Dunrankin Drive Public School

Dunrankin Drive Public School
Address
3700 Dunrankin Drive Mississauga, Ontario, L4T 1V9 Canada
Coordinates	43°43′23″N 79°37′51″W / 43.7230°N 79.6307°W / 43.7230; -79.6307Coordinates: 43°43′23″N 79°37′51″W / 43.7230°N 79.6307°W / 43.7230; -79.6307
Information
School type	Elementary school
Founded	1969
School board	Peel District School Board
Superintendent	Susan Hiraishi
Area trustee	Rick Williams
Principal	Gale Solomon-Henry
Vice principal	Stephanie Casey
Grades	K-5
Enrollment	527 (June 2006)
Language	English
Colour(s)	Blue and Black
Mascot	Dolphin
Team name	Dolphins
Website	schools.peelschools.org/1108

Dunrankin Drive Public School is an elementary school in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, located in the Malton area. The school is part of the Peel District School Board and is named after the street on which it is located. It was opened in 1969^[1] as "Westwood Public School". However, the name was later changed to avoid confusion with then Westwood Secondary School^[2] (now Lincoln M. Alexander Secondary School) where students of Dunrankin go when they have reached grade 9. Dunrankin is a feeder school for Darcel Avenue Senior Public School, where students go once they have reached grade 6. Dunrankin attracted attention in 2008 by shutting off all lights, computers and electronic equipment for an hour for Earth Hour^[3] and participating in a 20-minute cleanup on part of the Etobicoke Creek Trail running through the Pearson Airport lands, scheduled to be opened to the public in 2009.^[4]

Programs

Dunrankin Drive Public School has a number of special leadership roles through clubs. Also they have beneficial programs that allow families to connect with the school. One is F.A.S.T., while there are also a reading club and OFIP tutoring to help improve reading and writing. Dunrankin runs a cooking club.

Sports

References

↑ Timeline - History of Malton, Ontario, Canada
↑ School History - History of Malton, Ontario, Canada
↑ "All over GTA, schools find Earth Hour a good fit", Toronto Star
↑ "Toronto Pearson Benefits from 20-Minute Makeover" at Aviation.ca

External links

Dunrankin Drive Public School at the Peel District School Board website

Schools part of Peel District School Board in Brampton, Caledon, and Mississauga, Ontario

Secondary schools	Applewood Heights Bramalea Brampton Centennial Cawthra Park Central Peel Chinguacousy Clarkson David Suzuki Erindale Fletcher's Meadow Glenforest Gordon Graydon Harold M. Brathwaite Heart Lake Humberview John Fraser Lincoln M. Alexander Lorne Park Louise Arbour Mayfield Meadowvale Mississauga North Park Judith Nyman Port Credit Rick Hansen Sandalwood Heights Stephen Lewis Streetsville Thomas L. Kennedy Turner Fenton West Credit Woodlands

Middle or junior high schools	Allan A. Martin Senior Public School Darcel Avenue Senior Public School Dolphin Senior Public School Edenwood Middle School Hazel McCallion Senior Public School Queen Elizabeth Senior Public School Sir William Gage Middle School Lisgar Middle School Tomken Road Middle School W. G. Davis Senior Public School Homelands Senior Public School

Primary or elementary schools	Dunrankin Drive Public School Helen Wilson Public School Hillcrest Public School Russell Langmaid Public School Sir Wilfrid Laurier Public School Whitehorn Public School Oakridge Public School

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