Barrie North Collegiate Institute

Barrie North
Collegiate Institute
Address
110 Grove Street East
Barrie, Ontario, L4M 2P3
Canada
Coordinates 44°24′01″N 79°41′22″W / 44.40028°N 79.68944°W / 44.40028; -79.68944Coordinates: 44°24′01″N 79°41′22″W / 44.40028°N 79.68944°W / 44.40028; -79.68944
Information
School type Public, high school
Founded 1957
School board Simcoe County District School Board
School number 893323[1]
Principal Greg Brucker
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1150 (2017[1])
Language English
Colour(s) Green and Gold         
Team name Vikings
Website nor.scdsb.on.ca

Barrie North Collegiate Institute is a public secondary school (grades 9-12) located in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1957 as part of the Simcoe County District School Board in southern Ontario. The principal is Greg Brucker and vice principals Doug Woods & Adele LeMaire.

Barrie North has hosted numerous public speaking events open to the community, featuring keynotes such as David Suzuki, Margaret Atwood, Jay Ingram, Romeo Dallaire and Craig Kielburger. It was also the first Ontario high school to hold a major Writer's Conference for students and the public in May 2008, run by the iDeology students.

Barrie North CI has a large catchment area of North Barrie, Downtown Barrie and a large rural portion of Springwater Township (villages of Midhurst & Minesing).

Clubs

The school offers many extracurricular activities such as sports teams, concert band and choir, jazz ensembles, and numerous clubs such as Free the Children and Canoe and Kayak club.

Barrie North's improvisational team won Gold in 2009/2010 for the Canadian Improv Games (Toronto Region). The team placed 9th in Canada at the Canadian Improv Game National Championship beating out 600 teams cross-country.

Past principals

John Fallis (1998-2000)

Linda Kuehr (2000-2009)

Chris Samis (2009-2011)

Mike Schneider (2011-2014)

Dana Barakauskas (2014-2016)

Greg Brucker (2016-current)

Feeder schools

Andrew Hunter PS, Cundles Heights PS, Codrington PS, Emma King PS, Hillcrest PS, Oakley Park PS, Portage View PS, Minesing Central PS, West Bayfield ES

References

  1. 1 2 "Barrie North Collegiate Institute". Secondary School Profile. Ontario Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2014-07-22.


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