Delview Secondary is a public high school in Delta, British Columbia, Canada. It is managed by the School District 37 Delta. The school mascot is a Raider, reflecting the Scandinavian roots in the school's area, when Norse settlers came to the Annieville area. Delview's school colours are black, white and red. The school currently educates just under 700 students under principal Kevin Vasconcelos.[1]
History
The school was established in 1969, with the first Principal Ernie Marshall combining the names "Delta" and "Riverview" to make Delview. That September, the school opened, sharing premises at North Delta Secondary School. In February 1970, the school moved to its permanent site at 116th Street with a budget of $130,000.
Seismic upgrading of the school was approved in April 2006 and was completed by fall 2007.[2]
Northwest facing view of Delview Secondary (old)
Classes for students in grades 11 and 12 were added in 2006–07 and the school now supports a full 8–12 curriculum, no longer requiring students to switch over to North Delta Secondary School after 10th grade.[3]
Academics and Electives
Delview offers a wide range of academic classes to its students. The programs listed below are only for academic courses available during the school day.
Delview's elective courses depend on the interest in the course, with a wide range of choices as well. Grade 8's do not get to choose their own electives for their first year at Delview, but instead go through a full rotation of all of the electives offered at Delview for three weeks each.
Electives are organized into Fine Arts and Applied Skills (ADST) for Grade 8's, until students can choose their own electives in Grade 9.
Delview operated on a two-semester timetable, consisting of 8 courses total over both semesters, with 4 courses a day, labelled as blocks A, B, C and D.
Innovation 10
Innovation 10 is a special course offered only at Delview, co-taught by teachers Mr. Kung and Mr. Turpin. It is a cross-curricular course covering Science 10, Social Studies 10, and English 10 along with an Independent Directed Study (IDS) elective all together. Students are part of a cohort of students meeting every day for two consecutive blocks during the semester (students completing the course will earn credit for 4 courses in 2 blocks which adds up to 2 extra blocks in their schedules).
The majority of activities combines aspects of the three academic areas. Students learn about topics varying from cosmology and Canadian Confederation, to the writing of character origin stories and creation myths, all learned by doing hands-on projects and using critical thinking.
Students have produced many memorable projects from this course, such as publishing books, doing interviews, and having heated debates. Students have created podcasts covering eating disorders, air pollution, racism, ocean waste and homelessness, as well as written published books such as The March of Humanity,[4]The World (Almost) Sucks,[5] and More Than the Sum of Our Parts: A Student Understanding of Mental Health.[6] For 2023-2024, Innovation 10 is writing children's books.
Athletics
Delview Secondary offers a number of athletic programs, but all of the programs depend on student enrollment, which means programs change depending on interest. These sports are usually divided into grade categories unless they are individual sports. The categories start at grade-8 teams, which sometimes combine with junior (grades 9–10), and senior teams (11–12).
For the 2022–23 fall season (Sept–Nov), Delview offers grade 8, junior and senior teams for both boys and girls in volleyball, as well as junior and senior boys soccer teams, and a co-ed swim team.
For the 2023–24 winter season (Nov–Mar), Delview offers grade 8, junior, and senior boys and girls basketball teams as well as a co-ed wrestling program.
For the 2023–24 spring season, Delview offers grade 8/junior and senior badminton teams, girls junior and senior soccer teams, junior and senior track and field teams (co-ed), an ultimate co-ed team, and a ball hockey team.
The athletics director for 2023–2024 is Mr. Simon Crowley.[7]
Clubs and activities
Clubs
Delview has many clubs in its community of around 700 students, which vary depending on leadership and interest.
Some existing clubs at Delview as of 2023 are:
The Delview Leos Club,[8] a youth branch of the Lions Club International, committing to helping the community through service and leadership. This club was established in 2023 by Leo President Kookie Sethi under the guidance of Lion Advisor from the Surrey Central Lions District Jay Sethi. The club currently has over 20 members and hosts many events in the school, currently led by President Kelly Braun for the 2023–24 Leo Year. Recent events from the club have included tree planting, spaghetti dinners, community picnics, and park cleanups.
Delview's Culture Club, committed to promoting culture and community in Delview and expanding knowledge on cultural practices and events.
Explorers Club, focusing on finding new knowledge on things that interest everyone in the club and gaining new knowledge from each other.
Delview Student Council, a club that focuses on managing important events in the school and deciding on important yearly focuses for the school.
Debate Club, an immersive club that gets students discussing in debates about controversial and important every-day topics.
Delview's Robotics Club, a new club established in 2023 learning about how to create and code technology to be able to create robotics that can complete tasks and obstacles, and competing with other schools.
Book Club, consisting of members eager to read books and share their thoughts together as well as enjoy reading new books that interests all.
DYAC (Delta Youth Advisory Council), a program in all 7 Delta high schools after school playing an important role in communicating student's thoughts to the Delta Board of Education and creating a community for students.
Grad Committee (grade 12s only), a club that focuses on creating grad events and on creating a positive environment for their graduating class.
Theatre Company (grade 8), a program offered as a club only to grade 8 students as the course is only offered from grade 9 onward, but grade 8's still participate in the same course, but get volunteer hours instead of course credits.
Morning Announcements Committee, a growing community of voices regularly displayed on the morning announcements to let the school know about upcoming events in the school.
Video Games Club, an immersive club where students can play games together in the computer lab and enjoy competing against each other as well as have a fun activity after school.
Lounge Club, a club where students can hangout with friends and do homework after school.
Rainbow Club, a club committed to spreading LGBTQ+ awareness in Delview, and a safe meeting place for those identifying students.
Leadership
In Grades 11 and 12, Delview students are able to join Leadership, which focuses on contributing to the school and building leadership skills that are useful in school as well as in everyday life. Currently run by Kent Laubman and Nadia Schalk, the Leadership program is active in helping new students coming to the school, running events to raise school spirit and have fun opportunities for Delview students to take part in, and arranging important events for Delview such as assemblies, fundraisers, etc.
Theatre Company (grades 9–12)
Theatre Company consists of a collection of X-block courses where students get to learn about the world of theatre, currently led by Drama Teacher Mark Turpin. There are 3 types of theatre courses offered at Delview as listed below:
Theatre Company 9-12 offers students the whole performing package, with a variation of musical theatre and plays. Delview has performed musicals and plays such as Urinetown, performed March 2023, Delvusical, performed June 2022, TDM Mixtape, D.O.A., and The Drowsy Chaperone.
For this upcoming year, the Delview Theatre Company has announced that it will be debuting a play based on the well known historic event, The Titanic, but in the form of a play, taking the perspective of the man who built the ship himself, and how his life changed after he got on the last lifeboat to leave the Titanic, hence the play's name 'The Last Lifeboat'.
Theatre Production & Design 10-11 offers students a separate look into the makings of a production, eventually getting to help set up and organise the production set as well as do many creative projects in the program.
Theatre Scriptwriting and Directing 11-12 offers students a chance to write and direct short plays and learn the techniques to making masterpieces on stage, eventually presenting a self-written play at the end.
*Theatre Company "Club" (Grade 8) offers students the same benefits as Theatre Company 9–12, but does not give course credits- instead students can get volunteer hours while still acting in the play.
Yearbook (grades 10–12)
Yearbook is an X-Block course offered to students to give them a chance to learn visual and graphic design through photography, photoshop, and writing, coming together to form the yearbook, a book composed and sold to Delview students consisting of photos from the year.
Delview Band
Currently led by Mx. Spilchen, the Delview band offers students the chance to learn and grow in their musical knowledge, focusing on learning orchestral instruments, playing a wide variety of music from classical to jazz. These pieces are played during performance nights such as Fine Arts Night at Delview.
Thanks 4 Giving
In 2022, Delview held its 30th Annual Thanks 4 Giving (T4G) Food Drive, one of the biggest events at Delview during the First Semester. T4G sees hundreds of students and parents, plus the school's entire staff, come together to collect tens of thousands of non-perishable food items, recyclables and cash donations from across North Delta, all to benefit the Surrey Food Bank and Deltassist.
In 2022, Thanks 4 Giving took place on Oct. 27, in the pouring rain, with a goal of collecting 20,000 items. The planning for this event started before the school year even started, and once the year starts, many students dedicate their time to contribute to the committee. Not only do most students contribute to the planning of the event, but all students have class competitions to raise cans and funds, collecting hundreds of cans by students bringing in cans to support the cause before the big night.
On the night of T4G, teams of students fan out across the community, collecting donations door-to-door and bring them back to the school where they will be counted, sorted and boxed for pick up the following morning. In 2022, the total count was 21,561 cans and many more money donations going towards supporting food banks in the community.[9]
Started by teachers Ron McNeill, Barb Woodford and Sandy Ferguson in 1992 under the name "Ten-in-One" (10,000 items collected in one night), it has grown into a widespread volunteer event that influences people from across North Delta to contribute and help out local food banks.[10]
For the 31st year of Thanks 4 Giving on October 11, 2023, Delview's T4G committee set a goal for 10,000, and well exceeded that goal- beating their highest total record ever- raising 26,552 cans after the final count. This beat the previous can record set on the 25th anniversary of 26,441 cans![12][13]
Other events
Live @ Lunch
Live @ Lunch is a music event occurring around once every month where students get to perform music during lunch in front of the school. Tim Bonikowsky runs this event once a month and lets all Delview students sign up to perform and come watch, ranging from organ solos to rock music.[14]
Fine Arts Nite
Once per semester, Delview hosts its Fine Arts Night, a collection of performing arts, musical arts and visual arts all in one night. Delview's Media Arts and Photography portion, taught by Mr. Choy, as well as Delview's Art and Sculpture portions are displayed for viewing, taught by Mrs. Johnston. On stage during the night there are a variety of dance performances, taught by Ms. Hanson and musical performances opened to any Delview students. The Delview Band will also play a collection of songs learned over the year, led by Mx. Spilchen. At the end of the year, the money raised goes towards a Grad Arts Scholarship.
Spirit Weeks
Delview's Leadership team often hosts Spirit Weeks throughout the year, encouraging everyone to dress up in different costumes to show off Delview spirit, such as "Twin Day", "Inside-Out Day", or "Anything But A Backpack Day". Other clubs such as Culture Club also encourage people to wear things on specific days, such as cultural clothing or Delview merchandise.
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