Newtonbrook Secondary School

Newtonbrook Secondary School
Newtonbrook Secondary School
Address
	155 Hilda Avenue; Toronto, Ontario, M2M 1V6; Canada
Coordinates	43.7935°N 79.4265°W
Information
School type	Public, High School
Motto	Quisque Pro Ingenio (To each according to his/her own talent)
Founded	1964
School board	Toronto District School Board; (North York Board of Education)
Superintendent	Elizabeth Addo
Area trustee	Alexander Brown
School number	3442
Principal	Saverio Zupo
Grades	9 - 12
Enrollment	861 (2019-20)
Language	English and French
Area	Yonge Street and Steeles Ave, North York
Colour(s)	Scarlet & Grey
Mascot	Polaris the Polar Bear
Team name	The Newtonbrook North Stars
Website	sites.google.com/tdsb.on.ca/newtonbrookss/

Newtonbrook Secondary School (Newtonbrook SS, NSS) is a high school for Grades 9 to 12 in the Newtonbrook neighborhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

History

Opened in 1964 by the then North York Board of Education to provide a closer school for the area (formerly served by Earl Haig Secondary School to the south) with 610 pupils. It was officially opened in Winter 1965 by Newtonbrook-born and then Prime Minister of Canada Lester B. Pearson.

The building's design resembled Sir Sanford Fleming Academy but alterations occurred years later.

It is considered to be one of the more sports-oriented high schools in the Toronto District School Board. Some of the athletics offered are: rugby, basketball, soccer, track, ultimate, volleyball, baseball, softball, cheerleading, dance team, water polo, cross country running, swimming, badminton and wrestling. Newtonbrook's football program was coached by then-city councillor and future mayor Rob Ford until 2001 when he confronted a student.[1]

Some elective academic programmes offered are: French immersion, fashion design, dance, music and a thorough computer science program.

The sports field is used by the Toronto City Saints rugby team of the Canada Rugby League.

Notable alumni

J'Michael Deane CFL Player Ottawa Red Blacks, Former Calgary Stampeder,Graduate Michigan State University
Elizabeth Cull, Minister of Health (1991+); Minister of Finance (1993–95), British Columbia, Canada.
Lisa Feldman Barrett, University Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Northeastern University
Mark Bluvshtein, Russian-born Canadian chess grandmaster[2]
Shane Kippel, Canadian television actor
Geddy Lee, born Gary Lee Weinrib, singer (Rush)
Mark Napier, retired NHL Player (Minnesota North Stars, Montreal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers and Buffalo Sabres); former head coach for the Toronto St. Michael's Majors
Steve Shutt, retired NHL player Montreal Canadiens and Los Angeles Kings
Shawn Gore, former NFL player, Green Bay Packers and CFL player B.C. Lions
Howie Mandel, Comedian and Actor
Michael Wex (né Weczs), Yiddish-language scholar and theorist, best selling North American humorist
Boris Cherniak, Comedian, Hypnotist, and Author

Specialist High Skills Major

Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) is a specialized program offered at Newtonbrook which allows students to focus their education on a specific area of learning, while meeting the requirements for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma. It is a beneficial opportunity that prepares students for post-secondary education in the field of their choice, as well as helping in the transition into apprenticeship or workplace destinations. Upon having completed the SHSM program students receive a special designation on their high school diploma, indicating their achievement.[3]

Footnotes

The Star. Toronto http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2010/07/13/rob_ford_told_he_was_unwelcome_as_a_football_coach_at_toronto_high_school.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
"Player Profile of the Month" (PDF). chesscafe.com. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
"Specialized Programs". Retrieved 25 November 2013.

External links

Newtonbrook S.S. TDSB Website

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[1] The Star. Toronto http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2010/07/13/rob_ford_told_he_was_unwelcome_as_a_football_coach_at_toronto_high_school.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[2] "Player Profile of the Month" (PDF). chesscafe.com. Retrieved 2008-11-11.

[3] "Specialized Programs". Retrieved 25 November 2013.

Secondary education in Toronto
Anglophone public
Secular Toronto District School Board	A. Y. Jackson Agincourt Albert Campbell Alderwood† Avondale ASE 1 Bendale* Birchmount Park Bloor Bickford Park* Brockton* Burnhamthorpe C. W. Jefferys CALC (Parkview) Cedarbrae Central Etobicoke Central Technical Central Toronto City Contact Danforth David and Mary Thomson Delphi Don Mills Downsview Dr Norman Bethune Drewry Earl Haig East York EYASS Eastdale Emery Etobicoke ESA (Royal York) EYRAC Forest Hill Frank Oke George Harvey George S. Henry Georges Vanier Greenwood Harbord Heydon Park Humberside Humbergrove* Inglenook Jarvis John Polanyi Keiller Mackay† Kingsmill* Kipling L'Amoreaux Lakeshore (New Toronto) Lakeview* Lawrence Park Leaside Lester B. Pearson Lewis S. Beattie* Malvern Maplewood Marc Garneau Martingrove Midland* Monarch Park Nelson A. Boylen* Newtonbrook Native Learning Native Learning East North Albion North Toronto Northern Northview Heights Oakwood Oasis Parkdale Parkview R. H. King Richview Riverdale Rosedale Heights Runnymede Scarborough Centre Scarlett Heights* SEE SLE SEED Silverthorn Sir John A. Macdonald Sir Oliver Mowat Sir Robert L. Borden* Sir Wilfrid Laurier Sir William Osler South East Stephen Leacock Subway Academy I Subway Academy II Student School Tabor Park* Thistletown Timothy Eaton† Ursula Franklin Vaughan Road* Victoria Park Vincent Massey* W. A. Porter West Hill West Humber West Park* Western Weston Westview Wexford William Lyon Mackenzie Winston Churchill West End Woburn Yorkdale York Humber (Emmett) York Humber (Humber Blvd.)* York Memorial York Mills
Separate Toronto Catholic District School Board	A.P.P.L.E Bishop Allen Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Brebeuf Brother Edmund Rice† Cardinal Carter Chaminade Dante Alighieri Don Bosco* Father Henry Carr (Marian Academy) Father Henry Carr (Kipling)† Father John Redmond Francis Libermann James Cardinal McGuigan Loretto Loretto Abbey Madonna Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School Mary Ward Michael Power/St. Joseph Monsignor Fraser Monsignor Percy Johnson Neil McNeil Notre Dame Regina Pacis* Senator O'Connor St. Basil-the-Great St. Joan of Arc St. John Henry Newman St. John Paul II St. Joseph's St. Joseph's Morrow Park St. Mary St. Michael's Choir St. Mother Teresa St. Oscar Romero St. Patrick
Francophone public
Secular Conseil scolaire Viamonde	Étienne-Brûlé Le Collège français Toronto Ouest
Separate Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir	Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel Père-Philippe-Lamarche Saint-Frère-André
Independent/private
Non-denominational	A.R.S. Armenian Abelard Arrowsmith Bayview Glen Beach Bond Branksome Brighton Crescent Crestwood Preparatory Dragon Greenwood Halton Hudson Linden Lycée Français Metropolitan Preparatory Nile Toronto French Toronto Prep UTS Upper Canada WillowWood York
Religious	Bialik Hebrew Bishop Strachan Bnei Akiva Crawford Adventist De La Salle Havergal Hawthorn Mariyah Islamic Netivot HaTorah North Toronto Christian Royal St. George's St. Clement's St. Michael's Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Tiferes Bais Yaakov Whitefield Christian
Italics indicates a secondary institution that operates as an alternative school or as an adult secondary school. (*) - Denotes closed or core holding school retained ownership by the school board that is not currently used as an operating school. (i.e. vacant, administrative holding, or a closed school that is leased out to a tenant). (†) - Denotes closed school demolished or sold off.

Toronto District School Board High schools in Toronto
Old Toronto	ALPHA II Alternative School Bloor Central Commerce Central Technical City School Contact Alternative School Danforth Eastdale Collegiate Institute Eastern Commerce Forest Hill Greenwood Secondary School Harbord Heydon Park Humberside Inglenook Jarvis Lakeview Lawrence Park Malvern Monarch Park North Toronto Northern Oakwood Oasis Alternative Overflow Centre Parkdale Riverdale Rosedale Heights SEED School of Life Experience Subway Academy I Subway Academy II Student School Ursula Franklin Western Technical - Commercial West End Alternative School West Park West Toronto
North York	A.Y. Jackson Avondale Secondary Alternative School C.W. Jefferys Don Mills Downsview Secondary School Drewry Earl Haig Emery Collegiate Institute Georges Vanier George S. Henry Academy Lewis S. Beattie Nelson A. Boylen Newtonbrook North East Year-Round Alternative Centre Northview Heights Sir Sandford Fleming Victoria Park Westview Centennial William Lyon MacKenzie Year Round Alternative School York Mills
Scarborough	Agincourt Albert Campbell Alternative Scarborough Education 1 Bendale BTI Birchmount Park Cederbrae David and Mary Thomson Delphi Dr. Norman Bethune L'Amoreaux Lester B. Pearson Maplewood Midland Avenue R. H. King Satec at W.A. Porter Scarborough Centre for Alternative Studies Sir John A. MacDonald Sir Oliver Mowat Sir Wilfrid Laurier Sir William Osler South-East Year-Round Alternative Centre Stephen Leacock Sir Robert L. Borden BTI Tabor Park West Hill Wexford Winston Churchill Woburn
Etobicoke	Burnhamthorpe Central Etobicoke High School Etobicoke Etobicoke School of the Arts Etobicoke Year-Round Alternative Centre Humbergrove Keiller MacKay Kingsmill Kipling Lakeshore Martin Grove North Albion Richview Scarlett Heights School of Experiential Education Silverthorn Thistletown Vincent Massey West Humber
York	Frank Oke George Harvey Runnymede Vaughan Road York Humber High School York Memorial
East York	East York Alternative East York Leaside Marc Garneau