Runnymede Collegiate Institute

Runnymede Collegiate Institute
Runnymede Collegiate Institute
Address
	569 Jane Street; Toronto, Ontario, M6S 4A3; Canada
Coordinates	43°39′48″N 79°29′22″W / 43.663387°N 79.489501°W
Information
School type	Public Secondary School
Motto	Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum; (No Steps Backward)
Founded	1927
School board	Toronto District School Board
Superintendent	Sandy Spyropoulos; LC4, Superintendent; Tracy Hayhurst; LN20
Area trustee	Debbie King; Ward 7
School number	6776 / 939609
Principal	Albert Cho
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	474 (2020)
Language	English
Schedule type	Semestered
Area	York
Colour(s)	Red, White
Slogan	Worth Discovering
Mascot	The Raven
Team name	Runnymede Ravens; Runnymede Redmen(1927-1994)
Website	schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/runnymedeci/Home.aspx

Runnymede Collegiate Institute (colloquially known as Runnymede CI, RCI, or Runnymede) is a public high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The school first opened in 1927 and is operated by the Toronto District School Board. Runnymede has a population of 500 students and has a variety of course offerings ranging from computer technology to co-operative education, from modern languages to music. The motto of this school is Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum ("No Steps Back").

History

Runnymede Collegiate Institute was completed and officially opened on November 11, 1927, although classes had begun on September 6 for 250 students and a staff of 10 teachers led by Principal Bruce W. Clark. The original Collegiate Gothic building was designed by Charles Wellington Smith and consisted of eight classrooms, three science labs, an auditorium, a library, a gymnasium, a cafeteria and a locker area on three floors. Significant additions to the building were completed in 1928, 1958 and 1966. The building now includes over 30 classrooms, a swimming pool, two gyms, computers labs and a large cafeteria.

The school was built on land, which had belonged to John Scarlett. His estate was called "Runnymede" after the field of Runnymede, where King John of England signed Magna Carta. The school's colours, red and white, derive partly from Scarlett's name, and also from the fact that the school opened in the year of Canada's Diamond Jubilee. Owing to their red school jackets, Runnymede students came to be known as Redmen in the 1930s. Over time an Indian head logo was adopted to go with the name.^{[citation needed]} The Redmen name and logo were retired in 1994.^[1]

Prior to 1998, the school was part of the Board of Education for the City of York.

Clubs

Runnymede Collegiate Institute offers a number of different clubs and extracurricular activities. Some of the activities that have run in recent years are listed below:^[2]

Badminton Club
Baseball (boys and girls)
Basketball (varsity, junior and senior)
Black Students Association club
Cheerleading
Cross Country
Dance Club
FIRST Robotics Competition (Robotics) Team 1310
Hockey (co-ed)
Celebration Club
Leadership
Math Club
Mental Health and Wellness Club
GSA Club
Right to Play
Soccer (junior and senior)
Swim Team
Tech Crew
Track and Field
Volleyball (Junior and senior girls, co-ed)
Yearbook Club
Muslim student association

The Robotics Team is the biggest club in Runnymede with over 60 students every year.^[3]

Mountview Alternative School

Mountview Alternative School is a Kindergarten to Grade 8 school that shares space with Runnymede Collegiate Institute and Humbercrest Nursery School. The school was founded in 1983 in the Keele Street Public School building and has approximately 100 students.^[4]^[5] Mountview was relocated to its present location at Runnymede Collegiate in 2018.

Notable alumni

Frederick George Topham - recipient of the Victoria Cross in World War II
Dwight Drummond - news anchor on CBC Toronto
P. K. Subban - Defenceman, Nashville Predators
Jim Peplinski - Captain of the Calgary Flames during their 1988-89 Stanley Cup Victory
Lori-Ann Muenzer - 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist in the Women's Sprint cycling
James Milton Ham, scientist and 10th President of the University of Toronto
Claude Bissell, Canada's youngest university president
Charlotte Sullivan, actress
Dick Aldridge, Linebacker, Toronto Argonauts & Hamilton Tigercats^{[citation needed]}
Ted Woloshyn, CFRB Radio Host
Howard Moscoe, city councillor ^[6]
Gayle Christie, former York mayor ^[6]
Katie Telford, Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Annamie Paul, Leader, Green Party of Canada

References

^ Lalani, Azzura (19 January 2017). "GTA school boards to review Indigenous team names, mascots and logos". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
^ "The Web site cannot be found". schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca.
^ "Runnymede Robotics". sites.google.com.
^ "Mountview Alternative Junior School".
^ "Elementary Schools: K to M – for King and Country".
^ ^a ^b Dec 01, 2016 Bloor West Villager, https://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/6997819-runnymede-c-i-kicks-off-90th-anniversary-celebration-with-famous-alumni/

External links

[1] Lalani, Azzura (19 January 2017). "GTA school boards to review Indigenous team names, mascots and logos". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 12 September 2017.

[2] "The Web site cannot be found". schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca.

[3] "Runnymede Robotics". sites.google.com.

[4] "Mountview Alternative Junior School".

[5] "Elementary Schools: K to M – for King and Country".

[auto-6] Dec 01, 2016 Bloor West Villager, https://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/6997819-runnymede-c-i-kicks-off-90th-anniversary-celebration-with-famous-alumni/

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