| Philip Pocock Catholic Secondary School | |
| Address | |
| 4555 Tomken Road Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 1J9, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School number | 751430 |
| School board | Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board |
| Superintendent | Charles Blanchard |
| Area trustee | Mario Pascucci Anna Maria Abbruscato |
| Principal | Henry Tyndorf |
| Vice principal | Marija Burazin, Donovan Patterson |
| School type | Catholic High School |
| Grades | 9 to 12 (OAC) |
| Language | English |
| Area | Mississauga East |
| Mascot | Pirate |
| Team name | Pirates |
| Colours | Black and Gold
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| Founded | 1981 |
| Enrolment | 1373 (As of September 28, 2010) [1] |
| Homepage | http://www.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 1,373[2]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 teams are known as the Pocock Pirates.
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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, due to an ever increasing student population, Philip Pocock was temporarily located at Vincent Massey Collegiate in Etobicoke, Ontario from 1986 to 1992 until construction of the new, permanent third location was completed at the intersection of Tomken Road and Eglinton Avenue in Mississauga. The third and current location at Tomken and Eglinton opened in 1992.
The Philip Pocock Pirates compete locally in the Region of Peel Athletics Association (ROPSSAA) and provincially with OFSAA. Philip Pocock Athletics has a storied past with many ROPSSAA, DPAA, and TDCAA championships. Some of the notable championship teams include boys Football which have achieved 3 championships at both the junior and senior levels, Track and Field which achieved overall ROPSSAA championships in 1999-2002 and girls rugby which won ROPSSAA gold in 2008. On the individual front the Pirates also have many provincial and national champions in track and field which include Valerie Tulloch (Canadian Interscholastic Record holder in the Javelin), Nicholas Caramanico (OFSAA Sr. Boys shot put champion, 2002), Stephen Porciello (OFSAA Sr. Boys Javelin champion, 2002), and Damian Anisko (Jr. Boys Discus champion, 2000 and Canadian Jr. Discus Champion, 2002).