Vaughan Road Academy (VRA) is a Toronto District School Board International Baccalaureate school in the Oakwood-Vaughan neighbourhood of Toronto, in the Canadian province of Ontario. Vaughan Road is situated at the Vaughan Road and Winona Drive intersection close to Oakwood Avenue and southwest of Forest Hill. It works in partnership with Arlington Middle School, which offers the IB Middle Years Programme, J.R. Wilcox and Cedarvale Community Schools, and also offers the IB Diploma Programme for students in grades 11 and 12. In addition to the International Baccalaureate, it also has Cooperative Education and INTERACT programs.
The school principal is Joe Santaluccia, a former student of the school, and the vice principals are Tim Brethour and Keith Johnson. The IB coordinator is Paul Corner and INTERACT coordinator is Michael Alex.
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