Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute
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Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute is a high school in the Lawrence Park neighbourhood of Toronto. It is home to the city's first band and orchestral program. Lawrence Park offers three streams of music: band, strings, and vocal. The Lawrence Park School Song was written by the winner of a contest, former student William Metcalf.
| Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute | |
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125 Chatsworth Drive , , M4R 1S1 | |
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| Motto | Amor Doctrinae Floreat (Let the Love of Learning Flourish) |
| Founded | 1936 |
| School board | Toronto District School Board |
| Enrollment | 1030 |
| Area | Lawrence Park |
| Colour(s) | Gold and Blue |
| Mascot | Panther |
| Website | http://www.lawrenceparkci.ca/ |
| Last updated: September 29, 2009 | |
It is a non-semestered school and focuses mainly on academics, drama, music, and visual arts, featuring strong French extended and immersion streams. The Drama Department at Lawrence is considered to be one of the greatest in the TDSB. Sears Plays, Main stage productions and "Drama Nights" are highlights to the school. Recently, Masquerade released a magazine showcasing the arts at Lawrence.
As well, it offers courses such as Latin, German, computer studies and a variety of courses in the social sciences. It's rugby team is well known, along with their football teams. Many sports teams at Lawrence become very similar to a cult. Many or all members of one grade and gender will be on this team. Some examples are: Girls Rugby Football Girls Field Hockey
The school donates and runs events for many charities such as United Way, building schools in Africa, and various others.
The school motto is Amor doctrinae floreat, or "Let the love of learning flourish."
The school has been painted only once, in 1936. The Canadian singer Shiloh sang one of her songs in the school in room 102, the girls washroom on the first floor, the first floor hallway, and outside in the front of the school.
Canadian singer Neil Young was expelled from Lawrence Park for riding his motorcycle through the halls in an attempt to stir up excitement for the release of the film Kangaroo Jack, in which Young had a brief speaking part.
Also, the movie The Pacifier has one of its fight scene taken in the north gym on the first floor.
Being Erica's pilot episode was shot in the school's basement and main floor hallway
Scenes for the movies Dick and Model Behavior were filmed at the school.