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Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute

Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute
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Address
800 Greenwood Avenue
Greektown, Toronto, Ontario, M4J 4B7
Canada
Coordinates 43°40′58″N 79°20′03″W / 43.682759°N 79.334274°W / 43.682759; -79.334274Coordinates: 43°40′58″N 79°20′03″W / 43.682759°N 79.334274°W / 43.682759; -79.334274
Information
School type High school
Motto Faciendo Discimus
(We Learn by Doing)
Founded 1923
School board Toronto District School Board
(Toronto Board of Education)
Superintendent Lucy Giannotta
WR10
Area trustee Jennifer Story
Ward 15
School number 5615 / 903469
Administrator Jean Paul Bernier
Principal Rob MacKinnon
Grades 9-12
Language English, French, ASL , Spanish
Schedule type Non-semestered
Colour(s) Black, Red and White             
Team name Danforth Red Hawks
Information 879 (2015-16)
Website

Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute (known as Danforth CTI, DCTI, or Danforth), formerly Danforth Technical School and Riverdale Branch Technical School is a secondary school in east Toronto, situated to the east of the city's Greek neighbourhood and between the Greenwood and Donlands subway stations. As the name suggests, it is set up as a technical school, with trades training and special shops for auto repair, carpentry etc. Danforth was built as a specialist technical school in 1922, so it has a number of specialist areas and a fair stock of equipment. It is a part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). Prior to 1998 it was within the Toronto Board of Education (TBE). Attached to Danforth is the Toronto Urban Studies Centre, an outdoor educational school. The school's motto is "Faciendo Discimus," which means "We learn by doing."

Originally existed in 1912 as Riverdale Branch Technical School, the building has been added to many times since it was founded 1923, and there are sections of the school built in almost every decade of the twentieth century. Danforth has a reputation for its maze-like basement and general complexity. At least one basement level is permanently sealed to students creating a number of rumours about what might be down there (including a connection to the subway that runs under the school, a rifle range, and a bomb shelter). The sub-basement does in fact host the school's active Cadet Corps and National Defence course. According to the current principal the range is still mostly intact. The school has three gyms, which is remarkable in a Toronto public school, and a large 1920s auditorium which is occasionally used in films. Additional facilities include a weight room, and a swimming pool.

In 1932, Riverdale Tech was renamed to Danforth Technical School. It was renamed to Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute several years later.


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