 The name "Mariposa", which means "butterfly" in Spanish, refers to author Stephen Leacock's fictional name for Orillia, the school's original home.The Mariposa School of Skating has many different programs and opportunities such as "The Seminar", "Summer School" (an extension of the seminar), A Cooperative education program for High Performance Athletes,"Spring school/Fall school", "Canskate programs", and "Power skating programs".Skaters from Canada, the United States, South Africa, China, Japan, and Europe have attended the events.