Dr. Norman Bethune Collegiate Institute (also known as Bethune, BCI, or Dr. Norman Bethune CI) is a high school in

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, Canada. It is located in the Steeles neighbourhood of the former suburb of

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. It was founded in 1979 and named after

Norman Bethune Henry Norman Bethune (; March 4, 1890 – November 12, 1939; zh, t=亨利·諾爾曼·白求恩, p=Hēnglì Nuò'ěrmàn Báiqiú'ēn) was a Canadian thoracic surgeon, early advocate of socialized medicine, and member of the Communist Party ...

, a Canadian doctor and communist who served under the

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. The school is attended by over 1000 students, most of whom speak a primary language other than English, the language of instruction. Bethune is also partners with the neighbouring senior's homes: Mon Sheong and Tendercare, and with Beijing#15 High School in

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School Information

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. *Math: General Math 9-11, Data Management, Advanced Functions, and Calculus and Vectors 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.http://www.tdsb.on.ca/schools/index.asp?schno=4116
/ref> The school's T-Wing features a woodshop, an autoshop, and an electronics lab. The school also has several computer labs. Students may participate by choosing technology courses or by joining the many clubs involving the technology department. These clubs include Programming Club, or Electronics Club. *Stellar Program The Stellar Program is an enrichment program for grade 9 and 10 in Math and Science. This program is no longer offered at the school starting in the 2019-2020 school year.

School Programs

*English as a Second Language (ESL) 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. *Individual Education Plan (IEP) 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).

Co-curricular activities

More information about Bethune's co-curricular activities can be found o
the school's clubs and extracurriculars website.

Student Leadership Groups

* The Student Administrative Council (SAC) coordinates extra-curricular activities within the school. * Bethune Blaze is the technology team at Bethune and is in charge of audio-visual productions. * The Bethune ESL Mentor program helps newcomers with English and adaptation to Canada and provides mentorship in academic studies. * Bethune REPs are the representatives of Bethune and help set up and run events such as parent nights. * The Athletic Bears Council (ABC) organizes all athletic events within the school. * Bethune Journal is the school newspaper that delivers current news and opinion columns every few months. * The Bethune Music Council (BMC) is responsible for organizing events related to the music program at Bethune, such as retreats, banquets and various music trips. *The Bethune Creative Arts Council (BCAC) organizes and brings awareness to events related to the visual and dramatic arts. * The Bethune Environmental Action Team (BEAT) works to spread awareness about pro-environmental ideas and has helped Bethune become a ''Platinum Certified Eco-school''. * The Bethune Environmental Action Team will not apply for 2013 Platinum Eco-Schools Certification because of Bill 115 that has now been passed (Putting Students First Act). *Healthy Schools is a committee that educates students and staff about healthy living though events promoting nutrition, mindfulness and exercise. *Bethune Yearbook is the team responsible for designing and preparing the yearbook.

Clubs

*Anime Club (Inactive) * Art club *ASL Club * Bethune Journal * Bethune Outdoor Club * Breakfast Club * Bethune Environmental Action Team (BEAT) * Cheer Team * Chess Club * Chinese Association * Christian Fellowship * Dance Troupe * Debate Club * DECA * Design @ Bethune Team * Drama Club * Electronic Club * GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) * HOSA * Library Helpers * Math Club * Prom Committee * Reach * Red Wiggler Team * Science Club * Spanish Club * Young Woman On The Move * WE Take Action Bethune

Athletics

A variety of sports are offered through different seasons. Students may choose to participate in a maximum of 2 sports per season.

Fall

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

* Cross-Country *

Field Hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

Rugby Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Rugby union: 1 ...

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

Winter

Archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

Cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to ente ...

Floorball Floorball is a type of floor hockey with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. Men and women play indoors with sticks and a plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three twenty-minute periods. The sport of bandy also played a role ...

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

Curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ...

Spring

Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

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Ultimate Frisbee Ultimate, originally known as ultimate Frisbee, is a non-contact team sport played with a frisbee flung by hand. Ultimate was developed in 1968 by AJ Gator in Maplewood, New Jersey. Although ultimate resembles many traditional sports in its ath ...

Competitions

* DECA Regionals, Provincials, and ICDC :ICDC 2013 - 10 Bethune students were finalists *Mathematics Competitions: :Euclid Contest, Fermat Contest, Pascal Contest, Cayley contest, Fryer, Galois & Hypatia Contests, Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge, Purple Comet! Math Meet, Beaver Computing Challenge *Music Competitions: :

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, Ontario Band Association Festival, Ontario Vocal Festival, Georgian Bay Regional Musicfest, GTA Musicfest Jazz Festival *Science Competitions: :Sir Isaac Newton Physics, O.A.P.T. Physics Contest, Avogadro Chemistry Competition, Chem 13 Contest, National Biology Competition *Computer and Technology Competitions: :

Canadian Computing Competition The Canadian Computing Competition (CCC) is an annual programming competition for secondary school students in Canada, organized by the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing at the University of Waterloo. Stage 1 is written at high ...

, ECCO Computing Competition, Skills Canada, HOSA

Awards

Notable Awards given to the school and the students in it * Platinum Certified Eco-school * Dr. Bette M. Stephenson Recognition of Achievement * Zildjian Outstanding Percussion Section Award *I. Keith Mann Outstanding Band Director Award

Alumni

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, professional ice hockey player for the

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, Member of Parliament for Scarborough-Agincourt (2014-2017)

References

External links

Dr. Norman Bethune Collegiate InstituteBCI Clubs and Extracurriculars

TDSB Profile
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