Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute
| Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute | |
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135 Overlea Boulevard Flemingdon Park, Toronto, Ontario, M3C 1B3 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°42′37″N 79°20′09″W / 43.710266°N 79.335735°WCoordinates: 43°42′37″N 79°20′09″W / 43.710266°N 79.335735°W |
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| School type | Public, high school |
| Founded | 1973 |
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Toronto District School Board (East York Board of Education) |
| Superintendent | Kathleen Garner ER16 |
| Area trustee | Gerri Gershon Ward 13 |
| School number | 1950 / 933198 |
| Principal | Ricky Ross Goldenberg |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1669 (2015-16) |
| Language | English |
| Campus size | 8.6 acres |
| Area | East York |
| Colour(s) | Blue, Maroon and White |
| Mascot | Cougar |
| Team name | Garneau Cougars |
| Newspaper | The Reckoner of MGCI |
| Communities served | Flemingdon Park, Thorncliffe Park |
| Feeder schools | Valley Park Middle School |
| Website | schools |
Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute (Marc Garneau CI, MGCI or Garneau), formerly known as Overlea Secondary School, is a high school in Toronto, Canada, and part of the Toronto District School Board. Before 1998, this school was part of the East York Board of Education. It is the host school of the Talented Offerings for Programs in the Sciences (TOPS) program, a selective math, science and English enrichment program. It is the only high school in Canada dedicated to helping students with careers in the space sciences.
Overlea Secondary School, the third high school in the former East York, opened its doors in 1972 with 250 students as one of the first open concept schools in Canada. On September 4, 1973 it had 400 pupils and 42 staff. On October 16, 1987, Overlea S.S. was rechristened 'Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute' after Canada's first astronaut Marc Garneau, who regularly visits the school and its students. It hosts the TOPS program and has offered pilot courses in Earth and Space Science, Science Journalism and Cisco Networking.
It is the only high school in Canada dedicated to helping students with careers in the space sciences. Valley Park Middle School is the main school that feeds students into MGCI but there are other schools as well such as Cosburn Middle School.
In 1993, MGCI was honoured with the Roberta Bondar Science and Technology Award in recognition of the school's achievements in numerous student programs, particularly its Students for the Exploration and Development of Space chapter, which no longer exists. Renovations to the school in 1998 removed many of the open concept elements of the school's original design. Despite declining enrollment across the Toronto District School Board, MGCI is one of the most densely populated secondary school institutions in the province of Ontario as of 2015, operating at around 131% capacity with building that can hold 1323 students. High enrollment has resulted in around 12 portables occupying a large portion of the school's back field..
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