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École Salish Secondary School
Front of the Salish library, located in the front of the building, next to the entrance
Address
7278 184 Street Cloverdale, Surrey, British Columbia, V4N 5V2 Canada
Coordinates	49°08′07″N 122°42′37″W / 49.1354°N 122.7104°W / 49.1354; -122.7104
Information
School type	Public, high school
Founded	2018
School board	School District 36 Surrey
School number	03636215
Principal	Sheila Hammond
Grades	8-12
Enrollment	1062 (2019)
Language	English, French
Colour(s)	Black, Blue, White, Red
Team name	Wolves
Website	www.surreyschools.ca/schools/salish

École Salish Secondary School is a public high school in Surrey, British Columbia, and part of Surrey’s School District 36.

The school's mascot is a wolf and the name of their basketball team, the Salish Wolves. They are rivals with the Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers from Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School.

History

Construction of École Salish Secondary began in late 2016 and was completed in 2018, with École Salish Secondary opening in September 2018. It was named after the local Salish peoples who are indigenous to the area.

The first students who came to the school were mostly former students from Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary and Clayton Heights Secondary. The first principal, Sheila Hammond, was also the former principal of Johnston Heights Secondary School. As of June 2019, it was the Surrey School District's least-crowded secondary school,and currently has around 2000 students.

Programs and classes

The school is one of the four secondary schools in the Surrey school district to offer French immersion.

Athletic achievements

• In 2022, the school won the AA Tier II award for the Senior Girls Rugby Provincial Champions.

References

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4. "Clayton's Salish Secondary seeing community spirit in first weeks". Surrey Now-Leader. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
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• High schools in Surrey, British Columbia
• Educational institutions established in 2018
• Buildings and structures in Surrey, British Columbia
• 2018 establishments in British Columbia