- East York Collegiate Institute
Infobox Education in Canada
name= East York Collegiate Institute
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motto= Honos Per Ministrium
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streetaddress= 650 Cosburn Avenue
city=Toronto
province=Ontario
postalcode= M4C 2V2
schoolnumber= 906840
schoolboard=Toronto District School Board
superintendent= Kathy Cowan
trustee= Sheila Cary-Meagher
principal= Karen Hume
viceprincipal= G. Dadson, P. Paputsis, W. Clemens
administrator=
schooltype=Public
grades= 9-12
language= English
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mascot= Trogo
teamname= Trojans, Goliaths, Athenas
colours=Blue andGold
founded= 1927
enrollment= 2000 approx.
homepage= [http://www.eyci.caeyci.ca]East York Collegiate Institute is a school of almost 2000 pupils in central-east
Toronto at the corner of Coxwell and Cosburn Avenues. Established in 1927, the school was originally known as East York High School, however soon merged with a local vocational school and extended the building capacity; gaining its modern day name a decade later.Besides having a strong academic reputation, EYCI has an accomplished athletics program, with recent strong showings by its Senior Boys'
Football team, Senior Boys'Hockey team, as well as both the Junior and Senior Boys'Soccer squads. Historically from the 1950s to the 1980s, the school was a perennial powerhouse in Canadian-rules Football (York League) and Baseball (TSSAA).Feeder schools for East York Collegiate include Cosburn Middle School, Westwood Middle School (formerly Westwood Junior High), D.A. Morrison Junior High (formerly Oak Park Junior High) and G.A. Brown Middle School (formerly St.Clair Junior High).
East York was one of three public high schools located within the former semi-autonomous
East York . Along withMarc Garneau C.I. andLeaside Secondary School , with the latter having an extremely competitive football rivalry.Famous
alumni include former TV anchorBen Chin andRob Butler (Toronto Blue Jays).External links
* [http://eyci.ca East York Collegiate Institute]
* [http://www.tdsb.on.ca/scripts/Schoolasp.asp?schno=1924 East York C.I. profile on the TDSB website]
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