Gamma Sigma was the first international secondary school fraternity. It was originally founded as a literary society in at the Brockport Normal School in Brockport, New York, and chartered at least 119 chapters at normal schools and high schools in the United States and Canada. The organization no longer has active chapters at the secondary school level, with the last active chapter ending around 1994. However, it has an active alumni based in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada.
Alumni clubs Following are the Gamma Sigma alumni clubs in order of formation, with active clubs indicated in bold and inactive chapters in italics.
ClubCharter date and rangeLocationStatusBeta Alumni Club1912–before 1969Rochester, New YorkInactiveAzak Alumni Club19xx ?–before 1969Niagara Falls, Ontario, CanadaInactiveBaltimore Alumni Club19xx ?–before 1969Baltimore, MarylandInactiveBeta Zeta Alumni Club19xx ?–before 1969Toronto, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma Delta Nu Alumni Club19xx ?–before 1969Willowdale, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma Sigma Toronto Alumni Club19xx ?–xxxx ?Toronto, Ontario, CanadaInactiveBeta Pi Alumni Club19xx ?–before 1969New Toronto, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma Beta Alumni Club19xx ?–before 1969Cooksville, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma Tau Alumni Club19xx ?–before 1969Toronto, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma Sigma York Alumni Club19xx ?–xxxx ?Toronto, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma Pi Alumni Club19xx ?–xxxx ?Etobicoke, Ontario, CanadaInactive
Secondary school chapters Chapters were named according to the Greek alphabet; however, the letters Omega and Gamma Sigma were never assigned. Following is a list of chapters through 1969, with inactive chapters and institutions in italics.
ChapterCharter date and rangeInstitutionLocationStatusAlpha – 1932Brockport State Normal School Brockport, New YorkInactiveBeta (First) – March 10, 1914Rochester Free AcademyRochester, New YorkInactive, ReassignedGamma (First) – February 28, 1894Buffalo Normal SchoolBuffalo, New YorkInactive, ReassignedDelta – c. 1918Cortland Normal SchoolCortland, New YorkInactiveEpsilon–c. 1918Ithaca High SchoolIthaca, New YorkInactiveZeta – c. 1918Geneseo Normal and Training School Geneseo, New YorkInactiveEtaEvanston Township High SchoolEvanston, IllinoisInactiveGamma (Second)Central High SchoolBuffalo, New YorkInactiveLafayette High SchoolMasten Park High SchoolTheta – c. 1918Hyde Park High SchoolChicago, IllinoisInactiveEnglewood High SchoolIota – c. 1918Lockport High SchoolLockport, New YorkInactiveKappaMalden High SchoolMalden, MassachusettsInactiveLambda – c. 1918Oak Park High SchoolOak Park, IllinoisInactiveMu – 1903Central High SchoolCleveland, OhioInactiveUniversity School of ClevelandNu – c. 1918Geneva High SchoolGeneva, New YorkInactiveXi – c. 1918Newton High SchoolNewton, MassachusettsInactiveOmicronSyracuse High SchoolSyracuse, New YorkInactivePi – c. 1918University High SchoolChicago, IllinoisInactiveRho – c. 1918Niagara Falls High SchoolNiagara Falls, New YorkInactiveSigma – c. 1918Hornell High SchoolHornell, New YorkInactiveTau – 1960Classical High SchoolWorcester, MassachusettsInactiveEnglish High SchoolSouth High Community SchoolUpsilon – c. 1918Omaha High SchoolOmaha, NebraskaInactivePhi – c. 1918Classical High SchoolProvidence, Rhode IslandInactiveHope Street High SchoolProvidence Career and Technical AcademyChi – c. 1918Central High SchoolDetroit, MichiganInactiveUniversity Schools of DetroitPsiEast High SchoolColumbus, OhioInactiveNorth High SchoolOmegaUnassignedAlpha AlphaBarringer High SchoolNewark, New JerseyInactiveCentral High SchoolSouth Side High SchoolAlpha BetaWashington, D.C.InactiveAlpha GammaAmsterdam High SchoolAmsterdam, New YorkInactiveAlpha Delta (First) – c. 1942Kenmore High SchoolKenmore, New YorkInactive, ReassignedAlpha EpsilonQuincy High SchoolQuincy, MassachusettsInactiveAlpha ZetaNiagara Falls Collegiate InstituteNiagara Falls, Ontario, CanadaInactiveWilliam G. Andrews with Eunice Chesnut, Mary Jo Gigliotti, Kathy Goetz, Hazel Kleinback, and Jennifer Quigley (2002). Around Brockport. Arcadia Publishing, New York. p. 113.Alpha EtaBowen High SchoolChicago, IllinoisInactiveBeta (Second) – c. 1942;October 13, 1950John Marshall High SchoolRochester, New YorkInactiveAlpha ThetaLima, OhioInactiveAlpha IotaChicago, IllinoisInactiveAlpha KappaStamford Collegiate Stamford, Ontario, CanadaInactiveAlpha LambdaBennett High SchoolBuffalo, New YorkInactiveAlpha MuChicago, IllinoisInactiveAlpha NuHamilton Central Collegiate InstituteHamilton, Ontario, CanadaInactiveAlpha XiBirmingham, AlabamaInactiveAlpha Omicron – September 1959Washington-Lee High SchoolCherrydale, VirginiaInactiveAlpha PiBaltimore, MarylandInactiveAlpha RhoParker High SchoolChicago, IllinoisInactiveAlpha Sigma–late 1930s;May 30, 1940 – c. 1942;August 26, 1953St. Catharines CollegiateSt. Catharines, Ontario, CanadaInactiveAlpha Tau–193x ?Detroit, MichiganInactiveAlpha UpsilonWashington, D.C.InactiveAlpha PhiRiverside High SchoolBuffalo, New YorkInactiveAlpha Chi–1940;January 10, 1953Baltimore, MarylandInactiveAlpha PsiFirstst) – 19xx ?Wilmington High SchoolWilmington, DelawareInactiveAlpha Omega (First)–c. 1942Amherst Central High SchoolSnyder, New YorkInactive, ReassignedBeta Alpha ?–1938Santa Ana Junior CollegeSanta Ana, CaliforniaInactiveBeta BetaAlexis I. duPont High SchoolWilmington, DelawareInactiveBeta GammaFort Erie, Ontario, CanadaInactiveBeta DeltaSt. Petersburg, FloridaInactiveBeta EpsilonEast Aurora High SchoolEast Aurora, New YorkInactiveBeta Zeta (First)–March 1940Runnymede Collegiate InstituteToronto, Ontario, CanadaInactiveBeta Eta – c. 1942Hutchinson Central Technical High SchoolBuffalo, New YorkInactiveBeta ThetaForest Park High SchoolBaltimore, MarylandInactiveBeta Iota – 194x ?;March 3, 1956Baltimore Polytechnic InstituteBaltimore, MarylandInactiveBeta KappaBaltimore City CollegeBaltimore, MarylandInactiveBeta Lambda–195x ?;January 8, 1961 – 1964Towson High SchoolBaltimore, MarylandInactiveBeta MuBaldwinsville Academy and Central SchoolBaldwinsville, New YorkInactiveBeta NuMimico High SchoolMimico, Ontario, CanadaInactiveAlpha Omega (Second)195x ?–1960Eggertsville, New YorkInactiveBeta Zeta (Second) – 1953Ryerson Institute of TechnologyToronto, Ontario, CanadaInactiveUniversity of TorontoBeta Zeta (Third)Oakwood Collegiate InstituteToronto, Ontario, CanadaInactiveVaughan Road Collegiate InstituteAlpha Delta (Second)Grover Cleveland High SchoolBuffalo, New YorkInactiveBeta XiCatonsville High SchoolBaltimore, MarylandInactiveCity High SchoolBaltimore Polytechnic InstituteBeta OmicronEtobicoke Collegiate InstituteEtobicoke, Ontario, CanadaInactiveBeta PiNew Toronto Secondary SchoolNew Toronto, Ontario, CanadaInactiveBeta Rho (First) – 1956Notre Dame College SchoolWelland, Ontario, CanadaInactiveBeta Rho (Second)Buffalo, New YorkInactiveBeta Sigma – 1959Mobile, AlabamaInactiveBeta TauNiagara District Secondary SchoolNiagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, CanadaInactiveAlpha Psi (Second)A. N. Myer Secondary SchoolNiagara Falls, Ontario, CanadaInactiveBeta UpsilonRoyal York Collegiate InstituteEtobicoke, Ontario, CanadaInactiveBeta PhiAlderwood Collegiate InstituteAlderwood, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaInactiveBeta ChiLewiston-Porter High SchoolLewiston, New YorkInactiveBeta PsiCatonsville High SchoolCatonsville, MarylandInactiveBeta OmegaMcDonogh SchoolBaltimore, MarylandInactiveGamma AlphaBurnhamthorpe Collegiate InstituteEtobicoke, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma BetaThomas L. Kennedy Secondary SchoolCooksville, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma Gamma–1958;March 1969La Salle High SchoolLa Salle, New YorkInactiveGamma DeltaEarl Haig Collegiate InstituteWillowdale, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma EpsilonRichview Collegiate InstituteEtobicoke, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma Zeta – 1967;November 17, 1968Toronto, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma EtaNiagara Falls, New YorkInactiveGamma ThetaParkville, MarylandInactiveGamma IotaWeston Collegiate InstituteWeston, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma KappaBurlington Central High SchoolBurlington, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma LambdaWest Hill Collegiate InstituteWest Hill, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma Mu – 19xx ?Pelham High SchoolFonthill, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma NuNorthview Heights Collegiate InstituteWillowdale, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma Xi – September 1960Pembroke, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma OmicronThistletown Collegiate InstituteRexdale, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma PiKipling Collegiate InstituteEtobicoke, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma RhoEastdale Secondary SchoolWelland, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma SigmaUnassignedGamma TauGeorge Harvey Collegiate InstituteToronto, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma UpsilonNorth Albion Collegiate InstituteRexdale, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma PhiWestlane Secondary SchoolNiagara Falls, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma ChiSir Winston Churchill Secondary SchoolSt. Catherines, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma PsiGordon Graydon Memorial Secondary SchoolPort Credit, Peel, Ontario, CanadaInactiveGamma OmegaW. A. Porter Collegiate InstituteScarborough, Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta AlphaRichmond Hill High SchoolRichmond Hill, Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta Beta – 196x ?;1968Clarkson, Ontario. CanadaInactiveDelta GammaWoburn Collegiate InstituteScarborough, Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta DeltaVictoria Park Collegiate InstituteRichmond Hill, Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta EpsilonFort Erie, Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta ZetaNiagara Falls, Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta EtaScarlett Heights Collegiate InstituteEtobicoke, Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta ThetaAldershot SchoolBurlington, Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta IotaC. W. Jefferys Collegiate InstituteDownsview, Toronto. Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta KappaBurnhamthorpe Collegiate InstituteEtobicoke, Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta LambdaEmery Collegiate InstituteWeston, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta MuWest Humber Collegiate InstituteEtobicoke, Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta NuPort Credit Secondary SchoolPort Credit, Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta XiSir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate InstituteScarborough, Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta OmicronWaterdown District High SchoolWaterdown, Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta PiVincent Massey Collegiate InstituteEtobicoke, Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta RhoStreetsville Secondary SchoolStreetsville, Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta SigmaOakville Trafalgar High SchoolOakville, Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta TauThomas A. Blakelock High SchoolOakville, Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta UpsilonDenis Morris CollegiateThorold, Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta PhiGlendale Secondary SchoolHamilton, Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta ChiWestdale Secondary SchoolHamilton, Ontario, CanadaInactiveDelta PsiApplewood Heights Secondary SchoolMississauga, Ontario, CanadaInactive
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