York Mills Collegiate Institute is a 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...

 high school, offering grades 10–12, located in 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...

 along York Mills Road

York Mills Road

York Mills Road is an east-west route in Toronto, Ontario, Canada named for the community of York Mills or Hoggs Hollow. "York" refers to York Township and "Mills" refers to the gristmill and sawmills in the Don River valley during 1804–1926. It is the former 10th concession road.York Mills runs...

 between Leslie Street and Bayview Avenue

Bayview Avenue

Bayview Avenue is a major north-south route in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario. North of Toronto, in York Region, Bayview is also designated as York Regional Road 34.-History:...

. The school emphasizes university preparation. English courses are provided as well in grades 10 and 11.

School Show

The School Show is now an every other year event at York Mills and is usually performed in the first week of December, while the production and planning start near the end of the previous school year.

The show is a collaborative staff and student effort with approximately 10 percent of the student population assisting somehow in the production.

Clubs

York Mills Collegiate is home to a variety of clubs, which include academic clubs (i.e. Math Club, Physics Club, Chemistry Club, etc), school spirit clubs (i.e. student council, athletic council, Spectrum-Yearbook,WÖRD- School Newspaper Committee, etc), social concern clubs (i.e. International Issues, Ambassadors' Club, Greenpaws, etc), cultural clubs (i.e. Korean club, Persian club, Jewish club, etc), and general interest clubs (i.e. Model United Nation/Politics Club, Ping Pong Club, Anime Club, etc).

Sports

York Mills offers a wide variety of extracurricular sports including: >

Archery Club Badminton Club Baseball Basketball Cross-country Running Team Curling Club

Field Hockey (girls) Golf Team Hockey Nordic Ski Club Rugby Soccer

Swimming Track and Field Triathlon Ultimate Frisbee Volleyball Weight Training Club

Notable alumni

• Nicholas P. Francis (Person)
• Jason Michaels
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   (Actor)
• John Bitove
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• Daniel Clark
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• Ethan Cole (Playwright)
• Nancy Dolman (Actress)
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• Mike Gallay
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• Jason Gleed
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  Jason Gleed is a musician, songwriter, and producer.-Biography:Originally from Toronto, Canada.He studied briefly at McMaster University, but dropped out and attended York Mills Collegiate Institute before later enrolling at the University of Toronto's science program...
  
  
• Dave Hodge
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• Terry Leibel
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• John Parker
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• Kim Schraner
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• Dan Shulman
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• Laura Vandervoort
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• Jean Yoon (Playwright)
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• Peter Van Loan (Politician)
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• Nora Young (CBC Broadcaster)
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• Harley Pasternak
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• Rex Ryan
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• Jamie Cole
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• Darren Sniderman
• Jon Erlichman
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External links

• York Mills C.I. Official Site
• Douglas R. Scott Library (York Mills C.I.)
• Titan Times (York Mills C.I. School Newspaper) (Location of York Mills on WikiMapia) Geo-Links for York Mills Collegiate Institute