Bathurst Heights Secondary School was a public high school located in the North York

North York, Ontario

North York is a dissolved municipality within the current city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the central part of the northern section of Toronto. As of the 2006 Census, it has a population of 635,370. The official 2001 census count was 608,288...

 district of Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, and serving the area of Lawrence Avenue

Lawrence Avenue

Lawrence Avenue is a major east-west thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is divided into east and west portions by Yonge Street, the dividing line of east-west streets in Toronto....

 West and Allen Road

Allen Road

William R. Allen Road, known more commonly as Allen Road, The Allen Expressway or simply The Allen and formerly as the Spadina Expressway, is a short expressway/freeway in Toronto, Ontario, which runs from Kennard Avenue in the north, to Eglinton Avenue West in the south...

 (a.k.a. Lawrence Heights

Lawrence Heights

Lawrence Heights is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located north-west of central Toronto, in the district of North York. The neighbourhood is bounded by Lawrence Avenue to the south, Highway 401 to the north, Allen Road to the east and Dufferin Street to the west...

). Bathurst Heights closed its doors on June 23rd 2001. However, starting from September 2011, a new school called John Polanyi Collegiate Insititute will be opening which will be a semestered school offering a "full range of university, college and apprenticeship programs."
Students from the former Sir Sandford Fleming Academy will be transferred to this site as Fleming becomes a Toronto Catholic District School Board

Toronto Catholic District School Board

The Toronto Catholic District School Board is the publicly-funded Catholic school board for Toronto, Ontario, Canada, headquartered in North York. It is one of the two English boards of education in the City of Toronto, serving the former municipalities of Scarborough, North York, York, East York,...

's Dante Alighieri Academy Beatrice Campus.

Overview

From 2002-2004, Bathurst Heights was the temporary home of Brebeuf College School

Brebeuf College School

Brebeuf College School is a Roman Catholic all-boys' high school in Toronto founded by the Jesuits in 1963 and associated with the Presentation Brothers since 1984...

.

The former school's building is now leased out by the Toronto District School Board

Toronto District School Board

Toronto District School Board, also known by the acronym TDSB, is the English-language public school board for Toronto, Ontario, Canada...

 to several tenants:

• North York Harvest Food Bank
• Dante Alighieri Academy Beatrice Campus - Toronto Catholic District School Board
  Toronto Catholic District School Board
  The Toronto Catholic District School Board is the publicly-funded Catholic school board for Toronto, Ontario, Canada, headquartered in North York. It is one of the two English boards of education in the City of Toronto, serving the former municipalities of Scarborough, North York, York, East York,...
  
  
• Swim camp
• Toronto ESL Learning Centre

Notable alumni

• Paul Godfrey
  Paul Godfrey
  Paul Victor Godfrey, CM, OOnt is a businessman and former Canadian politician. During his career, Godfrey was a North York alderman, Chairman of Metro Toronto, President of the Toronto Sun and head of the Toronto Blue Jays. He was instrumental in bringing the Toronto Blue Jays to Toronto and has...
  
  
• Denham Brown
  Denham Brown
  Denham W. Brown is a Canadian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Ciclista Olímpico in the Liga Nacional de Basquet.- High school :...
  
  
• Howie Mandel
  Howie Mandel
  Howard Michael "Howie" Mandel is a Canadian stand-up comedian, television host, and actor. He is well known as host of the NBC game show Deal or No Deal, as well as the show's daytime and Canadian-English counterparts. Before his career as a game show host, Mandel was best known for his role on...
  
  
• Urjo Kareda
  Urjo Kareda
  Urjo Kareda was a Canadian theatre and music critic, dramaturge and stage director....
  
  
• David Shiner
  David Shiner
  David Shiner may refer to:* David Shiner , American clown* David Shiner , Canadian politician...