Sinclair Secondary School

Sinclair Secondary School
Address
380 Taunton Road East Whitby , Ontario , L1R 2K5 Canada
Coordinates	43.9198°N 78.9413°W / 43.9198; -78.9413
Information
School type	Public
Motto	"A Reputation of Excellence"
Founded	1994
School board	Durham District School Board
Principal	Vicky Pidgeon
Grades	9-12 (13 in Special Cases)
Enrollment	2400 (2015)
Language	English, French
Color(s)	green and blue
Mascot	Celtics
Website	www.ddsb.ca/school/sinclairss/Pages/default.aspx

Sinclair Secondary School is located in Whitby, Ontario. Opened in 1994, it is home to nearly 2000 students and over 100 teaching staff. Serving both Special Education and French Immersion students, the school is recognized for its strong academic reputation and remains the highest ranked school in the Durham Region, according to the Fraser Institute's Ontario Secondary School Report Card program.

Notable alumni and faculty

• Delroy Clarke (born 1982), Canadian football player
• Aaron Milton (born 1992), Canadian football player
• JJ Shiplett (born 1985), musician
• Kirtana Thirumal (born 1993), award winning physical therapist
• Roger Qian (born 1997), Canadian Olympic weightlifter
• Joshua Brown (born 1994), Canadian football player
• Alim Mitha (born 1996), Canadian racecar driver
• Karl Svboda (born 1963), formal professional Canadian rugby player
• Janice Cramer, Ph.D (born 1955), physical chemist and lecturer at UOIT
• Emma Somerville (born 1997) Geneticist, Psychologist, Washed-Up Volleyball Player and Ex-Highschool Deviant

Notable Clubs and Committees of SSS

DECA (Sinclair Chapter)

One of Sinclair Secondary's most established, largest, and most recognized clubs is its DECA chapter. Founded in the early 2010's, the club has grown exponentially over the years to amass a membership of over 120 students who compete in DECA business competitions both in Canada and the United States. Being the host school for the Nor-Eastern regionals, the chapter is well-known for its organizational abilities and overall DECA spirit. The chapter regularly sends teams of both written and oral competitors to the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) held in the United States. Sinclair Secondary's chapter is very well known in the social sphere of DECA Ontario for its competitive members and their efforts in various events such as the CSP. Their efforts Community Service Project (CSP) in the year of 2015-2017 with the team of Young and Ma saw huge non-profit work and donations made for Muscular Dystrophy Canada and collectively raised several thousands of dollars for the non-profit. Additionally, in the year of 2016-2017, the team of Myers contributed over 400 hours of community service work and over two thousand pounds of food donations for Feed the Need in Durham (Non-profit food bank and warehouse). Both of the aforementioned teams progressed to the international stage of DECA competition at the ICDC events in both Orlando, Fl, and Anaheim, Ca, where they presented their work contributed to both of their causes. The chapter has its well-known advisers of Kristie Lee and Raymond Scarlet who are large influences on how the chapter is ran and on how the Nor-Eastern regional events are held annually.

Gay Straight Alliance (GSA)

Sinclair Secondary's GSA is very well known in the Durham Region for its pride events and efforts made to benefit the LGBTQ community of not only the secondary school, but also the Durham region. The club was the driving force behind the opening of the first gender-neutral washroom in the Durham District School Board (DDSB) in 2015, which allowed transgender and non-binary students to have a safe washroom space which was not present anywhere in the school district before its appearance. The club and the Gender Studies classes in the school, work together to hold annual pride-days at the school and are the main administration behind the Pink-shirt week that the school hosts annually.