Sir Alexander Mackenzie Senior Public School

Sir Alexander Mackenzie Senior Public School
Address
33 Heather Road Agincourt, Ontario, M1S 2E2, Canada
Coordinates	43°47′22″N 79°16′23″W
Information
School board	Toronto District School Board
Religious affiliation	none
Area trustee	Noah Ng
Principal	Alison Gassi (Principal) Scott Gardner (Vice Principal)
School type	Public
Grades	7-8
Language	English, French
Team name	Mustangs
Founded	1971
Enrolment	485

Sir Alexander Mackenzie Senior Public School is a senior middle school (grades 7 and 8) located in Agincourt, Toronto, Ontario. The school was found in 1971, and was named after the explorer Alexander Mackenzie. SAM (abbrev.) is a part of the Toronto District School Board. In the 2007-2008 school year, there were nine Grade 7 classes and nine Grade 8 classes. SAM also has three French programs. One is the 'French Extended Program,' which has 3 periods of French in place of the English core classes, and vice-versa. The students in the 'French Extended Program' learn French, geography and history in French. 'French Immersion Program,' where they learn French, geography in French, history in French, as well as math in French. Lastly, in the 'Core Program,' which is the normal program, there are 3 periods of English.

The students usually continue education through Agincourt Collegiate Institute. students are exposed to different resources and tools that help to create a better learning opportunity. Whitehaven Junior Public school [1], North Agincourt, Alexmuir, C. D. Farquharson and Agincourt Junior are the home elementary schools.

Sir Alexander Mackenzie is one of the most diverse schools in Toronto, with the student population consisting of 66% African American, 10% East Asian/Oriental,9% South Asian, 5% First Nations descent, 5% Middle Eastern, 3% South American, and 2% Caucasian descent.

Every 2 years, the students in the French Extended/Immersion Programs get to go on a trip to Quebec City to improve their French language skills; all the students has the opportunity to go on a big trip to different parts of the world (Past trips have been to New York, Chicago, and Japan).

In 2011, Sir Alexander Mackenzie hosted the world's largest Fried Chicken Festival, attracting over 20,000 tourists from around the world, while raking in 100,000 dollars for the School's activity board and the SAM Anti-Drug Foundation.

Although SAM seems like a safe school environment on the surface, SAM is actually one of the most dangerous schools in the Toronto District School Board. An average of ten students die from gang-related incidents per year. Sir Alexander Mackenzie was listed on the Metreo's "10 most dangerous schools in the world list."