The Knight Owls

Northern Secondary School

Northern Secondary School, or as we like to call it, NSS, is located near the heart of Toronto, Ontario. Northern is the largest secondary school in the Toronto District School Board with almost twenty three hundred students; it was founded in September 1930. NSS offers many programs such as the Specialist High Skills Major Program as well as gifted, technology and business streams.

What We've Been Doing

Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, parents, students, School Foundation, Parent Council, School Council, our school, and the tech department, we have been able to participate in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC). FRC is an international robotics competition where high school teams design, build and program a robot to compete in a themed game. Throughout the build-season we have been able to develop our skills across various fields including: computer aided design (CAD) software, computerized numerical control (CNC) machines, 3D printers, programming, electronics control system design, business development and problem-solving.

Our Impact

The FIRST Robotics Competition is very focused on inspiring the engineers, programmers and entrepreneurs of the future. We, as a team participating in FIRST events, are doing our part to contribute to our community by providing opportunities for local youth to engage in STEM activities and become compassionate about the field. We run workshops at local schools and community centers to reach a large audience of young learners, and to inspire them with regards to STEM, but also FIRST's values.

Our Subteams

4K render of the Reefscape Offseason robot.

Design

The design team leads the design of the robot. We use OnShape as our CAD software of choice to design and model various parts and components for our robots.

Someone using a cutoff wheel producing sparks

Manufacturing

The manufacturing team is responsible for the manufacturing of the robot. We use a variety of tools such as 3D printers, CNC machines, and laser cutters to create the parts and components for our robots.

Programming

The programming team codes the 'brain' of the robot. The language of choice for FRC robots is Java since it provides a great balance between performance and control over systems and functionality.

Outreach

The outreach team is a combination of the media and business subteams. They're in charge of connecting and working with the community, leading the team's social media presence, and managing the team's finances including all of the fundraising.

Web Design

The web design team is responsible for the creating and maintaining the website you're looking at right now. Hi 👋!

Our Members

Exec Team

Henry S

President

Manufacturing Team

Henry S

Manufacturing Co-Lead

Gavin

Manufacturing/Electrical Co-Lead

Ilia

Manufacturing/Electrical Co-Lead

Emery

Manufacturing Co-Lead

Alejandro

Aron

Ava

Bibi

Bradley

Dosan

Evan

Ezra

Fargol

Gael

Mason

Menglin

Nathan F

Nathan T

Ryan

Sophia

Design Team

Avery

Design Co-Lead

Henry

Design Co-Lead

Callum

Lead of Laser Cutting

Adam Q

Aden

Aiden

Andrew

Ava

Brady

Brian

Danica

Daniel

Derek

Emma R

Emmalise

Ethan

Eugenia

Evelyn

Faisal

Gavin V

Jeehu

Julian

Lydia

Madison

Nicholas D

Oliver

Programming Team

Zia

Programming Lead

Diana

Programming Second in Command

Aaron

Adam R

André

Anne-Margot

Emma C

Grey

Hadi

Henry K

Jacob

Justin

Mark

Nicholas S

Norah

Robin

Tianqi

Tyler

Aryaman

Mash

Outreach Team

Raima

Outreach Lead

Tavish

Co-Lead of Photography

Aleia

Amren

Caelan

Colin E

Colin K

Colm

Connor

Gillian

Isla

Jay

Maya

Megan

Aysel

Mentor Team

Mr Wong

Lead Mentor

Andrea

Kevin