L A Matheson Secondary | |
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9484 122 St Surrey, British Columbia, V3V 4M1, Canada |
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School number | 3636079 |
School board | School District 36 Surrey |
Principal | Mr P Sarmento |
Vice principal | Mr.Brown, Ms.Thompson, Mr. Valera |
Staff | 71 |
School type | Public high school |
Grades | 8-12 |
Mascot | Max |
Team name | Mustangs |
Colours | Blue and White |
Enrolment | 1326 [1] (October 2009) |
Homepage | http://www.sd36.bc.ca/sites/lamath/ |
L A Matheson Secondary School is a public high school in Surrey, British Columbia and is part of School District 36 Surrey. The school opened in 1969 as a junior secondary school as a feeder to Queen Elizabeth Secondary School but in 1998 became a full secondary school serving grades 8 through 12.
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L A Matheson Secondary School was ranked 251st out of 316th in the Fraser Institute annual ranking of secondary schools in British Columbia and Yukon (2007/08 school year).[2] However, this contrays to internal statistics showing that 40% of L.A matheson students achieve a gpa of 3.0 and above. [3].
Sports and athletic activities are governed by the Surrey Secondary Schools' Athletic Association. The athletics program includes rugby, volleyball, soccer, swimming, boys and girls basketball, cross-country, running,and cricket. In previous years, L.A. Matheson has suffered a bad reputation as a student was killed off the grounds[4]. Since then, things have changed drastically and L.A. Matheson is a more safe and secure environment[5]
Each year, students partake in various events around the school. Some of these events include the Grad Committee's Dodgeball Derby; various dances put on by Student Council; The spring Multicultural show "Diggin' the Roots"; the 30 hour famine; Matheson's Got Talent (formerly Matheson Idol) and BYOB day (Bring Your Own Banana day, where students receive a free ice cream sundae).
In recent years the school's Theatre Company has done three one act plays in December and a larger full length production in the spring. The schools band programme goes on a trip each year. Every second year they go to Banff and Edmonton for 6 days with the senior band class and ever other year they go on a bigger trip (past locations have included Beijing, New York City, Disneyland and Cuba).
Each year the Physics 11 class is responsible for constructing racecars completely designed out of cardboard to compete in an annual physics car race.
Each Friday during the second class of the day students take time to watch "Matheson on the Move", a weekly news broadcast presented by volunteers and the Media Services 9 class.
They also have a bhangra team that goes around to different schools and halls performing dances for special occasions.
Provincial Attorney General Ujjal Dosanjh chose this school to launch five Responding to Racism booklets in October 1999.[6]
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