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School District 36 Surrey

Location
SurreySurrey, White Rock, Barnston Island in Metro/Coast Canada
District information
Superintendent	Mark Pearmain
Schools	124 (K-12)
Budget	CA$1.053 billion
Students and staff
Students	80,208
Teachers	6,716
Other information
Website	www.surreyschools.ca

School District 36 Surrey operates schools in Surrey, White Rock, and Barnston Island, British Columbia. It is the largest school district in British Columbia with 80,208 students and 195+ languages represented during the 2022-23 school year. District 36 includes 103 elementary schools, 21 secondary schools, 5 learning centres, and 3 adult education centres. While the district was established in 1906 its first school opened in 1882. The district is Surrey’s largest employer with 12,540 employees including 6,716 teachers.

Administration

The Surrey School District's administration hub is the District Education Centre and was officially opened on September 11, 2011.

Schools

Elementary schools

School	Location	Grades	Notes
Adams Road Elementary School	Cloverdale	K-7	Adams Road opened in January 2011, located in the Cloverdale/Clayton area of Surrey. Enrollment at that time was approximately 550 students.
A H P Matthew Elementary School	Whalley / City Centre	K-7
A J McLellan Elementary School	Cloverdale	K-7
Anniedale Traditional School	Port Kells	K-7	Closed in 2010.
Bayridge Elementary School	South Surrey	K-7	Opened 1992.
Bear Creek Elementary School	Newton	K-7	Opened 1964.
Beaver Creek Elementary School	West Newton	K-7	Principal is Karen Greaux.
Berkshire Park Elementary School	Fleetwood	K-7	Opened March 21, 1989. Expanded 2000. Principal is Trevor Mcquarrie. Hosts Challenge Program and the Multi-Age Cluster Class (MACC).
Betty Huff Elementary School	Whalley	K-7	Opened 1976.
Bonaccord Elementary School	Guildford	K-7
Bothwell Elementary School	Guildford / Fraser Heights	K-7
Boundary Park Elementary School	West Newton	K-7
Bridgeview Elementary School	Bridgeview / Whalley	K-7	The school's mascot was a lion but is now a bear.
Brookside Elementary School	Newton	K-7	The school's mascot is the bobcat.
Cambridge Elementary School	South Newton / Panorama	K-7	Cambridge Elementary opened in 2006. It received a four-class addition in 2011 to try to get rid of the portables. It feeds into Sullivan Heights Secondary School. Today it is a well known elementary in South Newton Surrey with an enrolment of around 770 students with 33 divisions. It houses 12 portables plus one portable bathroom. It has approximately 23 students per class. The principal is Shawn Nelson.
Cedar Hills Elementary School	Whalley	K-7	Principal is Ms. Douglas.
Chantrell Creek Elementary School	Crescent Park / South Surrey	K-7	Mr. Linklater is the principal.
Chimney Hill Elementary School	East Newton	K-7	mascot is the dragons
Cindrich Elementary School	Whalley / City Centre	K-7	Mrs. Maharaj is the principal. Their mascot is a coyote.
Clayton Heights Elementary School	Clayton	4-7
Cloverdale Traditional School	Cloverdale	K-7
Coast Meridian Elementary School	Fleetwood	K-7
Colebrook Elementary School	Panorama / South Newton	K-7
Cougar Creek Elementary School	West Newton	K-7
Coyote Creek Elementary School	West Newton	K-7
Creekside Elementary School	Whalley / City Centre	K-7
David Brankin Elementary School	Whalley	K-7
Discovery Elementary School	Surrey	K-7
Dogwood Elementary School	Fraser Heights / Guildford	K-7	Has approximately 400 students
Don Christian Elementary School	Cloverdale	K-7
Douglas Elementary School	South Surrey	K-7	Founded: November 2020. Principal: Sundeep Chohan
Dr. F.D. Sinclair Elementary School	Newton	K-7
Edgewood Elementary School	South Surrey / Grandview Heights	K-7
East Clayton Elementary School	Clayton	K-3
East Kensington Elementary School	South Surrey	K-7
École Crescent Park	Crescent Park / South Surrey	K-7
École Henry Bose Elementary School	Newton	K-7
École Riverdale Elementary School	Guildford	K-7
Ellendale Elementary School	Guildford	K-7
Erma Stephenson Elementary School	Fraser Heights / Guildford	K-7
Fleetwood Elementary School	Fleetwood	K-7
Forsyth Road Elementary School	Whalley	K-7
Fraser Wood Elementary School	Fraser Heights / Guildford	K-7
Frost Road Elementary School	Fleetwood	K-7	Principal is Mrs. Bertholm. Their mascot is a wolf named Wolfie.
George Greenaway Elementary School	Cloverdale	K-7	The school Mascot is an Eagle. Seismic upgrades are being constructed on the 4-7 Grade Wing. With Upgrades Being completed on the gym. The school has the Cloverdale Ball Park located Directly Connecting to school grounds. It has Approximately 546 Students. The School's Principal is Ms. B. Copeland
Georges Vanier Elementary	Newton	K-7
Goldstone Park Elementary	South Newton / Panorama	K-7	Goldstone Park Elementary opened in 2014. It has approximately 700 students and opened to relieve overcrowding at Cambridge Elementary.
Grandview Heights Elementary School	South Surrey	K-7	Closed in 2006.
Green Timbers Elementary School	Fleetwood	K-7	Enrollment 787. The principal is Glen Hilder. First opened in 1930; rebuilt in 1955.
H T Thrift Elementary School	South Surrey	K-7	Founded by Henry Thomas Thrift. The principal is Laureen Boulet.
Halls Prairie Elementary School	South Surrey	K-7
Harold Bishop Elementary School	Guildford	K-7	Opened in 1949
Hazelgrove Elementary School	Clayton	K-7	Opened in 2009. Sports teams are the Hazelgrove Hurricanes.
Hillcrest Elementary School	Cloverdale	K-7	Hillcrest Elementary opened in 2000 with approximately 400 students. That number increased by 222 by 2008, although Hazelgrove Elementary took a few students out of the school. The principal was D. White, who retired in 2009. The school is currently in its tenth year. Has approximately 4,000 students.
Hjorth Road Elementary School	Guildford	K-7	Opened in 1910. Celebrating 107 years as of 2017.
Holly Elementary	Guildford	K-7
Hyland Elementary School	Newton	K-7	Hosts Challenge Program.
J T Brown Elementary School	West Newton	K-7
James Ardiel Elementary School	Whalley	K-7	Approximately 500 students are enrolled.
Janice Churchill Elementary School	East Newton	K-7	Enrolls approximately 400 students. The principal of Janice Churchill is Ixchel Bradley-Buick. Janice Churchill Elementary School is located in the centre of Surrey, BC. It is named after a highly respected teacher who lost her battle to skin cancer at a young age. The school's mascot is a cheetah.
Jessie Lee Elementary School	South Surrey	K-7	Hosts Strongstart program.
K B Woodward Elementary School	City Centre / Whalley	K-7
Katzie Elementary School	Clayton	K-7	Opened in 2013. The school's mascot is the eagle. The principal is Ross Brennan. Enrolment is approximately 900.
Kennedy Trail Elementary School	West Newton	K-7
Kensington Prairie Elementary School	South Surrey	K-7
Kirkbride Elementary School	Whalley	K-7	Principal is Jagdeep Dhaliwal.
Laronde Elementary School	South Surrey / Crescent Park	K-7	French immersion school.
Latimer Road Elementary School	Cloverdale	K-7
Lena Shaw Elementary School	Guildford	K-7
M B Sanford Elementary School	East Newton	K-7
Maple Green Elementary School	Fleetwood	K-7
Martha Currie Elementary School	Cloverdale	K-7
Martha Jane Norris Elementary School	West Newton	K-7
Mary Jane Shannon Elementary School	Guildford	K-7
McLeod Road Elementary School	South Newton/Panorama	K-7
Morgan Elementary School	South Surrey	K-7
Mountainview Montessori School	Guildford	K-7
Newton Elementary School	Newton	K-7
North Ridge Elementary School	South Newton / Panorama	K-7
Ocean Cliff Elementary School	Crescent Park / South Surrey	K-7	School opened in September 1990.
Old Yale Road Elementary School	Whalley / City Centre	K-7	Opened October 23, 1964. The current mascot is an orca.
Pacific Heights Elementary School	South Surrey / Grandview Heights	K-7	Opened in 2006. The school's mascot is a phoenix.
Panorama Park Elementary School	South Newton / Panorama	K-7
Peace Arch Elementary School	White Rock	K-7	Hosts Challenge program. The mascot is a raven.
Port Kells Elementary School	Port Kells	K-7	The school's mascot is a panther.
Prince Charles Elementary School	Whalley / Bridgeview	K-7	The school's mascot is a Griffin. Hosts Challenge Program.
Ray Shepherd Elementary School	South Surrey	K-7
Riverdale Elementary School	Guildford	K-7	French immersion program as well as an English school.
Rosemary Heights Elementary School	South Surrey	K-7
Royal Heights Elementary School	Whalley / Bridgeview	K-7	Founded in 1966 by anthropologist and vocalist Adam R. Knowles. The principal is R. Holman and enrolment is about 250. The school's mascot is the lion.
Semiahmoo Trail Elementary School	South Surrey	K-7	The school's mascot is a coyote.
Senator Reid Elementary School	Whalley	K-7	Founded 1961. The principal is H. Schnee. The lead singer for the band Hedley, Jacob Hoggard, attended Senator Reid. He graduated from L.A. Matheson in 2002.
Serpentine Heights Elementary School	Guildford	K-7	Located in Fleetwood. The school's mascot is the hawk. Hosts Challenge Program.
Simon Cunningham Elementary School	Whalley / City Centre	K-7	French immersion program as well as an English school.
South Meridian Elementary School	South Surrey	K-7
Strawberry Hill Elementary School	West Newton / Strawberry Hill	K-7	Strawberry Hill Elementary is a learning community with 570 students, 378 families and 58 staff members. The community has evolved into one consisting largely of Indo-Canadian and Pak-Canadian families. Most of the students speak Punjabi, English, Urdu or Hindi, with the remaining students speaking a variety of other different languages. Strawberry Hill Elementary opened in 1983.
Sullivan Elementary School	South Newton / Panorama	K-7	Sullivan Elementary School is in the Sullivan Heights neighbourhood with an enrolment of around 295 students (2018/2019). It is getting an addition so it can provide space for more students.
Sunnyside Elementary	South Surrey / Grandview Heights	K-7	Sunnyside Elementary is a dual-track school that offers a Montessori program and a neighbourhood program in South Surrey.
Sunrise Ridge Elementary School	Cloverdale	K-7
Surrey Centre Elementary School	Cloverdale	K-7
Surrey Traditional School	Whalley	K-7
T E Scott Elementary School	East Newton	K-7	T E Scott Elementary School is an elementary school in the East Newton South neighbourhood.
W E Kinvig Elementary School	Newton	K-7
Walnut Road Elementary School	Fleetwood	K-7
Westerman Elementary School	Strawberry Hill / Newton	K-7
White Rock Elementary School	White Rock	K-7
William F. Davidson Elementary School	Guildford	K-7	Principal is Zahara Rawji, their mascot is a dragon.
William Watson Elementary School	Fleetwood	K-7
Woodward Hill Elementary School	South Newton / Panorama	K-7	Woodward Hill Elementary serves English and French immersion students.
Woodland Park Elementary School	Fleetwood	K-7	Principal is E. Harrison; vice-principal is W. Caley. The school's mascot is a wolf.

Secondary schools and other programs

School	Location	Grades	Founded
Adolescent Psychiatric Unit Program	Surrey
City Central Learning Centre	Surrey	10-12
Clayton Heights Secondary School	Clayton	8-12	1999
Cloverdale Learning Centre	Cloverdale	10-12
Continuing Ed SD 36 School	Surrey	11-12
Daughters and Sisters (PLEA) Program	Surrey
Earl Marriott Secondary School	South Surrey	8-12	1973
École Salish Secondary	Clayton	8-12	2018
Elgin Park Secondary School	South Surrey / Crescent Park	8-12	1993
Enver Creek Secondary School	Fleetwood	8-12	1997
Fleetwood Park Secondary School	Fleetwood	8-12	1994
Frank Hurt Secondary School	Newton	8-12	1973
Fraser Heights Secondary School	Guildford / Fraser Heights	8-12	2000
Grandview Heights Secondary School	South Surrey / Grandview Heights	8-12	2021
Guildford Learning Centre	Guildford	10-12
Guildford Park Secondary School	Guildford	8-12	1984
Invergarry Learning Centre	Newton	10
Johnston Heights Secondary School	Guildford	8-12	1958
Kwantlen Park Secondary School (Inter-A)	City Centre / Whalley	8-12	2002
L A Matheson Secondary School	Whalley	8-12	1969
Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School	Cloverdale	8-12	1946
North Surrey Learning Centre	Newton	10-12
North Surrey Secondary School	Guildford	8-12	1947
Panorama Ridge Secondary School	South Newton / Panorama	8-12	2006
Princess Margaret Secondary School	Newton	8-12	1958
Queen Elizabeth Secondary School	Whalley / City Centre	8-12	1940
Semiahmoo Secondary School	South Surrey	8-12	1940
South Fraser Adolescent Day Treatment Program	Surrey
Southridge School	Surrey	K-12	1995
South Surrey White Rock Learning Centre	South Surrey	10-12
Student Support Centre	Surrey	6-12
Sullivan Heights Secondary	South Newton / Panorama	8-12	2000
Surrey Connect Online School	Surrey	K-12
Tamanawis Secondary School	West Newton	8-12	1994
TREES Centre	Surrey	8-10
Waypoint Substance Abuse House	Surrey

Budget

For the first time in history, the Surrey Board of Education passed an annual budget totalling more than a billion dollars for the 2023-24 school year consisting of $602 million for teacher costs and $451 million for all other costs. The largest sources of funds are $945 million in provincial government grants, $17 million in tuition, $9 million in investment income, $4 million in rental and lease income, and $3 million in federal grants.

In the news

The Surrey School District was reported in the national news numerous times during the 1990s and 2000s, most notably for its stand on social issues.

Overcrowding

Surrey had 361 portable classrooms in use by the end of the 2022-23 school year. This number had increased by 20% over the 15 years prior.

Book banning

The District School Board was the focus of major media attention from 1997 to 2002 over its stand on not allowing books about families with same-sex parents to be included as optional learning resources. These books were requested by James Chamberlain, a kindergarten teacher, to reflect on the realities of today's families and to teach his pupils about diversity and tolerance.

A legal battle to overturn the decision to ban the three books went all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada, where the school board's decision was overturned. The judgment, Chamberlain v. Surrey School District No. 36, cited the need for families headed by same-sex couples to be respected. Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin dismissed the Board's concerns that children would be confused or misled by classroom information about same-sex parents. She pointed out that the children of same-sex parents are rubbing shoulders with children from more traditional families, and wrote: "Tolerance is always age-appropriate, children cannot learn unless they are exposed to views that differ from those they are taught at home." The legal fees ended up costing Surrey taxpayers over $1,200,000.

Drama production

In 2005, the Surrey School District made national news for cancelling production of The Laramie Project, a play that deals with the murder of a gay university student, in Elgin Park Secondary. Advocates for the play noted that it is designed to teach tolerance toward LGBT people. The school district's administration said that the play contains sex, violence and foul language and is not appropriate as family entertainment. The decision met with outrage from LGBT advocacy organization Egale Canada. A school in neighbouring Vancouver, Lord Byng Secondary School, subsequently chose to stage the play.

Climate change

In May 2007, the Surrey School Board made national news when it voted to instruct teachers not to show Al Gore's Academy Award-winning documentary on climate change, An Inconvenient Truth, until trustees were able to review the film. On the issue of climate change, Board Trustee and social activist Heather Stilwell stated: "I am not sure. I mean I see evidence. I think there is climate change, there's no question about that. Whether what Al Gore says about it is the truth, I have questions."

Bible study

In early November 2009, a Cloverdale father, Paul Jubenvill, requested an extra-curricular, non-instructional, voluntarily-attended Bible club be established during lunch-hour at his sons' school, Colebrook Elementary. The school would not permit the club on their property, and the Surrey School District supported the school's position. The father argued that this ban violated the provincial BC Human Rights Code by disallowing a normally available service on the grounds of discrimination against religion. The school district was concerned that permitting the club may have given the appearance of the school endorsing a particular religious ideology. Jubenvill argued that there is a difference between endorsing a faith versus "accommodating" spiritual needs.

A complaint was filed with the BC Human Rights Tribunal; however, Jubenvill withdrew the complaint because he felt that the resulting media attention and the reaction it generated did not accurately represent his intentions and he preferred to address the matter with the school district out of the public eye.

Some secondary schools in the School District have, or have had, overtly Christian clubs (for example, LA Matheson has a prayer club titled "PUSH", Semiahmoo Secondary had a Crossroad Christian club in 2008 and earlier years, and Fraser Heights Secondary had a Bible Club in 2007).

Roof collapse

At Colebrook Elementary in July 2010, a 75-foot portion of a roof over an exterior walkway collapsed, with no injuries reported. In 2011 the school district initiated legal action against the contractor and architect involved in the design and construction of the roof, which had been built in 1987.

Anti-discrimination code

In November 2013 the School Board adopted an anti-discrimination code to provide protection for students and staff against homophobic and other forms of bullying. Approximately one third of all school districts in the province have policies against homophobic bullying.

Gallery

Holly Elementary School by day
The moon sets over Holly Elementary School, October 14, 2008.
Princess Margaret Secondary School
Colebrook Elementary School; evening shot of the south wing in October 2009
Surrey Centre Elementary School; Dec 2, 2009 (full moon) HDR shot at 11:10 pm
Cambridge Elementary School; May 1, 2011

References

"Superintendent's Office". www.surreyschools.ca.
"School District No. 36 (Surrey) Annual Budget June 30, 2024". www.surreyschools.ca.
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Sunnyside Elementary
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Sudbury stages the play Surrey shunned, The Globe and Mail, October 4, 2005. Retrieved January 21, 2014
"Egale calls on B.C. government to stop censorship, ensure safe schools". Egale Canada. September 23, 2005. Archived from the original on September 12, 2010.
"B.C. school stages controversial 'Laramie Project'". CBC Arts. January 11, 2006. Archived from the original on January 13, 2006.
"Inconvenient Truth raises questions in B.C. school district". CBC News. May 14, 2007. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008.
"Surrey parent fights school over thwarted Bible study group". December 8, 2009. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
"Dad files human rights complaint against Surrey School District". December 5, 2009. Archived from the original on December 7, 2009.
"Surrey parent backs away from fight over school Bible group". December 9, 2009. Archived from the original on December 13, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
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