Kwantlen Park Secondary School

École Kwantlen Park Secondary School
Address
10441 132 Street Surrey, BC, , V3T 3V3, Canada
Information
School board	School District 36 Surrey
Superintendent	Mr Mike McKay
Principal	Rick Breen
Vice principal	Mrs.G.Read, Darren Bedard Kathy Puharich
Grades	7-12
Language	English, French, Spanish
Area	Surrey, BC
Mascot	Timmy The Timberwolf
Team name	Kwantlen Park Timberwolves
Colours	Maroon, Black, White
Founded	2002
Enrolment	~1500
Feeder schools	K. B. Woodward Elementary School, Old Yale Road Elementary School, James Ardiel Elementary School, Mountainview Montessori, Surrey Traditional, Discovery Elementary
Homepage	http://www.kwantlenpark.com

École Kwantlen Park Secondary School is a public high school in Surrey, British Columbia part of School District 36 Surrey. Kwantlen Park Secondary was named after the park it sits beside. Approval was required from the Kwantlen First Nation in order to use their name. It ranked 25 out of 298 schools in the British Columbia and the Yukon according to the Fraser Institute Studies in Education Policy in 2006-2007.

In the 1990s, Board policy resulted in the restructuring of Surrey schools so that all secondary schools enrolled grades 8 through 12. Consequently, West Whalley Junior High was demolished in August 2002 and the replacement school opened in September 2002 on the same site as "École Kwantlen Park Secondary". Len Shepherd Secondary and West Whalley Junior High were amalgamated, which resulted in the entire student populations and most staff being transferred to the newly-built school. Previously available programs, French immersion at West Whalley, and Inter-A at Len Shepherd, were also brought over to the new school.

The grounds contain a baseball diamond, and there is a public swimming pool in the park behind the school.

The original site on which the school is now located was once home to a the Kwantlen First Nations Kikiat settlement. The area was noted for its Burial tree form of treatment of the dead, in which the deceased were placed in boxes among the limbs of the trees behind the village. To this day many have experienced strange sightings and disturbances at the location, thought to be due to the removal of the burial site by white settlers.

Kwantlen Park Secondary School also has a very active student's council.

An alternative high school program, called Inter-A is provided here. Students work in teams and at their own pace. The program is highly regarded and teaches leadership and self-motivation along with the normal academics.

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  Kwantlen Park noticeboard.