Sands Secondary School

Sands Secondary School^[1]
Sands Secondary School
Address
	10840 82 Avenue; Delta, British Columbia, V4C 2B3; Canada
Coordinates	49°09′06″N 122°55′21″W / 49.151650°N 122.922437°W
Information
School type	Public, High School
Founded	1975
School board	School District 37 Delta
School number	3737038
Principal	Mr. Mesich
Grades	8-12
Enrollment	785 (September 30, 2016)
Language	English
Area	North Delta
Colour(s)	Blue and Green
Mascot	Scorpion
Team name	Scorpions
Feeder schools	Brooke Elementary, Gray Elementary
Website	www.deltasd.bc.ca/sa/
	Last updated: June 27, 2008

Sands Secondary is a public high school in Delta, British Columbia part of School District 37 Delta.

Academics

Sands Secondary was formerly Sands Junior Secondary with Grades 8-10 until 2005. With the reconfiguration of three other high schools in North Delta (Delview, Burnsview, and North Delta), Sands Secondary became an 8-12 school. It graduated its first Grade 12 class in June 2006.

Athletics

Sands has several sports teams, including junior and senior level Volleyball and Basketball teams. In 2009–2010, the Senior Boys Soccer team won the AAA provincials. In 2007–2008, 2009–2010, Sands won the Fraser Valley Badminton Championships. The school also has a Field Hockey team and as of September 2010, features an Ice Hockey team.

System

Sands Secondary runs on a linear system like other Canadian high schools. It is based on 8 courses separated into four days. For example, if Monday is a day 1 then Tuesday would have to be a day 2. Each day contains 4 blocks numbered ABCDEFGH. Day 1 contains A B C D block, while day 2 contains E F G H. Day 3 contains B A D C block. Day 4 contains F E H G block. Between B and C block there is a 45 min lunch break, as well as F and G block. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a new schedule was implemented. The 2020-2021 school year used a quarter system, where students had 2 classes a day. Each course had a 2-hour block, and the school day ended after those two courses. In the 2021-2022 year, a semester system is in effect.

References

^ "For School Data, Source: BC Schools Book Archived 2006-07-12 at the Wayback Machine." Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Education January 16, 2006.

External links

School Reports - Ministry of Education

Satisfaction Survey^{[permanent dead link‍]}
School Performance
Skills Assessment^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Another frontal view of Sands Secondary
Sands Secondary bounds Mackie Park and adjacent baseball field
Sands Secondary's school noticeboard

[1] "For School Data, Source: BC Schools Book Archived 2006-07-12 at the Wayback Machine." Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Education January 16, 2006.

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