Leaside High School is a school of 1000 pupils in central-east Toronto at the corner of Eglinton and Bayview Avenues. Established in 1945, the school was named after the H.M.C.S. Leaside and is part of the Leaside community of East York. Toronto District School Board, also known as TDSB, is the English-language public school board for Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... A public school, has two distinct meanings: elementary or secondary school supported and administered by state and local officials or in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, a private boarding school, generally not coeducational, that prepares students for the university. ... Secularity is the state of being without religious or spiritual qualities. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... Eglinton Avenue is an east-west throughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Leaside is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The East York Civic Centre, the former City Hall East York is a former suburb of Toronto, which was a borough of Metropolitan Toronto before it was amalgamated into the megacity of Toronto in 1998. ...

The school is known for its excellent academics, with strong science, computer science, and classics programs. Leaside High features both a Gifted program as well as a French Immersion program. In late 2006, Leaside High was rated "Best Toronto School for Languages" by Toronto Life Magazine.

Feeder schools for Leaside High School include Bessborough Public School and Northlea Public School. The school houses the East York gifted program, from Gordon A. Brown Middle School; and the french immersion program, from Cosburn Middle School.

Famous alumni include author Margaret Atwood, rock artist Edwin, actress Laura Bertram and actor Will Arnett. Margaret Eleanor Atwood, OC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian writer. ... Edwin is a Canadian alternative rock singer from Toronto, and former lead vocalist for I Mother Earth. ... Laura Bertram Laura Maureen Bertram (born September 5, 1978 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress. ... William Will Emerson Arnett (born May 5, 1970) (pronounced ) is a Canadian actor known for his role as George Oscar G.O.B Bluth II (pronounced Job, like the biblical figure) on the now-cancelled FOX comedy Arrested Development. ...

External links

• Leaside High School
• Leaside High School Alumni Website