L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute

L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute (or L'Am for short) is a public high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the L'Amoreaux neighbourhood of the former suburb of Scarborough. Originally part of the Scarborough Board of Education, it is now consolidated into the Toronto District School Board. Founded in 1973, L'Amoreaux has an extended French program, and over three quarters of the students do not use English as their primary language. In 2020 the school had an enrollment of 439 representing 46% of its 957 total capacity.[1] The motto of the school is "Freedom with Responsibility".


L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute
Address
2501 Bridletowne Circle

Toronto
,
Ontario
,
M1W 2K1

Canada
Coordinates43°48′6.93″N 79°19′4.31″W
Information
School typePublic high school
MottoFreedom with Responsibility
Founded1973
School boardToronto District School Board
(Scarborough Board of Education)
SuperintendentMark Sprack
Area trusteeManna Wong
School number4226 / 920576
AdministratorJohnson Lo
PrincipalBernard Lee
Grades9-12
Enrolment584 (2016-2017)
LanguageEnglish
HousesIncendium, Pelagus, Zephyrus and Telluris
Colour(s)Royal blue and gold   
MascotSt. Bernard
Team nameL'Amoreaux Saints
Websiteschoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/lamoreaux/

History

The ultimate origins of L'Amoreaux Collegiate date back to 1868 when S.S. No. 1 opened what later became L'Amoreaux Public School. Located in the northwestern L'Amoreaux neighbourhood, S.S. No. 1 was located on the northeastern corner of Finch and Birchmount.[2] It was demolished in 1970 to eliminate intersection jog. The date stone is now in the foyer of Silver Springs Public School.

The collegiate itself, designed by the noted Canadian architect Raymond Moriyama,[3] was constructed in 1971 and opened on 4 September 1973 on Bridletowne Circle, just northeast of Warden and Finch, as Scarborough's sixteenth collegiate and twenty-first high school. Its distinctive architecture, (arguably postmodern[4]) and interior design, includes a large, tiered Central Market Square later named after Rollit J Goldring,[5] the first principal of the school, instead of the standard auditoriums of similar-sized facilities which tend to be largely unused. The interior design makes use of Moriyama's trademark angular interiors made of concrete, and hallways which feature generous use of colour to set off 'neighbourhoods'. The school hallway appeared in the rock band Rush's 1982 video for the single "Subdivisions".

R.J. Goldring delivering the Principal's Message 1974-75
R.J. Goldring delivering the Principal's Message 1974-75

Overview

Campus
Map of the internal layout of the building

L'Amoreaux Collegiate has 161,512 square feet (15,005.0 m2) of space located in 15 acres (6.1 ha). It is a 2-story school with classrooms on the lower floor and the main office in the second. There are around 24 classrooms, six science labs, three art rooms, three music rooms, five computer laboratories (including a communications technology laboratory), four vocational shops for technical design and construction, the Rollit J. Goldring Market Square, a cafetorium with a stage, four gymnasia with the larger one having the ability to be portioned into two with the smaller gyms built in between, a 25m swimming pool shared with the city, the main office and guidance offices located on the second floor, and the 400m standard track and football/soccer field. There are two small portables and one large portapak (Adult ESL Center). The school hallways and lockers have distinctive accent colours of red, yellow, green and blue moving from the front (South) of the school to the back (North).

Houses

From the 2017-2018 school year, students are in one of four houses selected randomly at the start of the year: Incendium, Pelagus, Telluris and Zephyrus (Latin for the four elements). Siblings are grouped in the same house to avoid any rivalry. The previous 'House system' included: Edwards, Kennedy, Purcell, Tomlinson, Scadding and White. [6]

Specialist High Skills Major Programs

L'Amoreaux is one of the schools in the TDSB, which offers three Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) programs, and offers programs in Business and Finance, Information and Communication Technology, as well as Health and Wellness. Students enrolled in SHSM receive an extra seal with their diploma.

Extended French and Spanish

L'Amoreaux offers the Honors Extended French Programs, in which students on the Extended French track can graduate with a bilingual certificate. Spanish is also offered.

Robotics engineering

L'Amoreaux is one of the few schools that offers a robotics course as well as the club. Students in the course learn about engineering and the engineering process, robot systems and programming, and robots in society. Robotics engineering is a project-based course and assignments include building two VEX EDR Robots, which are entered into the worldwide VEX Robotics Competition. Students in the course also help build the FIRST Robotics Competition robot.

Extra-curricular

Sports

Sports at L'Amoreaux include, basketball (boys), basketball (girls), cricket (mixed), cross country (mixed), dragon boat (mixed), field hockey (girls), soccer (boys), soccer (girls), swimming (mixed), volleyball (boys), volleyball (girls), badminton (girls)

Clubs

Clubs at L’Amoreaux include ,Student Activity Council, Athletic Council, Formal Committee, Christian Fellowship, Debate Club, Equity and Student Advocacy, Drama , Chess Club, LESS, Model United Nations, Muslim Student Association, Music Council, L'Amoreaux Prefects (formerly PALS), Radio L'Am, Yearbook, Robotics, Girl Talk, Boyz to Men, L'Amoreaux Pride LGBT+, School Action Team , United Cultures @ L'Am, Black Student Alliance

Notable alumni
  • Joel Brough- Field Hockey player: World University Games (1991), Summer Olympic Games (Barcelona, 1992), Pan American Games (1995)and two world championships.[7]
  • Paul Humphrey -Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, lead singer for the 1980s Canadian new wave band Blue Peter.[8]
  • Dan Gallagher -Canadian broadcaster, DJ/VJ and co-founder of Radio L'am.
  • Tracy Lamourie – activist, celebrity publicist
  • Maestro – hip hop artist and producer[9]
  • Ellen Wong – actress


Yearbook Covers


1974-1975 Yearbook cover-L'Amoreaux C.I. "Diamonds In The Rough"
1974-1975 Yearbook cover-L'Amoreaux C.I. "Diamonds In The Rough"[10]
1976-1977 Yearbook cover-L'Amoreaux C.I. "Memories"
1976-1977 Yearbook cover-L'Amoreaux C.I. "Memories"[11]
1978-1979 Yearbook cover-L'Amoreaux C.I. The Book of Saints
1978-1979 Yearbook cover-L'Amoreaux C.I. The Book of Saints[12]
L'Amoreaux C.I. 2022-2023 Yearbook
L'Amoreaux CI 2021-2022 Yearbook

See also

References
  1. "Ward-20-LAmoreaux-CI-School-Info.pd" (PDF). TorontoLandsCorp.com. TorontoLandsCorp.com. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  2. "L'Amoreaux Public School I and II". TorontoHistory.net. Toronto Historical Society. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  3. "Moriyama Teshima Project Directory". Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  4. "L'AMOREAUX PUBLIC SCHOOL I AND II". Architectural Conservancy Ontario. Architectural Conservancy Ontario. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  5. "Rollit James GOLDRING". legacy.com. Toronto Star on Nov. 4, 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  6. "Memories 1976-77 : [yearbook]". Toronto Public Library. L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  7. "Joel Brough (2012) Hall of Fame". York University Lions Hall of Fame. York University. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  8. Brad Wheeler (April 16, 2021). "Singer Paul Humphrey made Blue Peter seem 'too cool to be Canadian'". The Globe and Mail. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  9. "Maestro Fresh Wes Class Act".
  10. "373.71354 LAM LAM 1974/1975". Yearbook. L'Amoreaux C.I. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  11. "373.71354 LAM MEM 1976/1977". Memories. L'Amoreaux C.I. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  12. "373.71354 LAM LAM 1978/1979". Yearbook. L'Amoreaux C.I. Retrieved 1 July 2023.


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