R. H. King Academy

R. H. King Academy (also called R. H. King, RHKA, RHK or King); formerly named R. H. King Collegiate Institute, Scarborough Collegiate Institute and Scarborough High School is a secondary school (and a de facto alternative school) located in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario and is part of the Scarborough Board of Education that was merged in 1998 into the Toronto District School Board. Founded in 1922 as Scarborough High School, the school became Scarborough Collegiate Institute in 1930, before becoming R. H. King Collegiate Institute in 1954 and renamed again to R. H. King Academy in 1989. King was the first secondary school built in the region of what was then known as the township of Scarborough and second-oldest surviving institution in the Scarborough district, after Agincourt Collegiate Institute. The motto for R. H. King Academy is '"Diligimus Quaerimus Servimus" (We care, we strive, we serve).

History

Scarborough High School (1922–1929)

R. H. King could trace back as far as In 1919 when the Township Council of Scarborough received a letter from the City of Toronto that it would soon have to turn away students from Scarborough wishing to attend Malvern Collegiate Institute. A council of public school trustees decided to form a High School District, but this was unheard of for a rural community such as Scarborough. There was no provision in the High School Act, so legislation was put through the offices of George S. Henry, Member of Provincial Parliament. The Government of Ontario passed the legislation and Scarborough High School was born. The first Board of Trustees was set up by the end of 1919.