Earl Marriott Secondary School

Earl Marriott Secondary School[1]

To Strive, To Seek, To Find, and Not to Yield
Address
15751 16 Ave
Surrey, British Columbia, V4A 1S1
Canada
Coordinates 49°1′54″N 122°47′7.9″W / 49.03167°N 122.785528°W / 49.03167; -122.785528Coordinates: 49°1′54″N 122°47′7.9″W / 49.03167°N 122.785528°W / 49.03167; -122.785528
Information
School type Public, high school
Founded 1972
School board School District 36 Surrey
School number 3636105
Principal Ken Hignell
Staff 100+
Grades 8–12
Enrollment 2000+ (May 15, 2015)
Language English/French
Area White Rock/South Surrey
Colour(s) Green and White, occasionally Black and orange
Team name The Mariners
Website www.surreyschools.ca/schools/earlmarriott
Last updated: May 2015

Earl Marriott Secondary (EMS) is a public high school in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada and is part of School District 36 Surrey. It is referred to as the 'Home of the Mariners'. It is located on the edge of city limits, on 16 Avenue (which straddles the border between Surrey and White Rock). Along with Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School, it is currently one of the subjects of a proposal by the school district to increase school hours to cope with the overpopulation.

History

Originally White Rock Secondary School, Earl Marriott Secondary was founded in 1972 and named after its first Principal, Earl Marriott, who eventually became Superintendent of Surrey School District #36.

Earl Marriott is best known for its excellence in the theatre, as well as its athletic achievements, particularly and most recently in rugby. EMS puts on either a play or musical out of the indwelling Wheelhouse Theatre year after year.

To advocate for expansion, at 2:00pm on March 1, 2011, over 1,000 students walked out to intervene the new bell schedule. Politicians, principals, and the media all showed to take part of the anti-government petition.

Academics

Earl Marriott is one of three French immersion high schools in Surrey and offers full course loads in both French and English. About 25 per cent of students are French immersion and attend from across the Semiahmoo Peninsula.[2]

Earl Marriott offers courses including physical education, all major humanities and sciences as well as art, home economics, info tech, and trades courses. It is one of the few schools that offer competitive co-op experiences for its students. Earl Marriott offers a science and humanities co-op, as well as a mechanical co-op.

Athletics

EMS enjoys a lighthearted rivalry with Semiahmoo Secondary School as well as Elgin Park Secondary School. The school competes in the Sandcastle Cup, an annual game between the Mariners and Semiahmoo Secondary School Totems.

Wheelhouse Theatre

The Wheelhouse Theatre is a 290-seat proscenium theatre located at Earl Marriott Secondary School. It is the largest performing arts theatre on the Semiahmoo Peninsula. The Wheelhouse's primary usage is as a classroom and training facility for students pursuing theatre, and its secondary usage is as a well-equipped and affordable rental house to the community. It is managed by the school and its Theatre Department Head (as of June 2007, Rick Harmon), as well as by the Wheelhouse Theatre Society, a collaboration of community volunteers mandated to raise funds for, and contribute necessary equipment purchases to, the theatre.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "For School Data, Source: BC Schools Book." Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Education January 16, 2006.
  2. ↑ "About Us - School Context". www.earlmarriottnews.com. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Girls Basketball BC School Sports
  4. ↑ Greenizan, Nick (Nov 24, 2014). "‘Resilient’ Mariners win football title". Peace Arch News. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Chouinard, Mark (Nov 28, 2015). "Sounders come up short in football final". Squamish Chief. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  6. ↑

External links

School Reports - Ministry of Education

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