Fraser Heights Secondary School
Fraser Heights Secondary School | |
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Soaring to New Heights | |
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16060 108 Avenue Surrey, British Columbia, V4N 1M1 Canada | |
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School type | Public, high school |
Founded | 2000 |
School board | School District 36 Surrey |
Staff | 128 |
Grades | 8-12 |
Enrollment | 864 (September 8, 2015) |
Language | English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese |
Area | Fraser Heights |
Colour(s) | Crimson, White |
Team name | Firehawks |
Feeder schools | Fraser Wood Elementary, Erma Stephenson Elementary, Dogwood Elementary, Bothwell Elementary |
Website |
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Fraser Heights Secondary is a public high school in an upper-class neighbourhood of Surrey, British Columbia part of School District 36 Surrey. Around the school is a multi-million dollar sports complex, consisting of two full-size turf fields, eight tennis courts, the Fraser Heights Recreation Centre and over 5 km of hiking trails. The school is prominently known for its academic excellence as a public school, as well as their highly successful badminton and volleyball programs. Fraser Heights has an average class size of 18 students. A $14 million expansion wing with 16 new classrooms and an open area for community use opened in the Spring of 2014.[1]
Fraser Heights Secondary is home to one of four theatres in Surrey, the others being Chandos Pattison at Pacific Academy, the Bell Centre, and the Surrey Performing Arts Theatre.
Fraser Heights is one of the most exclusive and prestigious postal codes in the Lower Mainland, with similar average house prices as West Vancouver and the Shaughnessy/Kerrisdale neighbourhoods in Vancouver West.
The 2015 average (mean) income in Fraser Heights was $192,928 compared to $78,283 in Surrey as a whole.
Programs
Fraser Heights Secondary offers a wide variety of academic, athletic, and fine arts programs that have gained high acclaim across the Lower Mainland. Fraser Heights is a branch school to the late French immersion program offered at Fraser Wood Elementary.
The Fraser Heights Senior Badminton team captured the school's first ever senior provincial AAA title by winning the 2012 provincial championships over private school powerhouses Vancouver College / Little Flower Academy, and their second in 2014 winning the Senior AAA championships over St. Georges / Crofton House. The senior badminton team then won the provincial championships again in 2015 and 2016. The volleyball program has grown to modest acclaim in past years, with a combined 14 Surrey championships, 3 Fraser Valley championships and are consistently ranked in the Top 3 Senior Boys AAA provincial rankings.
One of Fraser Heights' academic programs is a joint venture with Simon Fraser University called Science Academy. It is an all-year course that extends over the period of 2 years, from grade 11 to grade 12. The course combines: Pre-Calc 12, AP Calculus BC, Chemistry 11 and 12, Physics 11 and 12, AP Physics I and II, and University Chemistry that takes place at Simon Fraser University. Moreover, Fraser Heights offers a variety of advanced courses, including honours courses in Math, AP Calculus AB, and AP Calculus BC.
Notable alumni
- G.NA (Gina Jane Choi) Korean pop singer
- Colin Fraser is a professional hockey player for the Los Angeles Kings
- Alex Hackney, a member of the U19 Team Canada squad that won the World Flying Disc Federation 2014 Championships
- Linna Huynh (黃碧蓮) is an actress currently based in Hong Kong.
- Tyler Wotherspoon is a professional hockey player for the Calgary Flames
- Parker Wotherspoon is a professional hockey player for the Tri-City Americans
- Shallon Olsen competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics
References
- ↑ "Home - Fraser Heights - Surrey Schools". surreyschools.ca. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
Coordinates: 49°11′52″N 122°46′38″W / 49.1979°N 122.7772°W