Student Life - Where You Belong
We offer you 70 different clubs and
teams in athletics, the arts and social
justice. There is plenty of choice starting
in Grade 9. We have a huge selection
of sports that run four days a week at
lunch hour.
Riverdale Collegiate Institute
Enjoy our fantastic pool. Most of the
regional swim finals and synchronized
swimming competitions are held here.
1094 Gerrard Street East
Toronto ON M4M 2A1
416-393-9820
Email: Riverdale@tdsb.on.ca
Web: http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/riverdale/
If your interests lie in leadership, join our
student council, the boys or girls athletic
associations and Riverdale against discrimination (RAD) initiative. In collaboration with the Toronto Police Service our
empowered student partnership (ESP)
promotes the teaching of respect and
good citizenship. Or plan to participate
in the forum for young Canadians, a
model House of Commons. Held in Ottawa, three students act as members of
Parliament and debate national issues.
Or join leaders today, our volunteer ambassador program.
Special Feature
(at this school)
Extended French
Program
Map and Contact Information
RIVERDALE COLLEGIATE
INSTITUTE
For more information, please click to:
http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/riverdale/
or call our guidance team at 416-393-9820,
extension 20040, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.,
Monday to Friday. We will be happy to arrange your
individual tour.
For more information, please visit us at http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/riverdale/
Join 160 students and enroll
in our excellent extended
French program. In addition
to French language courses,
we also offer geography, introduction to business, history and anthropology and
sociology in French. Complete eight French language
courses and earn a special
certificate in bilingual education. That certificate can
help you secure university
admission and may lead to
exciting careers in the public sector and around the
world.. Join other students in
our popular French club and
visit French restaurants and
various landmarks in the city.
Complement your French
language studies with other
modern languages, including
Cantonese, Modern Greek
and Latin.
TDSB Discovery - School Selection Made Easy
We represent the world as a multicultural, multi-ethnic and multi-racial school.
We welcome and value all students from our community. We offer students a
state-of-the-art pool, a library stocked with over 20,000 volumes, gym facilities
and a full fitness centre. We are a school built on a long and rich academic
legacy of educating four generations of families. Past students served in the two
world wars and we immortalize their sacrifice in our war memorial auditorium.
While we are housed in a new building, we will be celebrating our centennial
anniversary in 2007.
We are a non-semester school, offering academic, applied and essential level
programs for students in Grade 9 through to Grade 12.
Music and Strings
Express yourself in a wide range of music
programs, including vocal, instrumental and
strings offered from Grades 9 to12. Perform
in concerts at Massey Hall and the Kiwanis
Music Festival. Our students have won
awards in the vocal category and consistently
do very well in these events. Perform in our
popular evening of holiday music and spring
concerts as well.
Elevate your music to a higher level. We
offer Grade 12 students a repertoire course
to refine their skills. Learn from teachers who
are all accomplished performers. Travel to
New York City, Boston, and Chicago to see
some of the best artists in the world.
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Peer Buddies - From your first class, we support you
every step of the way. Our senior students help you
transition smoothly to high school life. They will visit
you in class, help you feel comfortable in the school
and introduce you to our many clubs and teams. Your
mentor is your guide for the school year, giving you
one-on-one peer counselling on any issue.
“Makin’ It Happen” Youth Program - Two of our
dedicated teachers created this supportive program
to help our at-risk students build self-esteem, improve
attendance and achieve their academic goals. We
invite our students to meet with guest speakers and
other students once a week from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00
p.m.
Test Drive Potential Careers
Experience a career now. Our extensive cooperative education placements opportunities
include emergency services, firefighters and
health care institutions. Gain valuable handson experience as a teacher’s assistant in a
local child care or elementary school; or work in
large marketing firms downtown as clerical and
marketing assistants.
Our trained guidance team will open a world
of university options. From October through to
February, we organize weekly visits by college
and university representatives to answer all of
your questions as you plan your future.
The Riverdale Collegiate Institute Difference
Physical Education and Athletics - We offer a wide
range of innovative physical education courses. In our
Grade 11 leadership course, you will help plan athletic
tournaments and assist with other physical education
activities. In our very popular exercise course focusing
on physiology, you help prepare students who are
interested in studying physical education or life sciences
at university.
Social Science and Humanities - Understanding
past societies helps us comprehend our future. Enroll
in our ancient civilization, anthropology, sociology,
politics, law, economics and world religions courses
and put the present into perspective. History students
compete in the annual Toronto history contest. Our
law society club addresses legal and safety issues on
behalf of all students. Participate in our annual safety
audit; survey students to hear their views and make
recommendations for change.
Art and Photography - Enroll in our visual arts and
photography programs and exhibit your work at school
and in the community. Learn in our fully equipped
dark room and spacious art rooms that will help your
creativity explode.
Our students are focused and serious about
their futures. Over 80 per cent of our graduates
are accepted into the college or university of
choice, with almost one-half of those students
earning university scholarships. One-third of our
graduates are Ontario Scholars.
Our students participate and excel each year in
numerous provincial and national mathematics
competitions, including Euclid, Pascal, Fermat,
Cayley and the University of Waterloo. Past
computer science students have achieved
top honours at the Educational Computing
Organization of Ontario (ECOO) competitions.
We have eight computer labs, with 300 computers
connected to the Internet.
Imagine Students’ Success
Imagine the best school in the world. We were
one of only five schools in the Toronto District
School Board (TDSB) where trained students
interviewed adults to determine how the
school system could be improved. The TDSB
is reviewing those recommendations to make
system-wide changes in the future.