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23 Comay Rd, North York, ON M6M 2K9, Canada
- SCHOOL TYPE: Catholic
- WEBSITE: Immaculate Conception Catholic School
- SCHOOL LEVEL: Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, Elementary, and Middle
- GRADES OFFERED: PK - 8
Immaculate Conception Catholic School opened its doors in September 1961 to 221 students and eight teachers. In 1967, an addition to the school was completed. It included a gymnasium with change rooms, an equipment room, six new classrooms, additional office space and a storage room. The feast of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated on December 8. It was proclaimed an official feast day in 1854 by Pope Pius XII. It honours the Virgin Mary and the fact that, out of all the women in history, God chose her to be the mother of His own Son, Jesus. The school motto, as represented on the school crest--"courage, dedication, discipline and skill"--was developed by a former teacher in 1967. These are qualities the staff, students and parents work very hard to achieve.
A middle-income neighbourhood, Amesbury is popular with immigrants from many countries. The present day Amesbury neighbourhood was subdivided for residential development in the 1940s. It was formerly in North York before it was amalgamated into Toronto in 1998.