RIVERDALE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE

'Riverdale Collegiate Institute' is a high school located at 1094 Gerrard Street East Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1907 and was at that time on the outskirts of the city. It was extensively renovated in the 1990s but the original facade was maintained. It is the academic school for lower east end Toronto and has a tradition of high academic achievement.
On May 17, 2006 the first annual ''United Games'' were hosted at Riverdale. This was a day-long event also including students from Eastern Commerce Secondary School, Monarch Park Collegiate and Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute. Former NBA star Jerome Williams acted as principal for the day^[1]. His activities included a presentation speaking out against violence^[2], barbecuing lunch with students, and overseeing games designed to build relationships between the schools by forming teams with students from all four schools, rather than having a team for each school.^[3]
Riverdale Collegiate celebrated its centennial on May 12, 2007.

Contents

Notable alumni

School song

External links and references

Notable alumni

★ Morley Callaghan - writer

★ Gordon Sinclair - writer and TV personality

★ Punch Imlach - hockey coach

★ Michael Ironside - actor

★ Ron Stewart - football player

★ Al Sims - hockey player

★ John Cannis - politician

★ Billy Harris - hockey player

★ John Hemphill - comedian

★ Steve Stavro - sports team owner

★ Robert S. Kenny - politician

★ Lincoln Alexander - politician
In addition, Jane Creba was a former student of the school.

School song

The school song/cheer is often sung at assemblies and is taught to all new students. The song part follows the tune of the song Anchors Aweigh.^[4]

External links and references

★ Official Web Site
1. Media Advisory - Raptors' Williams to serve as Riverdale CI Principal tomorrow - Raptors Lead to Achieve
2. ''Reveille'' 2006, Pages 70-71 (School Yearbook)
3. GlobeAndMail.com - Schools team up to fight violence
4. RCI School Song on the RCI Website