John Polanyi Collegiate Institute

John Polanyi Collegiate Institute (JPCI)
Address
640 Lawrence Avenue West North York, Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°43′03″N 79°26′24″W / 43.717586°N 79.440122°W / 43.717586; -79.440122Coordinates: 43°43′03″N 79°26′24″W / 43.717586°N 79.440122°W / 43.717586; -79.440122
Information
School type	High school
Motto	Motto: Scientia Est Potentia ("Knowledge Is Power")
Religious affiliation(s)	Secular
Founded	1964
School board	Toronto District School Board
Grades	9-12
Language	English
Colour(s)	Blue and White
Team name	John Polanyi Jaguars
Newspaper	John Polanyi News
Website	John Polanyi Collegiate Institute

John Polanyi Collegiate Institute (JPCI), previously Bathurst Heights Secondary School from 1964 to 2011, is a public high school located in the North York district of Toronto, and serving the area of Lawrence Avenue West and Allen Road (a.k.a. Lawrence Heights). It is a semestered school offering a "full range of university, college and apprenticeship programs."^[1]

Overview

Bathurst Heights Secondary School opened on September 4, 1951 as North York's second high school (the first being Earl Haig Secondary School) and officially opened on May 29, 1952. Six additions were made throughout the years and adult education was introduced before its program being abolished in 2000. After years of enrollment declining, Bathurst Heights was closed its doors as a regular operating school on June 23, 2001.

From 2006 to 2011 it was home to Dante Alighieri Academy Beatrice Campus and since moved to Sir Sandford Fleming Academy building.

The former school's building is now leased out by the Toronto District School Board to several tenants:

• formerly hosting the North York Harvest Food Bank
• Swim camp
• Toronto ESL Learning Centre

Notable alumni (Bathurst Heights)

• Denham Brown, basketball player
• Paul Godfrey, municipal politician and newspaper publisher
• Urjo Kareda, late theatre and music critic
• David Shiner, municipal politician

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