Anderson Collegiate Vocational Institute
| Anderson Collegiate Vocational Institute | |
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| Address | |
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400 Anderson Street Whitby, Ontario, L1N 3V6 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°53′15″N 78°55′28″W / 43.88750°N 78.92444°WCoordinates: 43°53′15″N 78°55′28″W / 43.88750°N 78.92444°W |
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| School type | Public Secondary School |
| Motto |
Scientia crescat, vita colatur (Latin) (English: "Increase knowledge, enrich life") |
| Founded | 1960 |
| School board | Durham District School Board |
| Area trustee | Christine Winters Kim Zeppieri |
| School number | 882025 |
| Principal | Sarah MacDonald |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 932 (2015) |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Red and Grey |
| Mascot | Raider |
| Website | http://ddsb.ca/school/andersoncvi/ |
Anderson Collegiate Vocational Institute (Anderson CVI, Anderson Collegiate, Anderson, or ACVI) is located in Whitby, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. Established in 1960, the school has students in grades 9–12 and offers a wide range of academic and extracurricular activities. Anderson is the only high school in Whitby that offers the gifted program, providing an enriched and accelerated curriculum for students in specific courses from grades 9–11. Anderson's feeder elementary schools are Bellwood Public School, C. E. Broughton Public School, Dr. Robert Thornton Public School, Pringle Creek Public School (regular and gifted), and Jack Miner Public School (gifted only).
In 2007, then Principal John Morrison was named one of Canada's Outstanding Principals.
Several organizations within the school have worked on a wide variety of social and humanitarian issues in the school and in the community. Committees around the school have worked on Remembrance Day assemblies, Black History Month assemblies, and Amnesty International efforts. As well, guest speakers like Eva Olsson, a Holocaust survivor; Roméo Dallaire, a former commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda; and James Bartleman, then Lieutenant Governor of Ontario have been invited to speak at the school.
Anderson's Dramatic Arts program is well known throughout the region. Early teachers such as Mr. L. Kosurko set the standard for the inclusive nature of the department. The extracurricular program began to explode in 1992 with a production of Macbeth. Performances became more and more ambitious, largely due to the close teacher team: Ms. K. Ennis, Mr. A. Epema, Mrs. M. Rodgers, Mr. M. Trites, and Mr. D. Craven. Productions have included Neil Simon's Rumors, James Reaney's Handcuffs, Romeo and Juliet, The Martian Chronicles, The Who's Tommy and Amadeus. Fifty Shades of Gray (dir: Stravato), starred up-and-coming actor Kyle DiSante. Romeo and Juliet (dir: Epema), starred A. J. Cook as Juliet. Anderson was the first high school in the Durham Region of Ontario to produce The Laramie Project (dir: Rodgers), amid some controversy. The real comedians perform at D-Bag Theatre (dir: Trites), Stay Tuned (dir: Craven) and an Improv Team (which has been student-led for fifteen years). Anderson was a regular participant in the Sears Drama Festival. The success of the Drama Program has largely been due to the dedication of staff and students, and the strength of the community which has grown up around the Drama Room, 107.
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