Martingrove Collegiate Institute

Martingrove Collegiate Institute
"The Light is Within You"
Address
50 Winterton Drive
Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, M9B 3G7
Canada
Coordinates 43°40′24″N 79°33′39″W / 43.673406°N 79.560810°W / 43.673406; -79.560810Coordinates: 43°40′24″N 79°33′39″W / 43.673406°N 79.560810°W / 43.673406; -79.560810
Information
School type High School
Founded May 28, 1966
School board Toronto District School Board
Superintendent Susan Winter
Area trustee Chris Glover (Ward 2)
School number 2804
Principal Randy Palermo
Grades 9 - 12
Enrollment 1,166 (Nov. 30 2015)
Language English
Area Martin Grove Road and Eglinton Avenue
Colour(s) Brown, White and Orange             
Mascot Bear
Team name Martingrove Bears
Website schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/martingrove/Home.aspx

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 Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is overseen by the Toronto District School Board. The school is home to the gifted program in Etobicoke. The school has held reunions for its 25th, 30th, 40th, and 50th anniversaries.[1]

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). The student-run news magazine The Martingrove Beacon, has, since its creation in 2002, won 15 Toronto Star High School Newspaper awards.

Gifted Program

Martingrove is one of two TDSB designated high schools for the Gifted Program in Etobicoke (the other being Thistletown Collegiate Institute).[2]

AP & Pre-AP Program

Martingrove also offers the Advanced Placement Program and Pre-AP Program to all qualified and interested students. The Pre-AP Program begins in Grade 9 and continues through Grade 11. Students learn the necessary skills, knowledge and foundations for success in preparation for entrance to the Advanced Placement Program in grade 12.[3]

Reach for the Top

MCI has a history of participation in the high school quiz program Reach for the Top. They have won numerous local, regional and provincial tournaments, with appearances at both the provincial and national level finals. For many years the team was coached by teacher Patricia Beecham, who would go on to work as a co-ordinator and head judge for the Reach for the Top organization.[4] They have qualified for the national level finals for 8 years straight as of 2018.

Notable Victories:

  • 2013 - Ontario Provincial Champions[5]
  • 2014 - Canadian National Champions[6]
  • 2015 - Ontario Provincial Champions[7]
  • 2016 - Ontario Provincial Champions[7]

Model U.N.

Martingrove is host to one of the largest Model United Nations in Ontario, running the annual 2-day event since 1986.[8] The event draws on hundreds of students across the Toronto District School Board, as well as notable guest speakers such as Bob Rae (former Ontario Premier), Allan Rock (Former Justice Minister), Jean Chrétien and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Elizabeth Dowdeswell.[9]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Etobicoke Guardian, Central, February 25, 2016".
  2. ↑ "Secondary School Boundaries for Students with Giftedness Exceptionalities". tdsb.on.ca.
  3. ↑ "MCI AP PROGRAM".
  4. ↑ "The Quizbowl Resource Center • View topic - An unofficial history of "Reach for the Top"".
  5. ↑ Board, Toronto District School. "Martingrove CI wins Reach for the Top Provincial Title".
  6. ↑ InsideToronto.com. "Martingrove CI clinches title at Reach for the Top quiz competition".
  7. 1 2 "Reach For The Top - Reach For The Top".
  8. ↑ "Archives". 29 August 2015.
  9. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150705185946/http://www.tdsb.on.ca/about_us/media_room/Room.asp?show=allNews&view=detailed&self=24317. Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. Retrieved November 22, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ "CMO Winners sorted by school by rank". Canadian Mathematical Society. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
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