North Albion Collegiate Institute
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North Albion Collegiate Institute is a high school
in Etobicoke, Canada
. It is part of the Toronto District School Board
. The school opened in 1962 to serve the growing suburb known as Rexdale
.
North Albion Collegiate Institute (NACI) earned a reputation for academic and athletic excellence from the time of its inception through the 1980s. In recent years, discipline has improved and, as a result the post-secondary success rate has been rising dramatically. From 2000 to 2004, the graduation rate rose to 40%. In 2006 the school was placed among the top 25 of the Ontario Grade 10 literacy test. It is placed above other local schools such as West Humber Collegiate Institute
, Thistletown Collegiate Institute
, and Martingrove Collegiate Institute
, as a school known for reasonable excellence in Academics.
Community involvement is shown by the Institute's contributions through the Student Government, Parent Council, Leadership Club, Breakfast Club, the United Way Committee, the Duke of Edinburgh Club, World Vision Volunteers, Crime Stoppers, and by its participating in community beautification days. An integral part of N.A.C.I. is the multi-grade, whole school Teacher Advisor Program that meets regularly
Its feeder schools include North Kipling Junior Middle School
.
North Albion became the first school in North America to offer Steel band as a full credit course in high school.
Past Winners:
High school
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in Etobicoke, Canada
Canada
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. It is part of the Toronto District School Board
Toronto District School Board
Toronto District School Board, also known by the acronym TDSB, is the English-language public school board for Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
. The school opened in 1962 to serve the growing suburb known as Rexdale
Rexdale
Rexdale is a neighbourhood located in the north-west corner of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It covers the northern section of Etobicoke, which was an independent city until it merged with five other municipalities and a regional government to form the new City of Toronto in 1998. Rexdale was named...
.
North Albion Collegiate Institute (NACI) earned a reputation for academic and athletic excellence from the time of its inception through the 1980s. In recent years, discipline has improved and, as a result the post-secondary success rate has been rising dramatically. From 2000 to 2004, the graduation rate rose to 40%. In 2006 the school was placed among the top 25 of the Ontario Grade 10 literacy test. It is placed above other local schools such as West Humber Collegiate Institute
West Humber Collegiate Institute
West Humber Collegiate Institute is a High school located in Rexdale, at the corner of Martin Grove Road and John Garland Blvd . Schools that feed into WHCI are: Beaumonde Heights Junior Middle School, West Humber Junior Middle School, Elmbank Junior Middle Academy, Greenholme Junior Middle...
, Thistletown Collegiate Institute
Thistletown Collegiate Institute
Thistletown Collegiate Institute is a high school in northwest Toronto. Built originally for the Etobicoke Board of Education and now a part of the Toronto District School Board....
, and Martingrove Collegiate Institute
Martingrove Collegiate Institute
Martingrove Collegiate Institute is a non-semestered public secondary school located on the southeast corner at the intersection of Eglinton Avenue and Martin Grove Road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is overseen by the Toronto District School Board. The school is home to the gifted program in...
, as a school known for reasonable excellence in Academics.
Community involvement is shown by the Institute's contributions through the Student Government, Parent Council, Leadership Club, Breakfast Club, the United Way Committee, the Duke of Edinburgh Club, World Vision Volunteers, Crime Stoppers, and by its participating in community beautification days. An integral part of N.A.C.I. is the multi-grade, whole school Teacher Advisor Program that meets regularly
Its feeder schools include North Kipling Junior Middle School
North Kipling Junior Middle School
North Kipling Junior Middle School was built in 1998 and was opened September, 1999. It features a community centre, and also has its own park. North Kipling is located at 2 Rowntree Road, at the intersection with Kipling Avenue. This school is both an elementary and middle school which contains...
.
North Albion became the first school in North America to offer Steel band as a full credit course in high school.
History
In 1962 the Hon. J. Keiller MacKay opened the school officially and gave North Albion its motto: VIRTUS, OFFICIUM, VERITAS - Excellence, Service, Truth. The Olympian torch and the book below the motto on the crest signify the struggle for the light of knowledge. The trees are for growth. We chose the mountain ash for its white flowers and orange berries. The triangle in the centre is a blue spruce to give us the school colours of ORANGE, BLUE AND WHITE.Notable alumni
- Michael Adams (President Of Environics Research Group) after whom the famous "Michael Adams scholarship" is named (given to a graduating student which covers the recipient's first-year tuition fee at a post-secondary institute in Canada.)
- Teri AustinTeri AustinTeresa "Teri" Austin is a Canadian-born film and television actress, with an extensive career in the United States.She is probably best-known for her performance as Jill Bennett on Knots Landing and season 9 of the crime drama, Matlock.- External links :...
, actress - Johnny LegendJohnny LegendJohnny Legend is an American Rockabilly musician, film producer, actor and wrestling manager.-Biography:Johnny Legend was born Martin Margulies on October 3, 1948, in San Fernando, CA.Inducted into the "Rockabilly Hall of Fame"...
, stand up comedian, radio show host and actor. - Dean McDermottDean McDermottDean McDermott is a Canadian-American actor best known in the United States for having married Victoria Davey "Tori" Spelling, with whom he appeared in the observational documentary shows Tori & Dean: Inn Love and Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood, and for having acted out the role of Constable...
, actor and husband of Tori SpellingTori SpellingVictoria Davey "Tori" Spelling is an American actress. Spelling became known in the early 1990s for her role as Donna Martin on Beverly Hills, 90210. Spelling then had roles in a string of made-for-television films, such as A Friend to Die For and Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?... - Bruce McDonald, film director (The Tracey Fragments, Highway 61, Roadkill, Hard Core Logo)
- Craig RamsayCraig RamsayCraig Ramsay is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played in the NHL from 1971 to 1985 and the final head coach of the Atlanta Thrashers.-Playing career:...
(former NHL player and coach) - John L. WallaceJohn L. WallaceJohn L. Wallace, PhD, MBA, FRSC, is a medical scientist and director of the Farncombe Institute at McMaster University. He is the 2009 recipient of the Premier's Summit Award in Innovation, Canada's largest value research award aimed at supporting the work of an individual scientist...
, medical researcher; co-founder of NicOxNicOxNicOx S.A. is a French pharmaceutical company. Its headquarters are at Sophia Antipolis...
and founder of Antibe Therapeutics; Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada) - Cam Wooley, former OPP officer; traffic reporter for CP24
G.M Hull Award Winners
This Award is to commemorate NACI's former and well known Principal Mr. Hull. It is one of NACI's most prestigious award and is given to a student in the graduating class who best represents his or her grade.Past Winners:
- 2010: Siddarth Bhalla
- 2009: Karanvir Gill
- 2008: Sunny Yin
- 2007: Paras Kadakia
- 2006: Luxshana Navaratnarajah
- 2005: Shefali Vyas
- 2004: Paulina Reibán
- 2003: Amandeep Rai
- 2002: Garfield Turner
External links
- North Albion 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...
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