Philip Pocock Catholic Secondary School

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Philip Pocock Catholic Secondary School
Address
4555 Tomken Road Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 1J9, Canada
Information
School board	Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
Superintendent	Elizabeth McGuire
Area trustee	Mario Pascucci Anna Maria Abbruscato
Principal	Patricia Frankie-Deverell
Vice principal	S. Bolger, V.Mather
School type	Catholic High School
Grades	9 to 12 (OAC)
Language	English
Team name	Pirates
Founded	1981
Homepage	http://w3.dpcdsb.org/POCOK

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 1,200 students.

The school's teams are known at the Pocock Pirates.

[edit] History

The school recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. The first Philip Pocock location opened in 1981 and was at the site where John Cabot Catholic Secondary School is currently located. Then, the second Philip Pocock location was at Massey in Etobicoke, Ontario temporarily while construction of the new third location began at the intersection of Tomken Road and Eglinton Avenue in Mississauga. The third and current location at Tomken & Eglinton opened in 1992.

[edit] Notable Alumni

• Cody Bass, NHL player with the Ottawa Senators
• Jason Spezza, NHL player with the Ottawa Senators
• Anthony Carelli also known by his WWE ring name Santino Marella

[edit] Trivia

• National Lacrosse League player John Tavares is a mathematics teacher at the school.