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Riverdale Collegiate Institute (also called Riverdale CI, RCI, or Riverdale) is a high school located at Toronto, Ontario, Canada owned and operated by the Toronto Board of Education until its merger in 1998 into the Toronto District School Board. ==History and Overview== Riverdale CI was founded in 1907. Then known as Riverdale Technical School, the facility was designed by the architect for the Board of Education, C.E.C. Dyson.〔 〕 It 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. 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.〔(Media Advisory - Raptors' Williams to serve as Riverdale CI Principal tomorrow - Raptors Lead to Achieve )〕 His activities included a presentation speaking out against violence,〔''Reveille'' 2006, Pages 70-71 (School Yearbook)〕 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.〔(GlobeAndMail.com - Schools team up to fight violence )〕 Riverdale provides numerous sports teams and clubs throughout the year. Some big sports include field hockey, swim team, cross country,track and field, volleyball, synchronized swimming, basketball, soccer, ice hockey and badminton. There are also many clubs including The Girls Athletic Association (GAA), The Boys Athletic Association (BAA), Free the Children, Riverdale Against Discrimination (RAD), and the Chinese Culture Club. Riverdale Collegiate celebrated its centennial on May 12, 2007. In a CBC.ca (report ) on February 10, 2015, it was reported that the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) was launching a review of schools for possible closure. Riverdale Collegiate Institute was listed out of a possible 70 schools which the TDSB considers under-used and under review. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Riverdale Collegiate Institute」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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