Dolphin Senior Public School

Dolphin Senior Public School
Address
18 Brookside Drive Mississauga , Ontario , L5M 1H3 Canada
Coordinates	43.5855°N 79.7220°W / 43.5855; -79.7220
Information
School type	Public, middle school
Opened	1969
School board	Peel District School Board
Superintendent	Poleen Grewal
Area trustee	Rick Williams Jeff White Brad MacDonald Meredith Johnson
Principal	Phil Wilson
Grades	6-8
Enrollment	497 (as of December 14, 2015)
Language	English & French
Area	Streetsville
Colour(s)	Yellow and Blue
Mascot	Dolphin
Website	schools.peelschools.org/1553
Last updated: December 14, 2015

Dolphin Senior Public School (or Dolphin), is a middle school located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. In the 2008-2009 school year, it enrolled 517 students between the grades of 6 and 8. The school's mascot is a dolphin, and its colours are blue and yellow.

Key facts

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

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

The school runs a contained Enhanced Learning Class, formerly the gifted program. For the 2016 school year, two classes offered the Grade 6 IEL (Intermediate Enhanced Learning) program.

Dolphin students are sometimes affectionately known as dolphins, or Dolphiners.

Administration

The principal is Mrs. O'Brien, who was on medical leave and was replaced by Mr. Frank Trachsler. Mr. Trachsler left in 2009. Mrs. Khan replaced Mr. Trachsler as acting principal. The former principal was Mrs. Spence, who used to be principal of Plowman's Park Public School, who replaced Mr. Armstrong in January 2009 and left for retirement leave. Mr. Armstrong replaced Dr. Bent on November 10, 2008. The vice principal is currently Mrs Freemantle and Mrs. Khan was replaced by Mr. Wilson on the 23rd of March 2015.

Fundraising

Dolphin participates in many fundraisers that include the Can Drive, Campbell's Soup label fundraiser, Kernels popcorn fundraiser, bake sales, Me to We fundraisers, pie tosses, head shaving, tie clipping, Stuffco lunch program, school dances, and animal rights groups.

Competitions

Dolphin students participate in a variety of competitions. Gifted students are strongly encouraged to participate in these competitions. Competitions offered are listed below by subject.

Mathematics:

• Caribou Math Competition - Dolphin students are encouraged to participate in this competition, which takes place six times every year. Many of the school's pupils were able to consistently score within the world's top thirty in the 2016 school year. This competition is mandatory for the students in the Enhanced Learning Classes.
• Mathematica – There is a different name for every grade. Dolphin ceased its funding of this competition after the 2013-2014 school year. Some students still take the test independently for a fee of $10 each. Many dolphins finished with perfect scores in previous years.
• Math League – This annual competition usually occurs around February. Students who achieve a high score are eligible to participate in a math camp. Students regularly achieve perfect scores.
• CHAMP (OMO) Math - Dolphin selects two students from each grade to participate in this math competition.
• Gauss Math Competition – Every senior student is welcome to participate in this competition. In 2015, numerous participants achieved perfect scores.

Science:

• All Science Challenge – Dolphin students compete for the 20 spots on the All Science Challenge team. In the 2015 school year, nearly 100 students tried out.

Public Speaking:

• Excellence in Eloquence – This competition is currently available for all grades and is mandatory for all "Loach" students.

Essay Writing

• Turning Points Essay
• Leaders of Tomorrow: Social Media