Seaquam Secondary School

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Seaquam Secondary
Address
11584 Lyon Rd Delta, British Columbia, V4E 2K4, Canada
Information
School number	3737040
School board	School District 37 Delta
Principal	Mr. G. Collings
Staff	77
School type	Public high school
Grades	8-12
Language	English
Area	North Delta
Mascot	Seahawk
Team name	Seaquam Seahawks
Colours	Royal Blue & Yellow
Founded	1977
Enrollment	1334 (16 January 2006)
Feeder schools	Cougar Canyon Elementary Heath Elementary Pinewood Elementary Sunshine Hills Elementary
Homepage	http://www.deltasd.bc.ca/se/

Seaquam Secondary (IPA: /siːˈæːkwəm/) is a public high school in Delta, British Columbia part of School District 37 Delta. It serves the affluent Sunshine Hills neighbourhood in North Delta. Seaquam was rated as the top secondary school Delta (64th overall in the province) by the 2004/05 Fraser Institute rankings ^[1] and has held top rankings throughout the years due to a culture of support aimed at high achievement students.

The school name was decided by a contest in which students and members of the community participated. The Board of School Trustees chose "Seaquam" in the end, which means 'the sun' or 'sunshine' in the Musqueam language.

The school opened on September 6, 1977 with 37 staff members and 633 students in grades 7 to 11. At first, it started of as a multicultural school. But as time progressed, immigrants started taking over one at a time.The number of staff was increased to 41 when one hundred more students enrolled than expected. Since then, grade 12 was added and grade 7 was dropped to meet the present 8-12 standard for high schools. It is interesting to note that a few of the original teaching staff still remain teaching in Seaquam.

The Seaquam Secondary Varsity Football Team won the BC AA High School Championships in 2006. This is the school's first BC Provincial Championship. This was followed in 2007 by a BC AA Junior Varsity Football Championship, the second BC Provincial Championship in as many years.