Sinclair Secondary School
Encyclopedia
Sinclair Secondary School is located in Whitby
, Ontario
, Canada
within the Durham District School Board
. It serves students in grades nine through twelve in the North Whitby area. It is also the Whitby site for students in gifted education
, French immersion
, and special education
programs. With over 2000 students, Sinclair is one of the largest secondary schools within the Durham District School Board.
, Debate Club, etc.) and sports (football
, wrestling
, field hockey
, lacrosse
, golf
etc). The school also has an active arts department (drama
, music
, dance). Sinclair presently boasts some of the highest provincial test scores in literacy and math. The school has a cooperative education
program that allows students to gain practical experience in the workplace, and it recently introduced a course based on baseball and also a native studies course.
In 2005, the school raised $37,000 for the Stephen Lewis Foundation
. The money raised went towards helping children and families in Africa. In total, the school has raised over $100,000 for various causes over the last 10 years. It is regarded as one of the toughest secondary schools in Canada.
LOSSA Championships 2009-2010
and culminated in a speech by Stephen Lewis
, the United Nations' special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, with all fundraising going towards his foundation. More recent fundraising highlights in 2010 have included $14,000 raised at the annual Sinclair Walk/Run event with $11,000 of that amount being donated to the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In addition, in a separate campaign, over $4,000 was raised and donated to the Canadian Red Cross for Haiti Earthquake Relief. Most recently, during the 2010-2011 school year Sinclair students raised $22 000 for Romeo Dallaire's Child Soldier Initiative through their first ever Showcase for Change.
Whitby, Ontario
Whitby is a town in Durham Region. Whitby is located in Southern Ontario east of Toronto on the north shore of Lake Ontario, and is home to the headquarters of Durham Region...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
within the Durham District School Board
Durham District School Board
The Durham District School Board is a public school board in Ontario, Canada. The DDSB serves most of the Regional Municipality of Durham, except for schools within the Municipality of Clarington, which belongs to the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board...
. It serves students in grades nine through twelve in the North Whitby area. It is also the Whitby site for students in gifted education
Gifted education
Gifted education is a broad term for special practices, procedures and theories used in the education of children who have been identified as gifted or talented...
, French immersion
French immersion
French immersion is a form of bilingual education in which a child who does not speak French as his or her first language receives instruction in school in French...
, and special education
Special education
Special education is the education of students with special needs in a way that addresses the students' individual differences and needs. Ideally, this process involves the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials,...
programs. With over 2000 students, Sinclair is one of the largest secondary schools within the Durham District School Board.
School Information
Sinclair was founded in 1994, on the site of an original one-room schoolhouse. Today, Sinclair is fully networked with 550 computers, in addition to television monitors in classrooms and hallways which convey educational information, announcements and the time. Sinclair has 4 floors in total and also includes a drama theatre, two gyms, an autoshop, a culinary kitchen, one cafeteria, and a student common equipped with a store. The school offers many extracurricular activities, such as clubs (Students Together Against Racism, Model U.N.Model United Nations
Model United Nations is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda....
, Debate Club, etc.) and sports (football
Canadian football
Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...
, wrestling
Amateur wrestling
Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games under the supervision of FILA : Greco-Roman and freestyle. Freestyle is possibly derived from the English Lancashire style...
, field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
, lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
etc). The school also has an active arts department (drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
, music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
, dance). Sinclair presently boasts some of the highest provincial test scores in literacy and math. The school has a cooperative education
Cooperative education
Cooperative education is a structured method of combining classroom-based education with practical work experience. A cooperative education experience, commonly known as a "co-op", provides academic credit for structured job experience...
program that allows students to gain practical experience in the workplace, and it recently introduced a course based on baseball and also a native studies course.
In 2005, the school raised $37,000 for the Stephen Lewis Foundation
Stephen Lewis Foundation
The Stephen Lewis Foundation is a non-governmental organization that assists mostly AIDS and HIV-related grassroots projects in Africa.-History:...
. The money raised went towards helping children and families in Africa. In total, the school has raised over $100,000 for various causes over the last 10 years. It is regarded as one of the toughest secondary schools in Canada.
Layout
Sinclair Secondary School is attached to the Durham Board Education Centre. The school's floor plan consists of four floors. The first floor is below the entrance level while the third and fourth flours are above the main. The school building contains one cafeteria, a student common, two gymnasiums (one large and one small), a theatre and a Resource Centre.Athletic Success
OFSAA Championships- 2005 Varsity Girls Field LacrosseField lacrosseField lacrosse, sometimes referred to as the "fastest sport on two feet," is a full contact outdoor men's sport played with ten players on each team. The sport originated among Native Americans, and the modern rules of field lacrosse were initially codified by Canadian William George Beers in 1867....
- 2006 Varsity Girls Field LacrosseField lacrosseField lacrosse, sometimes referred to as the "fastest sport on two feet," is a full contact outdoor men's sport played with ten players on each team. The sport originated among Native Americans, and the modern rules of field lacrosse were initially codified by Canadian William George Beers in 1867....
- 2007 Varsity Girls Field LacrosseField lacrosseField lacrosse, sometimes referred to as the "fastest sport on two feet," is a full contact outdoor men's sport played with ten players on each team. The sport originated among Native Americans, and the modern rules of field lacrosse were initially codified by Canadian William George Beers in 1867....
- 2007 Varsity Boys BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
- 2007 Midget Boys Rugby Barbarian Cup Champions (Provincials)
- 2008 Varsity Girls Field LacrosseField lacrosseField lacrosse, sometimes referred to as the "fastest sport on two feet," is a full contact outdoor men's sport played with ten players on each team. The sport originated among Native Americans, and the modern rules of field lacrosse were initially codified by Canadian William George Beers in 1867....
- 2008 Senior Girls VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- 2010 Senior Girls BronzeVolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- 2010 Varsity Boys Bronze BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
LOSSA Championships 2009-2010
- Girls Fastball
- Senior Girls Tennis
- Team Tennis Overall
- Girls Golf
- Senior Football Tier II
- Cadet Boys Wrestling
- Girls Wrestling
- Senior Girls Volleyball
- Alpine Skiing Level 1 Boys
- Alpine Skiing Level 2 Boys
- Alpine Skiing Level 1 Girls
- Alpine Skiing Overall
- Girls Field Lacrosse
- Varsity Boys Baseball
Social Issue Campaigns
Historically, the school has always undertaken extensive fundraising campaigns focusing on specific social issues. The Race Against Time campaign in 2006 focused on the issue of HIV/AIDS in AfricaHIV/AIDS in Africa
HIV/AIDS is a major public health concern and cause of death in Africa. Although Africa is home to about 14.5% of the world's population, it is estimated to be home to 67% of all people living with HIV and to 72% of all AIDS deaths in 2009.-Overview:...
and culminated in a speech by Stephen Lewis
Stephen Lewis
Stephen Henry Lewis, is a Canadian politician, broadcaster and diplomat. He was the leader of the social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party for most of the 1970s. During many of the those years as leader, his father David Lewis was simultaneously the leader of the Federal New Democratic Party...
, the United Nations' special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, with all fundraising going towards his foundation. More recent fundraising highlights in 2010 have included $14,000 raised at the annual Sinclair Walk/Run event with $11,000 of that amount being donated to the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In addition, in a separate campaign, over $4,000 was raised and donated to the Canadian Red Cross for Haiti Earthquake Relief. Most recently, during the 2010-2011 school year Sinclair students raised $22 000 for Romeo Dallaire's Child Soldier Initiative through their first ever Showcase for Change.