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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Maple Ridge Secondary School

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.

Athletics

MRSS sports teams include badminton, basketball, soccer, wrestling, mountain biking, cheerleading, field hockey, 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. MRSS is the only school in School District 42 to offer a certificate of membership to a Digital Art Academy.
  • Much of the music video for Likey, by K-pop girl group Twice, was filmed on the school's campus in 2017.

Notable alumni

References

  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. ^ "Digital Art Academy of MRSS". Archived from the original on 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
  3. ^ "Robert Mundell Home Page". Retrieved 2020-02-05.

School Reports - Ministry of Education