FIRST Robotics, an international competition in which professionals and high school students are teamed together to solve an engineering design problem in an intense yet cooperative way. In 2002, the East York FIRST Robotics Team won the Highest Rookie Seed Award in recognition of the Highest Placed Rookie of Robotics in Canada [7]. In 2011, East York's Team 907, placed in the Semi-Finals at the Greater Toronto Area Regional and placed twice again in the Semi-Finals at Greater Toronto Regional East and the Greater Toronto Regional West in 2012. East York also won the Creativity Award for their 2012 Robot. Outreach East York's Outreach initiative emphasizes local and national opportunities that take an experiential learning and community service approach. East York's Team 907 has many growing outreach projects in Toronto including mentoring the younger Robotics Teams located in the Greater Toronto Area. Middle School feeders Feeder schools for East York Collegiate include Cosburn Middle School, Westwood Middle School (formerly Westwood Junior High), D.A. Morrison Middle School (formerly Oak Park Junior High) and G.A. Brown Middle School (formerly St. Clair Junior High). Notable alumni Sharon Bruneau, bodybuilder and actress Rich Butler, former baseball player Rob Butler, former baseball player Ben Chin, news anchor David Collenette, former Cabinet Minister Chris Diamantopoulos, actor Mike Del Grande, former Toronto City councillor Tony Featherstone, former NHL player Mike Holmes, home contractor and television show host Argiris Karras, actor Chris Kotsopoulos, former NHL player Peter Mahovlich, former NHL player Nelson Martin, former CFL football player and coach Joe Motiki, TV actor, host and radio announcer Cam Newton, former NHL goalie Tim Sims, actor and comedian Glenn Smith, former NHL player Still Life Still, indie rock band Barry Stroud (philosopher) Brandon Tanev, NHL hockey player Christopher Tanev, NHL hockey player Steph Tolev, comedian Nick Volpe, former football player Elizabeth Weir, lawyer and former leader of the New Brunswick NDP Mike Wilmot, comedian Theo Zagar, former professional soccer player See also List of high schools in Ontario References External links East York Collegiate Institute TDSB Profile High schools in Toronto Schools in the TDSB Educational institutions established in 1927 1927 establishments in Ontario