McRoberts Secondary School

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Hugh McRoberts Secondary School
Image:Mcrobertsstriker.jpg Learning Together... Achieving Our Dreams
Address
8980 Williams Road Richmond, British Columbia, V7A 1G6, Canada
Information
School board	School District 38 Richmond
Principal	Craig Svalestuen
Vice principal	David Partridge, Gordon Powell
School type	High School
Grades	8 - 12
Language	English, French
Area	South Arm
Mascot	Striker
Colours	Green/White/Black
Founded	November 30, 1962
Homepage	Hugh McRoberts Secondary School
SAT School Code is 821311.

Hugh McRoberts Secondary School, officially "École Secondaire Hugh McRoberts Secondary School", is a Canadian school in Richmond, British Columbia.

Named after Hugh McRoberts, an early settler and founder of Lulu Island (Richmond), this secondary school (grades 8 - 12 in British Columbia) is one of the two schools in Richmond that offer the French Immersion program. McRoberts is situated at Garden City Rd. and Williams Rd. and is a member of School District 38 Richmond.

Hugh McRoberts Secondary School opened on November 30th, 1962 and was converted into a full-fledged secondary school in the mid-1990's, with the first class of the new grade 8 - 12 program graduating in 1997. The high school was partially renovated in 1999.

The school logo and mascot is a "Striker", which is depicted as a mounted knight carrying a lance or a claymore. The logo had previously been a shamrock, but was reportedly changed because it was felt that this did not adequately convey the competitive nature of the school's athletic clubs.

The school offers various sports teams which students can join which include but are not limited to basketball, volleyball, rugby, soccer, field hockey, track, badminton, ultimate frisbee, leprechaun dancing, tennis, table tennis and golf. Other clubs include Reach For The Top (a trivia club), Math Club, Comic Club^[1], Global Leadership Club^[2], and Physics & Engineering Club. The school also published a student newspaper during the 2006/2007 year called The ICEBOX.

In 2006, the Fraser Institute evaluated Hugh McRoberts Secondary as the highest ranking school compared to other secondary schools in Richmond, with an average ranking of 8.3 out of 10.0 for all schools in the Greater Vancouver Regional District. ^[3]

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