East York Collegiate Institute (East York CI, EYCI, or East York), formerly East York High School is a public

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, Canada. It is located in the former borough of

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at the corner of Coxwell and Cosburn Avenues. It was part of the East York Board of Education until 1998 when the board became part of the

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. Its motto is "Honos Per Ministrium" (''Honour through Service'').

History

Established in 1927 and designed by architect

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, son of

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, the

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school was originally known as East York High School, but it soon merged with a local vocational school and extended the building capacity; it gained its current name a decade later. Additions such as the auditorium, double gym, and classrooms were added during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1988, East York Collegiate received major renovations such as the new wing in the north and south, and a second double gym costed at $9.9-million in a similar manner to Scarborough's R.H. King Collegiate Institute during their renovations in 1976. Save for the entrance arch, the original school and components of the building were demolished and now serve as a parking lot. The modern school was designed by architects

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. In 2002, East York Collegiate Institute adopted a

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policy.

School life

Sports & Athletics

EYCI has an

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program, with strong showings by its Senior Boys'

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team, Senior Boys'

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team, Varsity Girls'

team (who made it to

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in 2008–09 and 2011–12), as well as both the Junior and Senior Boys'

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squads. Historically from the 1950s to the 1980s, the school was a perennial powerhouse in Canadian-rules Football (York League) and Baseball (TSSAA). The Senior Boys Cross Country team also qualified for OFSAA in the Fall of 2009 and 2010. The Girls Junior Basketball team won the city championship in 2009–10. East York is one of the few high schools to have a

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team. The Varsity Girls' Flag Football team has been very successful since forming in 2007, winning silver in their first year and gold for the next two years in the TDSSAA Regional finals, making the TSSAA City Championships during their 2008 and 2009 seasons, winning gold and silver respectively.

Co-curricular programs

Robotics

Since 2002, East York Collegiate Institute has been involved with the

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FIRST Robotics, an international competition in which professionals and high school students are teamed together to solve an engineering design problem in an intense yet cooperative way. In 2002, the East York FIRST Robotics Team won the Highest Rookie Seed Award in recognition of the Highest Placed Rookie of Robotics in Canad
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Middle School feeders

Feeder schools for East York Collegiate include Cosburn Middle School, Westwood Middle School (formerly Westwood Junior High), D.A. Morrison Middle School (formerly Oak Park Junior High) and G.A. Brown Middle School (formerly St. Clair Junior High).

Notable alumni

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References

External links

East York Collegiate Institute

TDSB Profile
{{Toronto High Schools High schools in Toronto Schools in the TDSB Educational institutions established in 1927 1927 establishments in Ontario