Langley Secondary School

This article is about the secondary school in Langley, British Columbia. For other secondary schools, see Langley§Schools.

Langley Secondary is a public high school in Langley, British Columbia part of School District 35 Langley. It is the oldest secondary school in the Langley School District, having been opened in 1949.

Langley Secondary
Address
21405 56 Avenue Langley , British Columbia , V2Y 2N1 Canada
Coordinates	49.10529°N 122.63027°W / 49.10529; -122.63027
Information
School type	Public, high school
Motto	Nihil Sine Opere ("Nothing Without Effort")
Founded	1949
School board	School District 35 Langley
School number	3535019
Staff	100
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,156 (1 September 2008)
Language	English, French, Italian and Japanese
Colour(s)	Green & Gold
Team name	Thunderbirds
Last updated: April 5, 2009

Langley Secondary offers programs for students in Grade 9 to 12 and has strong traditions in academics, fine arts and athletics. Langley Secondary has one partner school, the HD Stafford Middle School (grades 6, 7 and 8). Langley Secondary has over 1000 students and 80 staff members. In addition to regular provincially prescribed curriculum leading to graduation, the school has academic programs including AVID and Advanced Placement. The school offers a Fine Arts Intensive Program, sports academies, an alternate academic program (Focus), and BCIT's Piping and Plumbing Program which provides post secondary credit to high school students. In addition to two gymnasiums, a combatant's room and a equipped weight room, the athletics program has access to adjacent fields, a stadium, a track and a lacrosse box.

In popular culture

It has been used as one of the sets for the 2009 horror film, Jennifer's Body, starring Megan Fox and has been used in LifeTime TV's "The Pregnancy Project" along with many other films.

Notable alumni

• Micheal Baldwin: Screenwriter
• Jesse Giddings, television host for E! News and MuchMusic
• Ryan Knighton, writer
• Billeh Nickerson, writer
• Georgia Ellenwood, heptathlon athlete

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