Philip Pocock Catholic Secondary School is a Catholic high school in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is operated by the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board and has approximately 1,373 students. The school includes an Extended French Program as well as an Advanced Placement Program for Mathematics. The school building is similar to that of St. Joseph Secondary School in Mississauga which is modeled after Philip Pocock.
The school's athletes are called the "Pocock Pirates."
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