Sir Alexander Mackenzie Senior Public School

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Sir Alexander Mackenzie Senior Public School
Address
33 Heather Road Agincourt, Ontario, M1S 2E2, Canada
Coordinates	43°47′22″N 79°16′23″W / 43.78944, -79.27306Coordinates: 43°47′22″N 79°16′23″W / 43.78944, -79.27306
Information
School board	Toronto District School Board
Religious affiliation	none
Area trustee	Noah Ng
Principal	S. Robinson Petrazinni
School type	Public
Grades	7-8
Language	English, French
Motto	"Where Kids Are VIP's"
Team name	Mustangs
Colours	White, Red
Founded	1971
Enrollment	485
Homepage	http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/sam/index.html

Sir Alexander Mackenzie Senior Public School is a 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. SAM is an accepted rival to Henry Kelsey Senior Public School. Currently there are 485 students enrolled in Sir Alexander Mackenzie. As of 2007 the school is comprised of 10 Grade 7 classes and 9 Grade 8 classes. In the 2007-2008 school year, there are 9 Grade 7 classes and 9 Grade 8 classes. Also, SAM has 3 programs in it's classes. One being 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, and the 'Core Program," which is the normal program, with 3 periods of English.