Dolphin Senior Public School

Dolphin Senior Public School
Address
18 Brookside Drive Mississauga, Ontario, L5M 1H3, Canada
Information
School board	Peel District School Board
Area trustee	W. Kennedy
Principal	Mr. Frank Trachsler
Vice principal	Ms. Annesia Khan
School type	Public middle school
Grades	6 - 8
Language	English & French
Area	Streetsville
Mascot	Dolphin
Colours	Yellow and Blue
Founded	1969/1970
Enrolment	approx. 710 (September 2009)
Homepage	http://qps.peelschools.org/dolphinsr

Dolphin Senior Public School, (commonly called Dolphin) is a middle school located in Streetsville, Ontario, Canada. In the 2008-2009 school year, it contained 517 students between the grades of 6 to 8. The school's mascot is a dolphin, and its colours are blue and yellow. The school now has 572 students.

Key Facts

Dolphin offers many overnight excursions. Locations include Mansfield, Quebec and Camp Couchiching. Also, a small number of 7th and 8th graders went to France during March Break in the 2007-2008 school year.

Dolphin is also home to many winning school teams. These include the basketball, volleyball and flag football teams, as well as a professional chess club.

The school also runs the ELC (or Enhanced Learning Class), in which gifted students are placed. Recently, the grade 6 ELC was moved to Dolphin.

Administration

The principal is Mrs. O'Brien, who is currently on medical leave and is being replaced by Mr. Frank Trachsler. The former principal was Mrs. Spence,who used to be principal of Plowman's Park Public School ,who replaced Mr.Armstrong in January 2009,who left on retirement.Mr.Armstrong replaced Dr. Bent on November 10, 2008.The vice principal is currently Ms. Khan.

School Rules

Dolphin keeps the rules needed in any structured school, however, they have made a new rule. Due to the recent selling of Yu-Gi-Oh! trading cards, it was banned from the school.

Fundraising

Dolphin participates in many fundraisers that include: Can Drive, Cambells Soup Label Fundraiser, Kernels Popcorn Fundraiser, Bake Sales, Me to We fundraisers, Pie tosses, Head Shaving, Tie Clipping, Stuffco Lunch Program, school dances, and even participates in Animal Rights Groups.

Coordinates: 43°35′08″N 79°43′19″W / 43.5855°N 79.722°W / 43.5855; -79.722