Drewry Secondary School (abbreviated Drewry SS, DSS, or Drewry); formerly known as Lewis S. Beattie Vocational School and Lewis S. Beattie Secondary School is a small specialized

vocational A vocation () is an occupation to which a person is especially drawn or for which they are suited, trained or qualified. People can be given information about a new occupation through student orientation. Though now often used in non-religious c ...

secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

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, Canada. It is located in the

Newtonbrook Newtonbrook is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the area around Yonge Street and Finch Avenue in the district of North York between the east and west branches of the Don River. Officially, the area is divided into two n ...

neighborhood of the former suburb of

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. It was operated by the

North York Board of Education The North York Board of Education (NYBE, commonly known as School District 13), officially the Board of Education for the City of North York is the former public school board for the former city of North York in Ontario, Canada. In 1998, the pro ...

until its merger into the

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. Since 1989, the school is housed in the former elementary school building.

History

The original school was established in 1966 for the North York Board of Education as Lewis S. Beattie at 110 Drewry Avenue and in 1989, the school moved to the former Drewry Elementary School with the former site becoming

École secondaire catholique Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel École secondaire catholique Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel (occasionally called ESCMDC, ESC Charbonnel, or Charbonnel); known in English as Monsignor Charbonnel Catholic Secondary School is a French-language Catholic elementary and high school operated ...

. The school was originally named for Lewis Stanley Beattie, superintendent of secondary education for the province of Ontario.

References

External links

Drewry Secondary School

TDSB Profile
{{Toronto High Schools High schools in Toronto Educational institutions established in 1965 Schools in the TDSB 1965 establishments in Ontario