William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute

William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute
Location
Map
20 Tillplain Road

Toronto
,
Ontario
,
M3H 5R2

Canada
Coordinates43°45′13″N 79°27′42″W / 43.753581°N 79.461649°W / 43.753581; -79.461649
Information
Other namesMac, MAC, Mackenzie
Former nameSouthview Heights Secondary School
School typeHigh school
MottoLatin: Sua praemia laudi
(Merit has its own reward)
Founded1960
School boardToronto District School Board
SuperintendentAinsworth Morgan
Area trusteeAlexandra Lulka Rotman
Ward 5
School number3444 / 950130
PrincipalMaria Neag
Grades9–12
Enrolment1410 (2023-2024)
LanguageEnglish
Schedule typeSemestered
ColoursBlue, gold, and white    
MascotLyon
Team nameWLMAC Lyons
NewspaperThe Lyon
Websitewww.wlmac.ca

William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute is a semestered high school located in Toronto, Canada.[1][2] The school was opened in 1960 by the North York Board of Education. It is located near Sheppard Avenue West and Allen Road, close to Sheppard West subway station.

History

The school, originally called Southview Heights Secondary School, was built in 1959. The purpose of the school was twofold: to accommodate the skyrocketing number of new students in the area, and to ease overcrowding at Northview Heights Secondary School. The school opened in September 1960.[3] It was originally slated to be a junior high school.[4]

A contest for the school's name was held and William Lyon Mackenzie, the first mayor of Toronto and leader of the Upper Canada Rebellion in 1837, was selected.[5]

The school, in its inception, had 90% of the Jewish student population that lived in the Bathurst Manor neighborhood.[4] It achieved very high scholastic results and in 1967 was ranked 2nd among Toronto's top high schools.

Students

The school is known for the high academic standards of its students. The Fraser Institute ranks it as the best TDSB secondary school.[6] Over 95% of its graduating students are accepted into a post-secondary institution.[1] Additionally, 50% of graduating students earn an 80% average in all of their subjects (down from 66% in 2006, when the average was based on the top three subjects), qualifying them to become Ontario Scholars.[1] In 2013, the students with the highest averages in the entire TDSB were Mackenzie students.[7]

Specialty programs

MaCS Program

The MaCS Program began in 1985; it offers enriched English, Mathematics, Science, and Technology courses for advanced students.[8]

Advanced Placement (AP) Program

The Advanced Placement Program has been active at the school since 2002 with the AP Computer Science course (ICS 4U0).[9] Since then, AP Calculus and Chemistry have also been added to the school's Advanced Placement Program. As of 2018 the only available AP classes were Calculus, Economics, and Computer Science[10]

FIT Program

The school offers a national certification program known as the FIT Program that will enable students to earn industry standard certifications in programming and engineering, and in Media & Communications Arts. The program is made possible through the Information and Communications Technology Council of Canada as part of the Education/Sector Council Partnership Project. Usually, it is the students in the MaCS program that attain the FIT certification.[11] Students who completed all the required courses are eligible for the FIT Plus Certificate if they do a Cooperative component or summer internship in a field related to Engineering, Programming or Media Communication & Arts.[11]

The following courses must be completed to receive the FIT Certificate: Computer Science (ICS 3U + ICS 4U), Cisco IT Essentials (TEJ 3M + TEJ 4M), Media Arts (TGJ 3M + TGJ 4M), and (for the FIT Plus certificate only) a co-operative education component.[11]

Sports

The school's sports teams include: badminton, wrestling, rugby, boys' and girls' field hockey, boys' and girls' volleyball, boys' and girls' soccer, and boys' varsity baseball.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mackenzie TDSB School Profile 2008" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Toronto District School Board".
  3. ^ The North York Enterprise, June 22, 1960.
  4. ^ a b "Four-day reunion planned for Mackenzie's 50th". 22 April 2010.
  5. ^ The North York Enterprise, September 23, 1960.
  6. ^ "Compare academic rankings and ratings of Ontario schools". ontario.compareschoolrankings.org.
  7. ^ "TDSB: Toronto public board's top students tie with 99.7 % average - The Star". 18 July 2013.
  8. ^ "MaCS Program - THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE MaCS PROGRAM AT WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE C.I." wlmac.ca.
  9. ^ "Advanced Placement » William Lyon Mackenzie CI". www.wlmac.ca. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  10. ^ wlmac.ca/ap/. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  11. ^ a b c "William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute (GR. 09-12)".
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