SATEC @ W. A. Porter Collegiate Institute

Scarborough Academy of Technological, Environmental and Computer Education @ W. A. Porter Collegiate Institute
Vincit qui se vincit He conquers who conquers himself
Address
40 Fairfax Crescent Clairlea, Toronto, Ontario, M1L 1Z9 Canada
Coordinates	43°42′59″N 79°17′13″W / 43.716454°N 79.287059°W / 43.716454; -79.287059Coordinates: 43°42′59″N 79°17′13″W / 43.716454°N 79.287059°W / 43.716454; -79.287059
Information
School type	Public High school
Established	1958
School board	Toronto District School Board (Scarborough Board of Education)
Oversight	Toronto Lands Corporation
Superintendent	Audley Salmon
Area trustee	Parthi Kandavel
School number	4178 / 949744
Administrator	Melissa Shimerman
Principal	George Mavraganis
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	986 (2015-16)
Language	English
Colour(s)	Navy Blue and Green
Mascot	Blue Eagle
Team name	Porter Blue Eagles
Website	satecatwaporter.ca
Last updated: December 2012

Scarborough Academy of Technological, Environmental and Computer Education @ W. A. Porter Collegiate Institute (SATEC, SATEC @ W.A. Porter C.I., WAPCI, W.A. Porter or Porter) is a secondary school located in Scarborough, Toronto, Canada. The school, part of the Toronto District School Board was previously run by its previous school board prior to merger, the Scarborough Board of Education. Porter's motto is Vincit qui se Vincit which means "He conquers who conquers himself".

History

Located in a 14.9 acre land, W. A. Porter Collegiate Institute had laid its cornerstone laid and constructed in 1957 and opened for classes on September 9, 1958 to serve the south-west area of Scarborough as the city's fifth collegiate. The building was designed by the late architect Harold Carter and associates. The namesake, William Arnot Porter (1893-1956) began teaching in 1922 at Scarborough High School as a science teacher, specializing in the science of agriculture. He became the school’s principal in 1954, and continued his lifelong work until his death in 1956.

By 1961, the swimming pool was added. Additions were made in subsequent years.

In 1988, the SBE was threatened to close Porter to allow occupancy by Scarborough Centre for Alternative Studies, opened in 1986 at the former Tabor Park Vocational School, whose latter campus was turned over to the Metropolitan Separate School Board (now the Toronto Catholic District School Board), but since been overturned.^[1]

At the beginning of the 1997-98 school year, W. A. Porter Collegiate adopted its official present name and was designated SATEC @ W. A. Porter Collegiate Institute by the SBE although the original name continues to exist. As of the 2000-01 academic year, Porter's attendance area was expanded after the former Midland Avenue Collegiate Institute closed in June of that year.

The school celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2008, coinciding with the PEO Engineering Education Conference of the same year. In 2010, Porter C.I. became a certified, platinum Eco-School of the TDSB. Porter also has a range of specialized programs like MST(Math and Science Technology), Cisco, High Skills Major, and many more.

Overview

Admissions to Porter Collegiate are based upon 3 factors. The entrance test, which is annually held in December of every year, the student's Ontario grade 8 progress report card and the student's personal application. Students at the top of the entrance test ranking list are selected first, where as students whom are not accepted may be placed on a waiting list if deemed necessary by school administration. The school allows re-applying for admissions up until grade 9.

SATEC/Porter is regarded as a magnet school by the school board because of its strong technology program and its policies. It is a CISCO regional academy with certification in CISCO Networking and A+ Computer Service Technician Certification for the senior program. It was named “Best For Technology” in 2006 among the secondary schools of Toronto.^[2] Along with R. H. King Academy, it is one of the few schools to have its uniform policies and accepts students out of area.

The school offers two Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) programs. They include ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and the Environment. In each program, students are required to complete a set number of courses, including a two-credit co-op course, along with obtaining industry standard certification. The first graduates from SATEC/Porter with the Specialist High Skills Major accreditation was the Class of 2011.

Facility

W. A. Porter currently sits in 14.9 acres in a two storey building. Unlike Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute and West Hill Collegiate Institute which were both designed by Harold Carter, the academic areas and gymnatorium layout is backward-L shaped. Other features contain an 500-seated auditorium, library resource centre, four gymnasiums, cafeteria, technical-vocational shops and a pool located in the eastern corner of the school which is 6 lanes. There are 15 fire exits.

During the summer months, YMCA leases out the school and operates children's camps with the school's facilities.

In January 2016, the TDSB released a list of schools needed major repairs ranked by the province in "critical" condition. SATEC/Porter, built in 1956, is ranked 26th of 136 in the repair backlog list at 96.09%.^[3]

Athletics

In November 2012, the school hosted the reenactment of the infamous 38th Grey Cup Mud Bowl that occurred on November 25, 1950 as part of a string of CFL festivities to commemorate and celebrate the 100th Grey Cup. With generous support of corporate donors in Rona and the Toronto Argonauts, SATEC revamped its track field into a regulation-sized football stadium. SATEC hosted its first-ever Friday night game on October 11, 2013 against David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute. Soon after, a selected group of players appeared on CP24 Breakfast with Nalini Sharma as Argos head coach Jim Barker demonstrated the fundamental runs and tackles of the sport. The coach of the Porter Blue Eagles is Kyle Franchetto.

Clubs

SATEC also has dozens of student clubs ranging from athletics to human rights. With clubs such as E.C, DECA, MSA, TSA, VON, STAC,Model United Nations and many more, they offer students many opportunities to get involved within their school community. In 2012, Free the Children's Craig Keilburger generously donated $5000 to SATEC's VON club as a prize for their charitable initiatives.

The Student Administrative Council (SAC) is the student body in charge of all student affairs at SATEC. It hosts new student arrival initiatives with Prefects and PAC, an annual Halloween extravaganza,holiday festivities which include the Semi Formal. As well, SAC is responsible for the Valentine's day festivities working with the Stop the Stigma program to promote mental wealth, the Prom and an annual BBQ in the late spring term (almost summer)organized by the SAC and PAC with all other groups in the school taking part in this year end initiative.

References

↑ Daly, Rita. "Trustees resent turning school over to Catholics." Toronto Star. September 20, 1988. News p. A7. Retrieved on July 29, 2013.
↑ "10 Best Schools In Toronto". Toronto Life. September 2006.
↑ Nearly a quarter of Toronto public schools in 'critical' condition - CTV News, January 20, 2016. Retrieved on February 2, 2016.

External links

High schools in Toronto

Anglophone Secular and Separate

East York	East York Alternative East York Leaside Marc Garneau

Etobicoke	Alderwood Burnhamthorpe Central Etobicoke (Westway) Etobicoke EYRAC Father John Redmond Humbergrove (Father Henry Carr / Marian) Keiller MacKay (Don Bosco) Kingsmill (Bishop Allen) Kipling Lakeshore (New Toronto) Martingrove Mimico Monsignor Percy Johnson North Albion Richview Royal York (ESA) Scarlett Heights School of Experiential Education Silverthorn Thistletown Vincent Massey (Michael Power-St. Joseph) West Humber

North York	A.Y. Jackson Avondale Bathurst Heights (John Polanyi) Brébeuf Cardinal Carter Chaminade C.W. Jefferys Dante Alighieri Don Mills Downsview Drewry (Lewis S Beattie) Earl Haig Emery Georges Vanier George S. Henry James Cardinal McGuigan Loretto Abbey Madonna Nelson A. Boylen Newtonbrook NEYRAC NWYRAC Northview Heights Regina Pacis (Monsignor Fraser Norfinch) Senator O'Connor Sir Sanford Fleming (Dante Alighieri (Beatrice)) St. Basil-the-Great St. Joseph's Morrow Park Victoria Park Westview Centennial William Lyon MacKenzie York Mills Yorkdale

Scarborough	Agincourt Albert Campbell ASE 1 Bendale Birchmount Park Blessed Cardinal Newman Blessed Mother Teresa Cedarbrae David and Mary Thomson Delphi Dr. Norman Bethune Francis Libermann L'Amoreaux Lester B. Pearson Maplewood Mary Ward Mary Ward ESL/LINC Midland Avenue (SCAS / SEYRAC / Safe and Caring) Monsignor Fraser Midland Monsignor Fraser Midland North Neil McNeil Parkview R. H. King St. John Paul II Sir John A. MacDonald Sir Oliver Mowat Sir Robert L. Borden Sir Wilfrid Laurier Sir William Osler Stephen Leacock Tabor Park (Jean Vanier) Timothy Eaton W. A. Porter West Hill Wexford Winston Churchill Woburn

Old Toronto	ALPHA Alternative School A.P.P.L.E. Brother Edmund Rice Bloor / ALPHA II Alternative School Brockton Central Toronto Academy Central Technical CALC City School Contact Alternative School Danforth Eastdale Eastern Commerce Forest Hill Greenwood Harbord Humberside Inglenook Jarvis Lakeview (St. Patrick) Lawrence Park Loretto College / Bishop Francis Marrocco Malvern Marshall McLuhan Monarch Park Monsignor Fraser Annex Monsignor Fraser Isabella Monsignor Fraser Mid-town Notre Dame North Toronto Northern Oasis Alternative Orientation Centre Parkdale Riverdale Rosedale Heights SEED SOLE St. Joseph St. Joseph's Commercial (Thomas Merton) St. Mary's St. Michael's Choir St. Patrick Elementary (Heydon Park) Subway Academy I Subway Academy II Student School Triangle West Park (Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton) West Toronto Western Technical - Commercial / Ursula Franklin West End

York	Frank Oke George Harvey Oakwood Runnymede Vaughan Road Weston York Humber (old) (Blessed Archbishop Romero) York Humber York Memorial

Francophone

Secular	Étienne-Brûlé Le Collège français West Toronto (Toronto Ouest)

Separate	Lewis S Beattie (Monseigneur-de-Charbonnel) West Toronto (Saint-Frère-André)

Independent

Private	Abelard Bayview Glen Bond Academy Branksome College of Toronto Crescent School Crestwood Preparatory De La Salle College (Toronto) Dragon German International School Greenwood Thornton Lycée Français Toronto French Toronto Montessori University of Toronto Schools Upper Canada York School Yorkland

Religious	Bishop Strachan Bnei Akiva Crawford Adventist De La Salle Havergal Hawthorn School for Girls Peoples Christian Academy Royal St. George St. Clement St. John St. Michael's College Tanenbaum CHAT Tiferes Bais Yaakov Ner Israel Yeshiva

This list is incomplete. Italics indicate a separate school but some are located in the former public school buildings. Brackets noted the buildings occupied by tenants or other boards.

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