Bill Crothers Secondary School is an athletic based High school in the community of Unionville in Markham, Ontario, Canada. It was the newest secondary school in the York Region District School Board for a number of years, since 2008. Named for former Olympic athlete and Chair of the York Region District School Board, Bill Crothers, the school opened its doors to Grade 9 and 10 students in August 2008. The school is 32acre and cost an estimated $32 million to build. The school was formerly an 18-hole golf course, Unionville Golf Centre, opened in 1961.CultureThe school made its first cameo appearance on primetime television's Flashpoint. The episode "Perfect Storm" garnered 9.6 million viewers on the CBS television network in the United States and 1.4 million viewers on Canada's CTV. On May 30, 2015, the school made its second cameo appearance on the Canadian television show Orphan Black. The episode titled "Community of Dreadful Fear and Hate" (Season 3, Episode 7) aired on Canada's Space and BBC America in the United States.This school is known for its track and field team, boys and girls senior soccer teams, boys volleyball team, boys and girls basketball, senior boys rugby team, and their boys varsity lacrosse team.
