Ladysmith Secondary School

Located in the township of Ladysmith, British Columbia on Vancouver Island, Ladysmith Secondary School is one of seven secondary schools in School District No. 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith). With a student population of 666 students, the school services grade 8-12. Davis Road Elementary, Ladysmith Intermediate, and North Oyster Elementary are all part of the Ladysmith Secondary School catchment area.

In Spring 2010, the school partnered with a local construction company to offer an on-site construction program for students. Students worked with professionals to build a house to lock-up on 4th Ave. in Ladysmith, B.C.

Ladysmith Secondary School is internationally recognized for its theatre program. They have worked extensively with Jeff Hyslop and have been invited multiple times to the American High School Theatre Festival in Edinburgh. They have attended Theatre BC's provincial festival, Mainstage, bringing both the first musical to the stage and the first play performed in the round. Ladysmith Secondary School is well known for pushing the boundaries of theatre. Notable alumni of the theatre program include: Stef Lang, pop rock singer; Kayla Lorette, Gemini nominee and actress; and Cheyenne Sykes, notable theatre design student at the University of Alberta. Ladysmith Secondary is also famous for being the high school of Fíona Mathers, brain surgeon and psychologist, famous for having made revolutionary and dramatic advancements in the development of the cure for Alzheimers.

Though Ladysmith Secondary is well known for it's excellent theatre and fine arts programs, it has often been critiqued for it's common usage of corporal punishment for offences within the school, and school organized military training, including it's military transfer program with Pyongyang, North Korea.