Harbord Collegiate Institute (HCI or Harbord) is a public

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located in downtown

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, Canada. The school is located in the Palmerston-Little Italy-

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neighbourhood, situated on the north side of Harbord Street, between Euclid Avenue and Manning Avenue. From the 1920s to the 1950s, about 90 percent of the student body was Jewish, while today the student body largely consists of students of

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and

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descent.

History

Harbord was opened in 1892 as the Harbord Street Collegiate Institute. Harbord's first

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was celebrated in 1992 and included the inauguration of the Harbord museum, a repository of Harbord

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. To mark the event, Harbord's alumni group, the Harbord Club, published a 300-page history of the school entitled ''The Happy Ghosts of Harbord'', which traces the history of the school from its opening in 1892 to 1992. The original school building was

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and replaced with the

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wing in 1932. On November 11, 2005, a

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ceremony took place at Harbord. With the donations from the W. Garfield Weston Foundation and many other corporate sponsors and individuals, the rededication of the 1921

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monument back to its original splendour was held. In May 2007, a second monument created to remember

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was revealed in another ceremony.

Harbord Club

The Harbord Club has 2600 members. It was established in 1978 by Elsie Affleck, who brought along other alumni including Ken Prentice, Willie Zimmerman, Johnny Wayne, Max Goldhar and Julius Molinaro. The Harbordite, founded in 1979, is the Harbord Club newsletter that keeps former students of the school in contact with one another and up-to-date on Harbord activities. The Harbord Charitable Foundation was also created at this time, supporting both student scholarships and alumni activities. The Directors of the Harbord Club are as follows: Syd Moscoe, Ben Lee, Sid Ingham, Belinda Medeiros-Felix, Vasan Persad, Diana Dasilva and Sierra Medeiros-Felix.

Notable alumni

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Demographics

From the 1920s to the 1950s, about 90% of the student body was Jewish. Today, the student body largely consists of students of

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and

descent, which is representative of the surrounding neighbourhoods. Many of the clubs at Harbord are reflective of the ethnic groups present. The Harbord language program offers courses in

Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding are ...

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, French,

and

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. Harbord has three French programs: Immersion, Extended and Core French. These classes offer students an opportunity to become

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in Canada's official languages. There is a French Club within Harbord. Harbord also has a full ESL (English as a Second Language) program which helps all students new to Canada to learn English.

Clubs

The Student Activity Council, or SAC, is one of the largest student-run organisation at Harbord Collegiate Institute. ''TigerTalk'' is Harbord's official newspaper. It covers topics related to the school as well as a variety of other topics. It has won multiple awards from the Toronto Star's high school newspaper competition. The Harbord Athletic Council (HAC), is a club at Harbord that organises most athletic events, such as the annual Athletic Banquet and intramural games. The Harbord Debating Society is a place to enhance students’ political awareness as well as their oratorical skills. Each year, students participate in tournaments, such as the Ontario Model Parliament and the Southern Ontario Model United Nations Assembly. The Empowered Student Partnership is a new club at Harbord that works with the

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, the

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and the

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to make the school and the community a safer and better place. They work towards minimizing violence, drug use, graffiti, guns and racism. The

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is an international student-led organisation which provides its members with opportunities to provide service, build character and develop leadership." Members of Harbord C.I.'s Key Club have volunteered for Epilepsy Toronto, the

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, The Liver Foundation, the Heart & Stroke Foundation, Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), the Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon and many other non-profit organisations. The Business Club gather at lunch and/or after school to learn about business topics. They participate in business competitions including DECA and JA Titan. The "Tiger Techs" are Harbord's robotics team. They participate as team 919 in the

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. Sports offered at Harbord are:

Arts

Visual Arts

Harbord offers a visual arts program for each grade exposing students to materials, concepts and skills. Studios offer lessons in drawing, painting, ceramics, printmaking, photography, animation, design, and life drawing. Studies in design allow students to partake in fashion design (an annual fashion show), architectural design and interior design as well as text and graphic design. Art history is woven into the assignments as is theory in aesthetics. Harbord has alumni studying visual arts and design at post secondary institutions throughout Canada, including Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Concordia, Ryerson, and OCAD university. Student work can be viewed at the Creative Arts Festival held every year.

Band

The band program goes from the Grade 9 Beginner Band to the Grade 12 Senior Band. Harbord's Jazz Band is conducted by Mr. Alberts. Instruments in the band include

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and

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. The band performs at many assemblies and concerts including the Remembrance Ceremony, Senior Showcase, Feeder School Concert, Commencement and the Farewell Assembly.

Vocal

The classes range from Grade 9 Beginner Vocal to Senior Vocal. There is a Cantemus Choir at Harbord that sings for events inside and outside of Harbord. The choir has participated at the Kiwanis Festival multiple times.

Strings

The classes include the Grade 9 Beginner Strings, the Junior Strings and the Senior Strings. Instruments available for strings at Harbord include:

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and bass. Harbord's String Quartet won First Prize at last year's

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Festival. The Chamber Orchestra has performed at other venues such as Massey Hall, and George Weston Hall. The Strings Chamber Orchestra plays at school events such as the Awards Assembly, Feeder School Concert and Senior Concert, and accompanies the Cantemus Choir.

"Onward Harbord"

"Onward Harbord" is Harbord's official song, and is sung along with the school band playing at the same time. It is sung to the tune of the popular fight song "

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"; Harbord is one of some 2,500 schools using some variation of this piece as their school song. Generally at the behest of the principal ("One more time!"), the song gets sung twice. The lyrics were written by former band teacher Larry Bond. The lyrics are as follows:HCI Agenda 2013-2014

References

External links

Harbord Collegiate Institute

Harbord Club (Alumni Association)
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