Allan A. Martin Senior Public School

Allan A Martin Senior Public School
Address
1390 Odgen Avenue
Mississauga, Ontario, L5E 2H8
Canada
Coordinates 43°35′03″N 79°34′09″W / 43.584246°N 79.569211°W / 43.584246; -79.569211Coordinates: 43°35′03″N 79°34′09″W / 43.584246°N 79.569211°W / 43.584246; -79.569211
Information
Founded June 1, 1959
School board Peel District School Board
Superintendent Ina Fournier
Area trustee Janet McDonalds
Principal Katina Paleologos
Vice principal Dafydd Morgan
Grades 6–8
Enrollment 465 (January 2012)
Language English
Colour(s) Green and Blue         
Mascot Mustang
Special programs International Business and Technology Program
Website schools.peelschools.org/1223/

Allan A. Martin Senior Public School is a middle school located at 1390 Ogden Avenue in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is one of two schools providing the International Business and Technology Program (IBT program in the Peel District School Board.

IBT Program / Entrepreneurial Studies

Allan A. Martin is one of a limited number of middle schools in Canada that offers the International Business and Technology Program (IBT) program. The inaugural cohort entered the program in September 1994.

Students in the IBT program have the extra class of Entrepreneurial Studies, as well as Learning Lab, which teaches them more about technology. The marks from the Entrepreneurial Studies class are merged with the English marks of the students. Entrepreneurial Studies is a class that teaches students the basics of business.

There are usually 28 students to an IBT class, and each office team has 4 people, therefore there are 7 office teams per class. Office teams are usually formed after the first month of classes. The focus of participation in office teams is the development of effective participation skills.

Students learn about the business world and have many projects that focus on improving the student's character. "The Real Game" is a business simulation; "The app project" is a business venture simulation where students are challenged to create their own app and sell it to the rest of the school. The culminating task of the second year of the IBT program, "The Trade Show," is a real business venture.[1] In the Trade Show project, students are challenged to create their own business. The products of the students are sold to the public on the Thursday before Mother's Day. All profits are kept, however, many businesses will not gain sufficient revenue to cover their principal investment. In this case, manipulations to accounting is required to convince teachers of their fraudulent success.

The S.M.A.R.T. (Science, Math, and Advanced Research Technology) Lab (formerly known as Scantek Lab), which contains the school's video studio and audio/visual equipment, and approximately 30 computers, is also part of the IBT program. The subjects "Science Lab" and "Math Lab" are taught in the S.M.A.R.T. Lab. These classes utilize computers to enhance the learning experience of these two subjects, as well as student productivity. The "Learning Lab" is the other major computer lab (along with the Science Pit), and contains approximately the same amount of computers and other educational resources for students to use. These computers are used for Communications (English, Geography and History) and Entrepreneurial Studies. The school contains more than 280 computers (a 1:1 ratio for IBT students). The school is constantly updating its technology with iPads, CRT projectors, and HDTVs.

Clubs and Teams

Clubs

Technology

Music

The Arts

Sports

Intramurals

Leadership Clubs

References

  1. ↑ Khan, Anum (2010-05-04), Students Showcase Business Ideas, Mississauga News, retrieved 2011-07-11

External links

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