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 2012-2013 school year, there were seven Grade 7 classes and eight 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 classes.
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. White Haven, North Agincourt, Alexmuir, C. D. Farquharson and Agincourt Junior are the home elementary schools. White Haven will no longer be contributing to S.A.M, as they will be turning into a K-8 school. Due to the lack of students attending Sir Alexander Mackenzie, several teachers have been moved to teach at other schools.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie is one of the most diverse schools in Toronto, with the student population consisting of 1% African American, 90% East Asian/Oriental, 7% South Asian, 0% First Nations descent, 1% Middle Eastern, 0.7% South American, and 0.3% 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 and Chicago).
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