Runnymede Collegiate Institute

Runnymede Collegiate Institute

Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum
No Steps Backward
Address
569 Jane Street
Toronto, Ontario, M6S 4A3
Canada
Coordinates 43°39′48″N 79°29′22″W / 43.663387°N 79.489501°W / 43.663387; -79.489501Coordinates: 43°39′48″N 79°29′22″W / 43.663387°N 79.489501°W / 43.663387; -79.489501
Information
School type Public Secondary School
Founded 1927
School board Toronto District School Board
Superintendent Jane Phillips-Long
Area trustee Robin Pilkey
School number (416) 394-3200
Principal Paul Edwards
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 745 (2013-14)
Language English
Area SW1 Region, Ward 7
Colour(s) Red, White        
Mascot The Raven
Team name Ravens, formerly Redmen
Website schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/runnymedeci/Home.aspx

Runnymede Collegiate Institute (colloquially known as RCI) is a high school located on Jane Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The school first opened in 1927 and is operated by the Toronto District School Board.

History

Runnymede Collegiate institute was completed and officially opened on November 11, 1927 although classes had begun on September 6 for 250 students and a staff of 10 teachers led by Principal Bruce W. Clark. The original building was designed by Charles Wellington Smith and consisted of eight class rooms, three science labs, an auditorium, a library, a gymnasium, a cafeteria and a locker area on three floors. Significant additions to the building were completed in 1928, 1958 and 1966. The building now includes over 30 classrooms, a swimming pool, two gyms, computers labs, a drama studio and a large cafeteria.

The school was built on land, which had belonged to John Scarlett. His is estate was called “Runnymede” after the field of Runnymede, where King John of England signed the Magna Carta. The school’s colours, red and white, derive partly from Scarlett’s name, and also from the fact that the school opened in the year of Canada’s Diamond Jubilee. Owing to their red school jackets, Runnymede students came to be known as Redmen in the 1930s. Over time an Indian head logo was adopted to go with the name. The Redmen name and logo were retired in 1994.

Notable alumni

See also

References

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