Stanley Humphries Secondary School

49°19′12″N 117°39′38″W / 49.31997°N 117.66069°W / 49.31997; -117.66069InformationSchool typePublic, high schoolMottoCarpe Diem
(Seize the Day)Founded1951FounderNikolai Stepanovich Sokolov (Russian: Николай Степанович Соколов)School boardSchool District 20 Kootenay-ColumbiaSuperintendentMs Shawna WilliamsSchool number2009010PrincipalMs. Chantal St JacquesStaff47Grades8 - 12Enrollment731 (January 4, 2016)LanguageEnglish, French, RussianColour(s)Yellow and BlueMascotFlash the CoyoteTeam nameCoyotesWebsiteshsscastlegar.com

Stanley Humphries Secondary, also known as "SHSS",^[1] is a public high school in Castlegar, British Columbia part of School District 20 Kootenay-Columbia. Stanley Humphries was founded in 1951 and continues to be open to the community.

Stanley Humphries is the main Secondary School for the Castlegar area. Known colloquially as "SH", the school houses grades 8 to grade 12 in a building located in the centre of the downtown residential core, surrounded by several other schools, including Selkirk College, across the river, Twin Rivers Elementary, and Castlegar Primary, both of which sit directly adjacent to SHSS.

As of the 2011/2012 school year, the school provides access to various electronic devices for the students to use during class, such as laptops and iPads.^[2]

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