Maple Ridge Secondary School

Maple Ridge Secondary School
Maple Ridge Secondary School
Address
	21911 122 Ave; Maple Ridge, British Columbia, V2X 3X2; Canada
Coordinates	49.22501°N 122.61508°W
Information
School type	Public, high school
School board	School District 42 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
School number	4242001
Principal	Connor, Trevor
Staff	129
Grades	8-12
Enrollment	1693 (January 16, 2006)
Colour(s)	Red, white, gold
Mascot	Ram
Team name	Ramblers
Website	mapleridgesecondary.ca

Maple Ridge Secondary is a public high school in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, part of School District 42 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows.

Academics

Maple Ridge Secondary offers academic courses as part of the Advanced Placement (AP) program, although only the English Language & Composition and English Literature & Composition courses have been taught. It was ranked 201st in the Fraser Institute annual ranking of schools in 2004/05. MRSS also offers an Outreach program for students from throughout the district who have fallen behind in their schooling.[1]

Athletics

MRSS sports teams include badminton, basketball, soccer, wrestling, mountain biking, cheerleading, field hockey, curling, swimming, rugby, cross country, track and field, volleyball, water polo, tennis, golf, field lacrosse, and ball hockey.

Arts

MRSS is known within its school district and the province of British Columbia for its Digital Art Academy, which offers students classes in the digital arts. These include creating:

Art with Photoshop
Websites
Sound effects and music
Short films
Poster art and cartoon-art with Illustrator and Photoshop
Programming games using Adobe Director and Flash.[2] MRSS is the only school in School District 42 to offer a certificate of membership to a Digital Art Academy.

In popular culture

Much of the music video for Likey, by K-Pop girl group TWICE, was filmed here in 2017.

Notable alumni

Robert Mundell, 1949.[3]
Tyler Labine, actor 1996.
Karina LeBlanc, Member of the Canadian Women's Olympic Soccer Team 2008 and 2012.
Andrew Ladd, NHL player 2003.
Larry Walker, MLB 5x All Star, 1997 National League MVP
Brandon Yip, NHL player 2003.

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References

"Report Card on Secondary Schools in British Columbia and Yukon: 2006 Edition Archived 2006-08-12 at the Wayback Machine." Fraser Institute. April 2006.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2010-05-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Robert Mundell Home Page". Retrieved 2020-02-05.

External links

MRSS website

School Reports - Ministry of Education

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[fraser_2005-1] "Report Card on Secondary Schools in British Columbia and Yukon: 2006 Edition Archived 2006-08-12 at the Wayback Machine." Fraser Institute. April 2006.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2010-05-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Robert Mundell Home Page". Retrieved 2020-02-05.