Dr Norman Bethune Collegiate Institute
| Dr. Norman Bethune Collegiate Institute | |
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200 Fundy Bay Blvd. Steeles, Toronto, Ontario, M1W 3G1 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°48′43″N 79°19′12″W / 43.81194°N 79.32000°WCoordinates: 43°48′43″N 79°19′12″W / 43.81194°N 79.32000°W |
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| School type | Public High school |
| Motto | Debonnaire (Confident, stylish, and charming) |
| Founded | 1979 |
| School board |
Toronto District School Board (Scarborough Board of Education) |
| Superintendent | Peter Chang |
| Area trustee | Manna Wong |
| School number | 4116 / 937592 |
| Principal | Sandra Kaskens |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1103 (2012-13) |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Gold, Green, White and Red |
| Mascot | Normy the Bear |
| Team name | Bethune Bears |
| Website | www |
Dr. Norman Bethune Collegiate Institute (also known as Bethune, BCI, or Dr. Norman Bethune CI) is a high school in Toronto, located in the northwest part of Scarborough. It was founded in 1979 and named after Norman Bethune. The school is attended by over 1300 students, most of whom speak a primary language other than English, the language of instruction. Bethune is also partners with the neighboring senior's homes: Mon Sheong and Tendercare, and with Beijing#15 High School in Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Students taking Modern Language classes are offered opportunities, including outings to French and Spanish movies, theatre productions and restaurants. Senior students may travel abroad to France and Spain. Bethune students receive excellent results in French and Spanish Contests as well as the Concours D'Art Oratiore (French Public Speaking).
Students can choose from visual art, photography, computer art, dramatic arts vocal music, and repertoire instrumental music and strings. Outside the classroom, students can join the art club, the drama club, or the music council.
The school's T-Wing features a woodshop, an autoshop, and an electronics lab. The school also has a computer lab. Students may participate by choosing technology courses or by joining the many clubs involving the technology department. These clubs include the Robotics Club, Computer Science Club, or Electronics Club.
The Stellar Program is an enrichment program for grade 9 and 10 in Math and Science.
Bethune also offers pre-AP and AP courses for chemistry, biology, and calculus.
Bethune's ESL program features field trips that promote Canadian culture and experiential learning. The semestered program has 5 levels in addition to ESL sensitive courses in Geography and History. Bilingual classroom helpers, full-time settlement workers, peer mentor programs, the Chinese Association, and the Newcomer Orientation Week in August help to ease the transition to Canada and to Bethune. In addition to after-school and week-end support classes, OSSLT preparation classes and peer-tutoring support ESL students throughout the year.
A variety of special education programs and services are offered to meet the needs of all students, including students with exceptionalities, such as behavioural, communication, intellectual, physical and multiple learning disabilities. Students' exceptionalities are identified through a formal review process undertaken by an Identification, Placement and Review Committee (IPRC).
The Student Leadership Council at Bethune consists of organizers and committed students:
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