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Governor Simcoe Secondary School

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Governor Simcoe Secondary School
File:Governor Simcoe Secondary School.jpg
The school in 2024
Location
15 Glenview Ave

St. Catharines
,
Ontario
,
L2N 2Z7

Canada
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Information
School typeSecondary school
MottoOur House
Founded1971
School boardDistrict School Board of Niagara
SuperintendentHelen McGregor
School number216
PrincipalPaul Taylor
Vice PrincipalLeslie Brophy
Staff68
Teaching staff48
Grades9-12
EnrollmentApprox. 859
Average class size30
LanguageEnglish
Hours in school day6
ColoursRed and grey   
MascotRedcoat
Team nameRedcoats
Websitegovsimcoe.dsbn.org

Governor Simcoe Secondary School, named after John Graves Simcoe, is a public high school in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It is a three-floored school with a theatre attachment. It opened in 1971. It was the first open concept high school in the Niagara Peninsula; the open concept has since been replaced with individual classrooms.[citation needed]

Theatre

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In 1995, the Grantham Theatre was added to the east end of the school. While originally designed to seat 1000 people, due to budget constraints, it was only built to seat 500.[citation needed]

The school has had its own productions of musicals. In 2017, students performed Beauty and the Beast. 66 students were a part of the cast.[1] In 2019, students performed Into the Woods.[2] The musical production for the year of 2025 is Freaky Friday and is set to be run in the middle of April with a date not confirmed.

Robotics

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The school currently has a FIRST Robotics Competition robotics team, registered as Team 1114 - Simbotics. The team was initiated in 2003 along with that years robotics season game being launched, Stack Attack.[3][circular reference] In 2012, the team won the FIRST Impact Award,[4] formerly known as the FIRST Chairman's Award. The video submitted awarded them a blue banner, a ten year auto-qualification term into the FIRST Championship, and induction into the FIRST Hall of Fame.[5]

Some notable team events include 2017 when two students on the team were photographed with the prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau.[6] In 2022, they won the FIRST Robotics Ontario Provincial Championship and then moved on to compete in Houston, Texas.[7]

Robot History

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Throughout the years, since documented from 2011 on the Simbotics website, the team has continued to name their robots with the prefix of "Simbot". This notable prefix has lasted for over the past decade and is paired along with a majority of the robot names starting with the character "S".

Although most bind by this rule, there are a handful of robots on Simbotics that are named not following this rule to tribute to the passing of team members, are a notable figure in society at the time, or are more fitting for the robot name for the year.

Team 1114 - Simbotics Robot History
Year Robot Name FIRST Robotics Competition Game Code Release CAD Release
2011 Simbot Steve Logo Motion[8][circular reference] 2011 GrabCAD
2012 Simbot Jordan Rebound Rumble[9][circular reference] 2012 GrabCAD
2013 Simbot B.A. Baracus Ultimate Ascent[10][circular reference] 2013 GrabCAD
2014 Simbot Evolution Aerial Assist[11][circular reference] 2014 GrabCAD
2015 Simbot Sideswipe Recycle Rush[12][circular reference] 2015-Simbot-Sideswipe 2015 GrabCAD
2016 Simbot Sentinel FIRST Stronghold[13][circular reference] 2016-Simbot-Sentinel 2016 GrabCAD
2017 Simbot Ali FIRST Steamworks[14][circular reference] 2017-Simbot-Ali 2017 GrabCAD
2018 Simbot Smokescreen FIRST Power Up[15][circular reference] 2018-Simbot-Smokescreen 2018 STEP File
2019 Simbot Snowstorm Destination: Deep Space[16][circular reference] 2019-Simbot-Snowstorm 2019 GrabCAD
2020 Simbot Siakam Infinite Recharge[17][circular reference] 2020-Simbot-Siakam
2022 Simbot Sureshot Rapid React[18][circular reference] 2022-Simbot-Sureshot 2022 OnShape
2023 Simbot Scizor Charged Up[19][circular reference] 2023-Simbot-Scizor 2023 OnShape
2024 Simbot Skyfall Crescendo[20][circular reference] 2024-Simbot-Skyfall 2024 OnShape
2025 Simbot Suzuki Reefscape[21][circular reference]

Athletics

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In 2014, students from Governor Simcoe won 11 medals in provincial championships for the Special Olympics.[22]

The school has a football team with mixed grade students.[23] In 2022 and 2023, the team made it to the regional semifinals.[24]

Incidents

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In 2019, an 18 year old student went missing.[25] The school honoured him in their graduation ceremony for that year and gave the Ontario Secondary School Diploma to his family.[26] He was later found dead. Foul play was not suspected.[27]

In 2023, a teacher was charged with sexual assault of a student.[28]

See also

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References

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