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Public secondary school in Markham, Ontario, Canada

Unionville Loftier School
Entrance
Address
201 Town Centre Boulevard Markham , Ontario , L3R 8G5 Canada
Coordinates	43°52′N 79°xx′W  /  43.867°Northward 79.333°W  / 43.867; -79.333 Coordinates: 43°52′North 79°20′West  /  43.867°North 79.333°Westward  / 43.867; -79.333
Data
Schoolhouse type	Public Secondary Schoolhouse
Motto	Create and Attain
Founded	1985
Schoolhouse lath	York Region Commune School Lath
Superintendent	TBD[1]
Area trustee	Billy Pang[1]
Main	Suelyn Cheong[1]
Vice-Principals	Patrick Belmonte[1] Andrew Gazaneo[1]
Grades	ix-12
Enrolment	1649[ii] (October 2015)
Linguistic communication	English French
Hours in schoolhouse day	6
Area	York Region
Colour(s)	Maroon and Grayness
Mascot	Sam the Wolf
Team proper name	Unionville Wolves
Website	yrdsb.ca
Last updated: Apr 2022

Unionville High School is a public high school of the York Region District School Board in Ontario, Canada. Information technology is located westward of the community of Unionville in the metropolis of Markham. The school is located adjacent to the Markham Borough Centre and the Markham Theatre.

Unionville High Schoolhouse is well-nigh well known for its enriched arts program, Arts Unionville (formerly known as Arts York). The school was purpose-congenital to business firm this regional arts program, therefore it has enhanced arts facilities. Arts Unionville is divided into iv categories: visual arts, music, dance, and drama. In club to gain entry into the program, course eight to nine students are required to audition.

History [edit]

In the mid-1970s, Superintendent Stephen Bacsalmsi proposed the idea of an advanced arts program for the region. The Ontario government accepted the idea, simply needed to await for a new high school to exist built. When Unionville Loftier School was under structure, the authorities decided it was a prime opportunity to initiate the plan. The school was finished and opened to the public in 1985, with the schools west wing constructed in the Spring of 2002.^{[3] [4]}

Unionville High School also became the outset schoolhouse outside the United States to participate in the Apple tree Digital Campus Curriculum (ADCC) in 2002.^[five]

In 2005, Sheila Hetherington and Jerry Berridge, teachers in the history and tech departments, were recipients of the Governor General's Awards for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History.^[6] In 2006, the same ii teachers later received the Prime Minister'south Awards for Teaching Excellence.^[7] For the 2007-08 education year, Donna McAdam was a recipient of the Premier'due south Awards for Teaching Excellence.^[8] The two documentaries created during this course, When We Were Young and Never Shall We Forget, were of broadcast standard and aired on TVO.^{[9] [10]}

Facilities [edit]

The facilities at Unionville High include a visual arts room, communication/media lab, construction lab, pattern and technology lab, trip the light fantastic toe studios, music rooms, music practice rooms, drama rooms, a blackness box theatre, family studies labs, a photography blackroom, science labs, a resource middle, classrooms, a guidance role, two gymnasiums, two outdoor fields, an outdoor track, a weight room, washrooms and shower facilities, student cafeteria with microwaves and vending machines, a student council function, a yearbook function, student parking facilities, a staff dining room, and staff workrooms.^[eleven]

In that location are approximately 300 computers in the school, divided between 9 calculator labs. Notably, two of the computer labs employ Apple computers, as a part of the Apple Digital Campus.^[11]

While officially beingness two separate properties, the school likewise every bit the Markham Theatre are connected via a tunnel. The theatre occasionally hosts school assemblies too as performances from the Arts Unionville program.^[12]

Programs [edit]

Arts Unionville programme [edit]

Arts Unionville, formally known as Arts York, is a four-year plan that high school students take concurrently with the mainstream academic plan. The high school enrolls students from all over the Greater Toronto Area. In 2010, due to school board changes, Arts York was forced to change their program name to Arts Unionville and will merely accept students from the Markham surface area, except for piano and stringed instruments.^[thirteen] Class 2012 was the final year of Arts York. However, in the 2009–10 school year, the programme was renamed "Arts Unionville" ^[xiv] Shortly after, the York Region Commune Schoolhouse Board removed funding for busing, thus eliminating transportation ways for long-distance students attending the program. As a result, students were forced to drop out. The decision was protested by many parents and students, and later hiring a lawyer, they settled out of court to have funding for coach transportation reinstated for the residuum of the 2008–2009 school year.^[xv] Students living in areas non around Unionville were expected to attend arts schools in their own districts. As a result, the pool of talent for these programs has significantly declined.^[16]

Musical arts [edit]

The Musical Arts department is the biggest section of Arts Unionville at Unionville High Schoolhouse. In that location are four classrooms for music situated in the east wing of the school straight adjacent to the underground link to the Markham Theatre. With its strategic placement, information technology is often said amongst faculty, staff, and students that the Music department is located in its own e fly.

The Arts Unionville Music programme is separated into six categories: piano, winds, strings, vocal, brass, and percussion.^[17]

Visual arts [edit]

The Visual Arts programme provides opportunities for individual creative and imaginative growth every bit well as development of technical skills.^[18] In this programme, students are introduced to both traditional and experimental perspectives in painting and drawing. They will also be specializing in sculpture, photography, digital, printmaking (etching and silkscreen), and video. Students volition likewise study history of art and will learn to critically analyze their ain work, enabling the students to find individual strengths and directions. For the purpose of developing the aptitudes of talented students interested in the Visual Arts, programs are offered in all four years.

Dramatic arts [edit]

The Drama Section explores university level dramatic arts. Disciplines such as mask, mime, clown and Shakespeare are presented to the actors and explored through cocky-discovery.^[xix]

Dance arts [edit]

Dance arts is some other popular program in Arts Unionville. This program focuses on the development of creativity, artistry, and technique needed to improve trip the light fantastic expression.^[20] Students in this plan are given opportunities to participate in trip the light fantastic toe programs such every bit Trip the light fantastic Access, and The Nutcracker productions in December staged past the National Ballet of Canada.

Academic achievement [edit]

Students at Unionville High School has in contempo years performed very well in academics, whether information technology be in compulsory provincial testing, or in actress-curricular academic competitions. Academically, the Fraser found 2014 Report Card gave the high school a rating of ix.v/10 and a rank of second out of 740 schools in Ontario, and 6th out of 690 schools in Ontario over the past v years.^[21] When the Fraser Institute originally began publishing written report on Ontario secondary schools in 2001, Unionville was rated at 8.9/x and ranked at 36 out of 568 schools and 21 out of 349 in Ontario.^[22]

Provincial assessment [edit]

Each year, Grade 9 students across Ontario are issued province-wide standardized tests in Mathematics. The tests themselves are administered past the Ontario Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO). The Mathematics assessment is graded under the Ontario rubric, where level 3 is considered the provincial standard, and level 4 is considered above the provincial standard. In the 2012–13 academic year:

• 34% of Unionville students, enrolled in the academic program, scored level four in EQAO Math Cess (only 13% of all students in Ontario accomplished this standard).^[23]
• 97% of Unionville students, enrolled in the bookish plan, scored level 3 or in a higher place in EQAO Math Assessment (only 84% of Ontario students accomplished this standard).^[23]

In addition to the Grade nine mathematics assessment, EQAO likewise administers the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test, a standardized test for high school students in Ontario who wish to graduate from an Ontario secondary school and obtain their Ontario Secondary School Diploma. The test is written every yr on the concluding Thursday of March in all public secondary schools including Unionville. In the 2009 testing:

• 96% of Unionville students who were taking the test for the first time passed the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test, (compared to an 82% success charge per unit for the province equally a whole).^[24]

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The schoolhouse itself has also formed actress-curricular clubs or teams to compete in academic competitions such as the national Reach for the Top trivia game show and the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA). Several students representing the schoolhouse have been sent to correspond the province in international DECA competitions, and in some cases, achieving stellar results during the competition.^{[25] [26]} Students also have the opportunity to compete in the Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge (COMC) each year as individuals and as a part of the school team each twelvemonth.^[27]

Clubs and extracurricular activities [edit]

Sports [edit]

Likewise the school'south arts programs, the school also has a respectable athletics program competing in the York Region Athletic Clan and OFSAA. Following are some of the sports in which the school participates:

• Basketball - Jr./Sr. Boys Jr./Sr. Girls
• Volleyball - Jr./Sr. Boys Jr./Sr. Girls
• Water ice Hockey - Jr./Sr. Boys, Girls
• Girls Field Hockey
• Girls Slowpitch
• Ultimate Frisbee
• Track and Field
• Crimper
• Mountain Biking
• Badminton
• Golf
• Boys and Girls Soccer
• Girls Rugby
• Boys Rugby
• Swim
• Ski and Snowboard
• Table Lawn tennis
• Lawn tennis
• Indoor Rock Climbing

A notable member of the Unionville High School hockey squad was Cody Hodgson, who played for the Vancouver Canucks and the Buffalo Sabres in the NHL. An autographed jersey can be plant in the school.

Clubs [edit]

The school is domicile to many clubs, although the number of clubs and their constancy varies per academic year. Some of the more longstanding clubs would include:^[28]

• CHARIS Christian Fellowship
• Chess Club
• Chinese Cultural Clan
• Classical Music Appreciation
• Customs Involvement
• DECA
• Contend Society
• Eco Action
• Lauxes
• Math Club
• Trained Responders
• Reader'south Guild Society
• Show Choir
• UHS Charity Gild
• United Nations
• Writers Anonymous Association

YRDSB International Languages Program [edit]

The YRDSB International Languages Program holds Cantonese, Greek, Japanese, and Mandarin classes for Senior Kindergarten to Class viii on various days of the week at Unionville High School.^[29]

Notable alumni [edit]

• Lani Billard, actress^[xxx]
• Steve Byers, actor^[31]
• James Cade, actor
• Christina Cox, extra^[32]
• Emmanuelle Chriqui, actress^[33]
• Hayden Christensen, role player^[34]
• Chad Donella, actor^[35]
• Justin Hines, singer-songwriter^[36]
• Cody Hodgson, water ice hockey player^[37]
• Alexandre Lyssov, Canadian épée fencer^[38]
• Matthew Knight, thespian
• Aviva Mongillo, actress^[39]
• Connor Price, actor
• Emanuel Sandhu, figure skater and dancer
• Nathan Stephenson, actor
• Iman Vellani, actress
• Sarah Wells, hurdler^[forty]
• Ely Henry, role player

See too [edit]

• List of high schools in Ontario

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Unionville H.S." York Region District School Board. © 2015 York Region District School Lath. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
2. ^ "York Region District School Lath - Monthly Enrolment Report" (PDF). York Region District School Board. 4 November 2015. Retrieved xi February 2017.
3. ^ Chairs' Committee: Minutes of Coming together #5 (Public), York Region District School Board. May xiii, 2002. (Retrieved 2009-09-08.)
4. ^ "West wing construction," UHS 25th reunion. (Retrieved 2009-09-08.)
5. ^ Simon, Jeremy. "Unionville High Brings Apple Video Journalism Grade to Canada" (PDF). Teach Magazine. No. May/June 2013. Wili Liberman. p. 23. Retrieved four December 2017.
6. ^ "Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean Speech on the Occasion of the Presentation of the Governor Full general'south Awards for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History," Governor General of Canada. November 29, 2005. (Retrieved 2009-09-08.)
7. ^ "Prime Government minister's Awards for Teaching Excellence," Prime Minister's Awards. November 17, 2008. (Retrieved 2009-09-08.)
8. ^ "2007-08 Laurels Recipients," Premier's Awards for Teaching Excellence. Queen'south Printer for Ontario. 2009. (Retrieved 2009-09-08.)
9. ^ "War Stories - Professionally Speaking - June 2006".
10. ^ "War Stories: Ontario teachers bring history to life". ProfessionallySpeaking.oct.ca. Ontario College of Teachers. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 26, 2014.
11. ^ ^{a b} "Unionville High School Our Students, (Retrieved 2010-01-27.)
12. ^ "Theatre marks quarter century," Yorkregion.com. (Retrieved 2010-01-27.)
13. ^ "Arts Unionville". Unionvile High School. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
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15. ^ "Unionville H.Southward. no longer for elite students?". yorkregion.com. Metroland Media Grouping LTD. 3 December 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
16. ^ Leung, Justin. "The Plight of Arts York/Arts Unionville". CANYOUTH. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
17. ^ "Admissions". York Region District School Board. York Region District School Board. Retrieved half-dozen November 2014.
18. ^ "Visual Arts Information". York Region District School Lath. York Region Commune School Board. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
19. ^ http://www.unionville.hs.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/artsunionville/drama_audition.html
20. ^ "Trip the light fantastic". Arts Unionville. Unionville Loftier Schoolhouse. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
21. ^ "Report Card for Unionville High Schoolhouse,"
22. ^ "Written report Carte on Ontario'due south Secondary Schools : 2001 Edition Archived 2010-03-12 at the Wayback Machine," Ranking the schools. No publication engagement. (Retrieved 2010-10-03.)
23. ^ ^{a b} "Form ix Assessment of Mathematics, 2012-2013,
24. ^ "Ontario Secondary Schoolhouse Literacy Exam, May 2013,"
25. ^ 2010 ICDC Concern Service Marketing Winners, DECA. 2010. (Retrieved 2010-5-21.)
26. ^ 2010 ICDC Accounting Applications Winners, DECA. 2010. (Retrieved 2010-5-21.)
27. ^ 2009 Results Euclid Contest, Canadian Mathematics Competition. 2009. (Retrieved 2009-09-08.)
28. ^ Curriculum and Co-Curricular Activities, York Region District School Lath. (Retrieved 2009-09-08.)
29. ^ "International Languages Program" (PDF). York Region District Schoolhouse Board. York Region District Schoolhouse Lath. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
30. ^ Pasternak, Sean B. "Set up or Not, Lani Ballard Has Arrived," Thornhill Times. July 1995. (Retrieved 2009-09-06.)
31. ^ "Steve Byers equally Jason Tanner," Falcon Beach. 2009. (Retrieved 2009-09-096.)
32. ^ "Christina Cox," The New York Times [online merely]. 2009. (Retrieved 2009-09-06.)
33. ^ Lynch, Lorrie. "Adam Sandler's costar, Emmanuelle Chriqui," The Who'due south News Weblog, Us Weekend. May 23, 2008. (Retrieved 2009-09-06.)
34. ^ "Hayden Christensen," NNDB. 2009. (Retrieved 2009-09-06.)
35. ^ "Dakota Synopsis," El Duo Motion Pictures. (Retrieved 2010-x-03.)
36. ^ OHA's Annual Convention & Exhibition Excitement from Beginning to End. Ontario Infirmary Clan. July 2000. Archived May 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
37. ^ Hayakawa, Mike. "Will Stamkos go No. one?," yorkregion.com June 18, 2008. (Retrieved 2009-09-06.)
38. ^ "Alexandre Lyssov - Bio". Archived from the original on January 12, 2016. "Arts York" program refers to Unionville High School
39. ^ Persico, Amanda (2016-03-17). "Markham young actors become Backstage in new Family Channel Telly bear witness". YorkRegion.com . Retrieved 2019-04-28 .
40. ^ "Sarah-Lynn Wells". 2012 London Olympic Games. Archived from the original on thirteen September 2012. Retrieved xix September 2012.

External links [edit]

• Unionville Loftier School
• YRDSB Unionville H.S.

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