Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute is truly a community school, benefiting from the superb sports facilities that surround it and the partnership with Variety Village. Birchmount offers a full range of courses at the essential, applied, academic, gifted, open, college, university and workplace levels which support all post-secondary pathways. Birchmount is proud of the diversity of courses the school offers to students. The whole school is Wi-Fi accessible and continues to expand the use of technology across all subject areas. Birchmount supports and encourages students to take responsibility for their own learning, to strive for excellence, to take pride in their accomplishments and to develop their leadership skills in the broader school community. 

Why Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute

• Course variety: Birchmount has a strong Cooperative Education program which arranges workplace and apprenticeship opportunities for motivated students who want to hone their skills on the job, not just in the classroom. Birchmount Co-Op students earn credits, build their resumes and contribute to the broader community in their workplace placements. Birchmount also offers Specialist High Skills Major programs in Health & Wellness and Manufacturing.
• Extracurricular activities: Birchmount is proud of its rich athletic traditions and fine facilities. Birchmount offers extensive curricular and co-curricular programs including teams that compete at city and provincial levels. Each year the school offer 25 - 30 teams for male and female athletes. Birchmount is proud of the number of teams that make it to city finals and go on to compete at OFSSA. The intramural program includes Volleyball, Indoor Soccer, Floor Hockey and Basketball as well as Yoga and Weight Room. Students take a leadership role in planning and organizing events through the Athletic Council. Some of the clubs offered at Birchmount include art, band, board games, choir, peer tutoring, photography, and yearbook.