East York Collegiate Institute
public high school in Woodbine Heights, East York, Ontario, Canada
East York Collegiate Institute (East York CI, EYCI, or East York), formerly East York High School is a public high-school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the former borough of East York 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 Toronto District School Board. Its motto is "Honos Per Ministrium" (Honour through Service).
History
In 1924, East York had no high schools, and students of the Town were not permitted to attended schools in neighbouring communities. As a result, East York council purchased five acres of farmland (clergy reserve lands) from the Protestant clergy at a cost of $3,800 an acre and hired architect George Roper Gouinlock, son of George Wallace Gouinlock, to design the new school. In July 1926, George Stewart Henry laid the first foundations of the new building which was officially opened by Ontario Premier Howard Ferguson as East York High School on October 3, 1927 with an initial enrolment of almost 100 students. Prior to the opening of the school, students were being taught in the basement of Danforth Park school; this initial enrollment came from this basement classroom. Designed in the Collegiate Gothic style, it soon merged with a local vocational school and extended the building capacity. It gained its current name of East York Collegiate Institute in 1930 to better reflect the school's academic focus.
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