C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute is a semestered public

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in the

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and

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area of

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, Canada.

History

The school was founded in 1965. It was named after

Charles William Jefferys Charles William Jefferys who signed his name C. W. Jefferys (August 25, 1869 – October 8, 1951) was an English-born Canadian artist, author and teacher best known for his historical illustrations. Early life Jefferys was born in Rocheste ...

, a Canadian

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whose work has contributed much to education in the areas of

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and

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. The first Head of the Art Department was James Meechan, a stained glass artist. Graduation rates at the school, which had been low, improved significantly after 2015, when, as part of a school board pilot project, grade 9 and 10 classes were destreamed to create more flexibility for students. Principal Monday Gala was later recognized as an outstanding educator for this initiative.

Academics

The school offers a Visual Arts Program which draws students from the neighbouring school area; many of the teaching staff for this program are practicing artists. Additionally, it is home to the ESTeM Enriched Science, Technology and Mathematics Program; a project-based, hands-on, exploratory approach to Sciences, Mathematics, and Computer Technology."Dr. Monday Gala – School principal recognized for leadership"
''Black Ottawa Scene'', February 12, 2017 The school participates in York University's Advanced Credit Experience (ACE) program, which provides co-operative learning experiences in the community. The school also runs student success initiatives supporting "at risk" students through the Learning to 18 pilot project, "Stay Connected", mentorship
''Toronto Star'', By Louise Brown, June 13, 2016 and the credit recovery program offered at the school."Tragedy gives rise to transformation at Toronto high school"
''Globe and Mail'', Kate Allen, June 18, 2010 There is also an after-school activity program and a Focus on Youth summer job program. The academic and student support initiatives have resulted in an increasing number of students securing bursaries or scholarships for post-secondary education.

Athletics

Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

(Co-ed) *

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

(Boys) *

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(Boys) *Heroes (Co-ed) *

Chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...

Cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

(Girls) * Cross Country (Co-ed) *

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

(Boys) *

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

(Girls & boys) *

Softball Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...

(Girls) pcoming*

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...

(Co-ed) *

Track & Field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and ...

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(Co-ed) *

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

(Girls, boys & co-ed) *

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(Co-ed)

Extra Curricular Clubs

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club *Boundless Adventures *

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Drumline Marching percussion instruments are percussion instruments (usually drums, such as snare, bass, and tenor drums) specially designed to be played while moving. This is achieved by attaching the drum(s) to a special harness (also called a carrier ...

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team *Equity * Gay-Straight Alliance *

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*Leaders Today *Go LOCAL *Chess club *Generation Change *Prom Committee *Welcoming Committee *STARS

Notable alumni

Gabe Gala Gala Gabriel Gala (born June 29, 1989) is a Canadian soccer player. Career Youth Gala moved from his native Nigeria to Brampton, Ontario as a young child. He played club soccer for the Brampton East SC and North Mississauga SC and his high schoo ...

, Canadian soccer player * Mark Simms, Canadian filmmaker, community activist and martial artist * Paul Nguyen, Canadian politician, filmmaker and social activist *

Paul Godfrey Paul Victor Godfrey, CM, OOnt (born January 12, 1939) is a businessman and former Canadian politician. During his career, Godfrey was a North York alderman, Chairman of Metro Toronto, President of the ''Toronto Sun'' and head of the Toronto B ...

, former chairman of Metropolitan Toronto *

Luther Brown Luther Brown is a Canadian choreographer/artistic director. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, and raised in Toronto, Ontario, he is best known as a hip hop dance choreographer for movies, television and commercials. Brown is a regular choreographer fo ...

, choreographer/judge on

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Jully Black Jully Black (born Jullyann Inderia Gordon Black, November 8, 1977) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress. She has released 4 studio albums, and 2 remix EPs. She has collaborated and written for many artists, including Nas, Saukrates, Ch ...

, award-winning Juno Award winner for Canadian R&B Artist *

Tom Rakocevic Tom Rakocevic ( ) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 Ontario general election, 2018 provincial election, and again in the 2022 Ontario general election, 2022 provincial election, and again ...

, Member of Provincial Parliament for Humber River-Black Creek since 2018

Incidents

In 2007, a student was shot and killed in the hallway of the school. This was the first of such incidents in a Toronto school. In 2017, a student who was on an overnight trip to

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drowned after being allowed to participate in water activities. It is believed that the student in question did not pass the required swimming test."Nicholas Mills Charged In 2017 Drowning Death Of Jeremiah Perry At Provincial Park"
''Huffington Post'', July 26, 2018.

References

External links

C. W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute
at the

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History

Academics

Athletics

Extra Curricular Clubs

Notable alumni

Incidents

See also

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