Toronto will have a second Africentric high school this September, located within the city's northwest-end, at Downsview Secondary School in North York.

The Toronto District School Board is posting information on its website on the new program and will hold an information night at the school on Tuesday.

The first Africentric high school opened in Scarborough last fall, at Winston Churchill Collegiate, but with only six students. The board says it now has 18 students at Churchill and will run a full program this fall for them.

At Downsview, the program will offer Grade 9 students African-centred studies in English, geography, math and French.

Last month, school board chair Chris Bolton said the board was considering more Africentric courses in high schools across the city.

In 2009, the Toronto board opened the Africentric Alternative School, located inside Sheppard Public School in North York, serving students from kindergarten to Grade 8. In 2011, trustees voted to open a second Africentric program, endorsing the “concept of continuing an elementary-to-secondary Africentric school pathway for students.”