West Toronto Secondary School
| West Toronto Collegiate Institute | |
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| Address | |
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330 Lansdowne Avenue Toronto, Ontario, M6H 3Y1 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°39′08″N 79°26′28″W / 43.652197°N 79.441018°WCoordinates: 43°39′08″N 79°26′28″W / 43.652197°N 79.441018°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public High school |
| Founded | 1972 (closed 2010) |
| School board |
Toronto District School Board (Toronto Board of Education) |
| School number | 5850 / 951447 |
| Grades | 9-13 |
| Enrollment | 376 (2009-10) |
| Language | English |
| Schedule type | semestered |
| Colour(s) | Black, Yellow and White |
| Team name | West Toronto Warriors |
West Toronto Collegiate Institute (WTCI, West Toronto) is a former public high school in the Brockton Village neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1972-2010. It is located at 330 Lansdowne Avenue, just north of College Street. It was owned and operated by the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and previously by the Toronto Board of Education. The TDSB transferred ownership of West Toronto Collegiate Institute to Conseil scolaire Viamonde (CSV) and the Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud (CSDCCS) in October 2011.
West Toronto was constructed and opened in 1972 by the Toronto Board of Education. The school was built on the former southern section of MacGregor Park. The football field is the former location of a lumber yard. The actual site where the school stands used to be an old Eaton's Delivery Truck Depot. And where the tennis courts are, near St. Helen's, stood an old company named J.B. Smith's & Sons. Occasionally in the summer, a travelling circus/ Carnival would set up where the football field is. The construction of the school necessitated the closing of the section alongside the school of St. Helen's Avenue. The siding of the building on the east and west sides of the building is unique. It was installed as "raw" steel and allowed to rust to reach the intended brown colour, then preserved. The school was originally named in 1972, by its students as West Toronto Secondary School. This was subsequently changed.
The school, along with Monarch Park Collegiate, started its 'Steps to University' program to encourage the entry of high school students into university in 1992. Students could earn both high school and university credits in sociology while attending West Toronto. That September of the same year, an area mall began housing an area which served as the location of West Toronto Secondary's satellite campus for the co-operative education program and the re-entry program for older students at Brockton High School.
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