Earl Marriott Secondary School

Our very own Katie Reid is Canada’s female youth athlete of the month. Katie, 15, won gold at the Canadian Youth Championships in the 400-metre sprint, setting a personal best of 54.90. Then, while competing against athletes a year older than her at the World Youth Championships in Bressanone, Italy, she finished 12th of 43 athletes, eliminated in the semifinals. Coached by Nick Stoffberg and competing for Ocean Athletics, the B.C. High School champion won 400-metre bronze at the Canada Summer Games against athletes seven years her senior.

Congratulations Katie!

Good luck to Earl Marriott Student Patrick Gayton as he competes this weekend in North Carolina for the Best Teen Chef Competition! Patrick is a Career Education student that took the opportunity to participate in the Culinary Arts Co-op at Semiahmoo and is working towards his Secondary School Apprenticeship credits. Patrick is one of 34 teens competing for a top prize of a $23,000 scholarship, an internship (for a day) at the Food Network in New York City, a dinner for two at the kitchens of the Food Network, and a library of cookbooks.

Read the Peace Arch News article and watch the video interview of Patrick by visiting the link below:

• Peace Arch News Article

Good luck to our senior volleyball teams at Fraser Valley Championships this week. Both boys and girls teams are competing for a spot in this year’s Provincials. Earl Marriott is co-hosting the Fraser Valleys for the boys draw and the team is seeded #2 in the tournament. It will be a challenge to work through the draw as teams are very strong within the Fraser Valley. The team is peaking at the right time and expects to do very well throughout this weekend.

• Mariners, Totems battle at Valleys

Congratulations to our Mariner swimmers! In addition to their previous success at the Fraser Valley’s, the EMS Swim Team was the top school in the pool at the BC Provincial Championships held November 16th and 17th. The accolades are due to a strong team effort. The team’s strength were in the relay events, where they won three events. For more information, click the link below, and view the November 22nd article in the Peace Arch News, which chronicles the team’s success.

Way to go Mariners!

• BC’s Go Swimmingly

The students in both Ms. Peters and Ms. Davis’s ESL classes folded 1000 cranes for Ms. Davis’s sister Janine who recently found out that she has breast cancer. It is a belief in many Asian countries that if you make 1,000 cranes you will be cured. It is a grand gesture, one that is in line with our school goal of social responsibility. We are very proud of the students and their committment to helping others. The story was featured in the November 27th edition of the Surrey Now Newspaper. Well done Mariners.

• Students help sister’s spirit soar

Earl Marriott Secondary students have been featured recently in the news. Below are two links to Peace Arch News articles, both involving members of EMS’s swim team. The first article is on Gloria Chu and her piano playing prowess. Gloria has been a recipient of Peninsula Arts Foundation scholarships for the last five years and has been featured in three of the organization’s Showcase concerts. The second article showcases the EMS swim team and their recent success at the Fraser Valley Swimming Championships. This is the second year in a row the team has won the competition.

Well done Mariners!

• Young Pianist Making Her Mark on Peninsula
• Two Straight For Swimmers

Update:

We are proud to announce that Joel has won a silver medal at the World Skills competition in Japan.

Way to go, Joel!

• World Skills Results

Former Earl Marriott student, Joel Kitching has been featured in the Vancouver Sun for his work in the web design portion of the Skills Canada competition. Joel is off to Tokyo, Japan this week to compete in the World Skills competition, a competition that occurs once every two years. Joel won the honour of representing Canada two years ago, by winning gold in the Skills Canada competition.

Good luck Joel!

• Vancouver Sun Article
• World Skills Website
• Skills Canada Website

This year our school will be hosting the AAAA Sr. Girls Volleyball Provincial Championships (Nov 29 – Dec 1). Sixteen Teams and media from all around our great Province will be descending on Earl Marriott and Semiahmoo Secondary. It will be a great time to showcase our schools and the wonderful things we do for our student athletes in the south end of the Surrey School District. The first article was written by Howard Tsumara of the Province in an effort to showcase our three schools and the spirit of cooperation that exists amongst our three schools. The second, top 10 questions from our Athletic Council Co-President and Sr. Girls Volleyball Co-Captain. These articles are great in showcasing EMS in a positive light. Enjoy!

• Co-operation Trumps Winning
• Top 10 Questions