Thomas Haney Secondary School

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Thomas Haney Secondary School
Address
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23000 116 Ave Maple Ridge , British Columbia , V2X 0T8 Canada
Coordinates	49°12′42.9″N 122°34′53.8″W / 49.211917°N 122.581611°W / 49.211917; -122.581611Coordinates: 49°12′42.9″N 122°34′53.8″W / 49.211917°N 122.581611°W / 49.211917; -122.581611
Information
School type	Public, high school
Motto	"Seek Challenge and Experience Success"
Founded	1992
School board	School District 42 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
School number	4242038
Principal	Grant Frend[1]
Staff	58
Grades	8–12
Enrollment	1060 (March 1, 2013)
Language	English
Area	Haney, or as later known as: Maple Ridge (to date)
Mascot	Thor
Team name	Thunder
Website	secondary.sd42.ca/thss/

Thomas Haney Secondary School is a public high school in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, under the authority of School District 42 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows. Athletic organizations within the school are known as the Thomas Haney Thunder.

Information[]

Thomas Haney Secondary School (THSS) follows the self-directed model and is currently part of The Canadian Coalition for Self-Directed Learning. At Thomas Haney, courses are split into "Learning Guides" that are based upon the Ministry of Education's Prescribed Learning Outcomes. Students may negotiate with their teachers to develop their own pathways to demonstrating these outcomes, or they may follow the specific guide activities. THSS attracts global attention and many schools opt to emulate its delivery model.^[2] Provincial exam marks at Thomas Haney are consistently above provincial and district averages,^[2] and THSS has a higher than average graduation rate compared to other schools in the province; in the 2011-2012 school year the graduation rate at THSS was 93% compared to a provincial average of 81.8%.^[3]

Over the years, there have been a host of distinct programs made available to Thomas Haney Secondary students. One such program, known as Connections, incorporates Social Studies 11, English 11, Criminology 11, and Law 12, in order to give students a "real world" approach to these subjects and allow them to obtain credit across multiple courses with one assignment.

Thomas Haney offers 4 courses in Equestrian Studies to both THSS students and students from other SD 42 schools. Students who complete this program receive a certificate of Equestrian Studies.

THSS is also home to the Sightlines Theatre Company and the Raving Thespians Theatresports Team. The school's theatre department produces a mainstage show each year, a director's festival, and often a children's production made available to local elementary audiences. Productions have included: The Diary of Anne Frank, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, 1984, Blithe Spirit, The Crucible, and many others. The Sightlines Theatre has included alumni Cameron Labine (independent film maker and director), Kevin Kraussler (Bard on the Beach), as well as JD, Johnathan and Drew Scott (Property Brothers). Many students have moved onto varying areas of post-secondary study, or pursued careers in performing arts/entertainment industry.

Clubs[]

School clubs include the Model United Nations Club, an ice hockey program, the Student Council, the Gardening Club and the eSports team. These clubs all have made significant donations to charities.^{[citation needed]} The Model United Nations club allows students to partake in numerous United Nations simulations across the year. Several Thomas Haney students were award winners.^[4] In support of the Humboldt, Sask. team tragedy, the Thomas Haney Hockey team raised over $1,000 for the team through school donations.^[5]

There is an active Model United Nations Club that enjoys discussing and debating international events. This year they are involved in the Girl Up initiative and hope to raise money for UNICEF.

Victor Bartley and Brad Hunt were coached by notable school coach and math teacher Eric Proctor. The program has since been run by Chris Connolly, they have been district champions for the past four seasons. This is the only team in the district.

The eSports team is run by Mark Biggar and Todd Goodman. The two teachers, along with an arsenal of students, host a LARP (Live Action Role Play) at the school annually.^[6]

Upcoming clubs include an Aviation Club which will explore participating students interest in aviation and a place for students to talk about the subject.

Science Labs[]

The Science Labs are also large cross grade work spaces that provide students with the opportunity to complete lab work as well as smaller side rooms for small seminars and classroom teaching areas. A "science kiosk" functions as a dispensary for materials required to complete labs.

The Social Studies Great Hall The socials great hall, also known as the McIlroy Room (in honour of a retired educator) provides students with a multi grade work space in which to receive teacher support, to work in small groups, or individually. Again, this area is staffed by specialty subject teachers.

Double Rainbow

Notable alumni[]

• Jonathan Scott^[7]
• Drew Scott^[7]
• Madeline Merlo^[8]
• Victor Bartley
• Brad Hunt

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