The Best Place to Be for Students in TDSB - Monarch Park Collegiate

Front entrance of of Monarch Park Collegiate, TDSB

Recently, I welcome and hosted a group of principals from Asia. They were in Canada to learn about our education system and tour some schools.

Monarch Park Collegiate, Toronto, Ontario

I had the privilege of assuming the role as the host principal presenting lectures, working with them and escorting them on visits to some Ontario schools.

One of the schools we visited was Monarch Park Collegiate in Toronto.

Beautiful artwork adorning the walls throughout the whole school

Located in the mid town area of Toronto, the school has a student population of about 900 students.
Though not a huge secondary school, Monarch Park Collegiate offers excellent facilities and services to its students.

It was a nice spring day when we visited the school. As soon as we entered the school, we saw a free breakfast station set up at the entrance of the school manned by a few students.

This is a food station where students who might have missed breakfast at home could pick up some nutritious food on their way to their classes.

It's free and available to all students attending the school everyday of the week. What an excellent idea! This way students would not go hungry and could concentrate on learning in class instead of thinking about food.

Monarch Park Collegiate has a cheerful and welcoming place. The students and staff were friendly greeting us warmly everywhere we visited.

 We enjoyed the creative and colourful wall murals and students' artwork throughout the school.

Principal Pang welcome the visiting principals from China

Ms. Virginia Pang, principal of the school and the staff welcome us warmly into the school.

After a brief introduction about Monarch Park came the favourite part for our visiting principals -  Principal Pang took us on a tour of the school.

The school has excellent facilities for students such as this swimming pool

We met students, staff and visited the various parts of the school building. 

We learned about the great facilities of the school including: a good size indoor swimming pool, a spacious and welcoming library. 

 

The school also has a spacious gymnasium with workout equipment for students and a wonderful culinary program run by a former professional chef.

The part of the school building we liked most was a spectacular outdoor soccer field covered by a huge dome enabling students and the community to use it throughout the long cold Canadian winter.









The highlights of our visit happened on the indoor soccer field where the visiting principals ran onto the field and started playing soccer enthusiastically like a group of high school kids!

Another enjoyable experience was when we were invited into the staff lounge  for a light lunch.

















Tables were set up for the visiting principals.

We met other members of the Monarch Park Collegiate staff who explained to the visiting principals about programs at the school.

 We learned that students in the culinary program also prepared a lunch for us in the well equipped kitchen.
















Besides serving us a light lunch the students also served us a scrumptious dessert!















The pride and delight of these students were written all over their faces.

It was an educational and memorable visit to Monarch Park Collegiate!

A heartfelt thank you to Principal Pang, the staff and students at the school. Your care to your students and your dedication to education was evident during our visit.















I was glad that we had the opportunity visiting Monarch Park Collegiate -  the best place to be for students in the Danforth Ave. neighborhood!














R.T.
Monarch Park Collegiate
Toronto