Silverthorn Collegiate Institute
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Silverthorn Collegiate Institute | |
Address | |
291 Mill Road Toronto, Ontario, M9C 1Y5, Canada |
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Information | |
School number | 2811 |
School board | Toronto District School Board |
Religious affiliation | None |
Superintendent | Johanne Messner |
Area trustee | John Campbell |
Principal | Ron Ellis |
Vice Principals | Alison Irvine and Vivian Mavrou |
School type | High School |
Grades | 9 - 12 |
Language | English |
Area | Burnhamthorpe Road and Mill Road |
Motto | '"Nil Veritur Veritas"' The Truth Fears Nothing |
Mascot | Spartacus the Spartan |
Team name | Silverthorn Spartans |
Colours | Garnet, Green and Silver |
Founded | September, 1964 |
Enrollment | 1122 (Spring 2006) |
Homepage | http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/silverthornci/ |
Silverthorn Collegiate Institute (SCI) is a high school located in the west end of Toronto. It is under the sanction of the Toronto District School Board. The name comes from the "The Silverthorn Woods" or "Silverthorn's Bush" that border it on the south and the west . This was the northern limit of an old property known locally as "The Silverthorn Mill Farm".
The first Silverthorn to come to North America seems to have arrived in this country at least 100 years ago and settled in the United States. This family used the family coat of arms and crest that the Silverthorn family in England had used for years.
When Markland Woods was developed in the early 1960s, the Board of Education for the Township of Etobicoke decided to build a secondary school for the area. The school was to be named Silverthorn Collegiate Institute after the family who had first settled the area. The cornerstone was laid in 1963 and the school opened in September 1964 with a teaching staff of 24 and a support staff of 7. Murray Young was the first principal. The school had only grades 9, 10, and 11 in 1964. In the next two years it added grades 12 and 13. In 1968-69 the school was doubled in size, with the addition of an auditorium, the library, science labs and technical and business areas. A second gym was added later on.
SCI is a semestered school. Days run from 8:55 am to 3:10 pm. There is a two day cycle, with Day 1 falling on any date of odd number, and Day 2 falling on any date of even number.
Silverthorn's colours are garnet, green, and silver and its mascot is a Spartan. The school's motto is "Nil Veretur Veritas" which is Latin for "The Truth Fears Nothing".
[edit] Notable alumni
- Estella Warren, Model/Actress
- Daryn Jones, Radio and Television Personality