Martingrove Collegiate Institute

Martingrove Collegiate Institute
"Lumen In Vobis Est" The Light is Within You
Address
50 Winterton Drive Toronto, Ontario, M9B 3G6, Canada
Information
School number	2804
School board	Toronto District School Board
Religious affiliation	None
Superintendent	Johanne Messner
Area trustee	Chris Glover
Principal	Ralph Nigro
Vice Principals	Robert Strand and Vivian Mavrou
School type	High School
Grades	9 - 12
Language	English
Area	Martin Grove Road and Eglinton Avenue
Mascot	Bears
Team name	Martingrove Brown Bears
Colours	Brown, White and Orange
Founded	May 27, 1966
Enrolment	1,400 (March 30, 2010)
Homepage	http://www.martingroveci.ca/

Martingrove Collegiate Institute (MCI) is a non-semestered public secondary school located on the southeast corner at the intersection of Eglinton Avenue and Martin Grove Road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is overseen by the Toronto District School Board. The school is home to the gifted program in Etobicoke. Construction of the school started about May 27, 1966, but by the Fall of 1966 it was still not ready to accept students. All Martingrove students were bused to Burnamthorpe C.I. for the Fall Term where they shared the school in a "split-shift" with the regular Burnamthorpe students. The Martingrove students had the afternoon shift, the Burnamthorpe students had the morning shift. This continued until after the Christmas break. Martingrove's architecture is typical of many institutional buildings of the period; specifically, a distinct lack of windows. The school celebrated its 40th anniversary in June 2006.

Martingrove's school colours are brown, white and orange and its mascot is a bear. The school's motto is Lumen in vobis est (The Light is Within You). Martingrove is home to the Martingrove Model United Nations, an annual Model UN event that attracts over 200 delegates from multiple schools. Martingrove is the home of the student-run newsmagazine The Martingrove Beacon, which, since its creation in 2002, has won 15 Toronto Star High School Newspaper awards.

Martingrove has a very vibrant student body, with students encouraged to join clubs and attend "Leadership Camps", after all, "what you get out of high school is what you put into it." There is an emphasis on academics at Martingrove, as well as a love for sports, drama, music and other arts.

Sports at Martingrove

Martingrove Collegiate won their second Team OFSAA Championship in the year 2010. The Senior Boys Basketball team won the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) AAA Basketball Championships. This makes them one of the premier basketball schools in Ontario.

Along with sports 2010 was quite a year for the Martingrove Bears winning in 5 City Championships. The teams were Sr. Boys Basketball AAA City Champions, Sr. Girls Basketball AAA City Champions, Sr. Boys Soccer AAA City Champions, Sr. Girls Soccer AAA City Champions, Sr. Girls Hockey AAA Champions.

Notable alumni

• Tom Cochrane, musician
• Daniel DeSanto, Actor (Half Baked, Are You Afraid of the Dark?)
• Bruce Driver, Former NHL Hockey Player and Stanley Cup champion (New Jersey Devils)
• Rumbani Munthali, Soccer Player (Toronto Lynx, Richmond Kickers)
• Kiefer Sutherland, Actor (24, The Lost Boys, A Time to Kill)
• Erik Von Markovik, aka Mystery! Seduction Guru (Mystery (seduction guru))
• Ravi Vakil, Professor of Mathematics Stanford. One of only a few four time Putnam Fellows, and a multiple Gold Medal winner at the International and Canadian Mathematics Olympiads.
• Bill Henderson, Motion Picture Sound Engineer, Hollywood Ca. [1]

External links

• School Website
• List of Past Boys Wrestling Champions

References

Coordinates: 43°40′24″N 79°33′39″W / 43.673406°N 79.560810°W / 43.673406; -79.560810