Stanley Humphries Secondary School

Coordinates: 49°19′12″N 117°39′38″W / 49.31997°N 117.66069°W / 49.31997; -117.66069
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Stanley Humphries Secondary
Address
Map
720 7 Ave

, ,
Canada
Coordinates49°19′12″N 117°39′38″W / 49.31997°N 117.66069°W / 49.31997; -117.66069
Information
School typePublic, high school
MottoCarpe Diem
(Seize the Day)
Founded1951
FounderNikolai Stepanovich Sokolov (Russian: Николай Степанович Соколов)
School boardSchool District 20 Kootenay-Columbia
SuperintendentMs Shawna Williams
School number2009010
PrincipalMs. Chantal St Jacques
Staff47
Grades8 - 12
Enrollment731 (January 4, 2016)
LanguageEnglish, French, Russian
Colour(s)Yellow and Blue
MascotFlash the Coyote
Team nameCoyotes
Websiteshsscastlegar.com

Stanley Humphries Secondary, also known as "SHSS",[1] is a public high school in Castlegar, British Columbia part of School District 20 Kootenay-Columbia. Stanley Humphries was founded in 1951 and continues to be open to the community.

Stanley Humphries is the main Secondary School for the Castlegar area. Known colloquially as "SH", the school houses grades 8 to grade 12 in a building located in the centre of the downtown residential core, surrounded by several other schools, including Selkirk College, across the river, Twin Rivers Elementary, and Castlegar Primary, both of which sit directly adjacent to SHSS.

As of the 2011/2012 school year, the school provides access to various electronic devices for the students to use during class, such as laptops and iPads.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Info". Stanley Humphries Secondary. 2013-07-30. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  2. ^ S, Jobs. "Learning with iPad". Castlegar Weekly. Retrieved 2 May 2011.