress.Maxwell began her film career in the late 1940s, and won a Golden Globe Award for the New Actress of the Year for her performance in That Hagen Girl...
- Beverly ThomsonBeverly ThomsonBeverly Thomson is a Canadian journalist and co-host of Canada AM, CTV's national morning show. In 2006, she received the Gemini Humanitarian Award....
- Jonathan CrombieJonathan CrombieJonathan Crombie is a Canadian actor. He is best known for playing Gilbert Blythe in CBC Television's 1985 telefilm Anne of Green Gables and its two sequels. He was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for his role in the Canadian Stage Company's 1997 production of Tom Stoppard's play Arcadia...
- Robbie AmellRobbie AmellRobert Patrick "Robbie" Amell is a Canadian actor, who is best known for his role on the Nickelodeon series True Jackson, VP, Picture This, and Fred Jones in the television films Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins and Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster...
- Don McKellarDon McKellar-Personal life:McKellar was born in Toronto, Ontario to a lawyer father and teacher mother. He attended Glenview Senior Public School, Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute and later studied English at the University of Toronto's Victoria College...
- Liane BalabanLiane BalabanLiane Balaban is a Canadian actress. Her film debut was in New Waterford Girl , playing Agnes-Marie "Moonie" Pottie, and has since appeared in the films Definitely, Maybe , Last Chance Harvey , and the independent drama One Week .-Early life:Balaban was born in North York, Ontario, the daughter of...
- Fiona ReidFiona ReidFiona Reid, CM is a Canadian television, film and stage actress. She is best known for her role as Cathy on the TV series King of Kensington....
- Claudia CasperClaudia CasperClaudia Casper is a Canadian writer. She is best known for her bestselling novel The Reconstruction, about a woman who constructs a life-sized model of the hominid Lucy for a museum diorama while trying to recreate herself.-Early life:...
- Annie Clark (Actress)
- Sam Clarke (X-Games Gold Medalist)
- Brianna Clarke (Multiple Records in Women's Professional Bowling)
- Steve HarveySteve HarveyBroderick Steven "Steve" Harvey is an American actor, comedian, entertainer, television and radio personality and best-selling author. He is best known as the star of the WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show, and as one of the four comedians featured in the Spike Lee film The Original Kings of Comedy...
(comedian) - Jim Gommerson
External links
- Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute at the Toronto District School BoardToronto District School BoardToronto District School Board, also known by the acronym TDSB, is the English-language public school board for Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
website. - Official LPCI Alumni website
- Mr. Antonini's Web Sites