Souris Regional School, is a Canadian public school located in Souris,

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. The school instructs students from

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. The school serves the north eastern part of Kings County. Souris Regional School has adopted maroon and gold as its official colours. Its mascot is a

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n and sports teams are called the Souris Spartans.

History and characteristics

* In 1961, the Souris Regional High School instructing students in grades 9-12 was officially opened by Premier Walter R. Shaw. * In 1984, a section of Souris Regional High School was demolished and a new section added containing classrooms, cafeteria, gymnasium, and an area for vocational training in carpentry, welding and motor vehicle repair. * Beginning with the 2009 academic year, Souris Regional High School changed to grades 8-12; this was due to the closure of several smaller consolidated (K-8) schools in Kings County. *In 2011 the provincial government approved a request from the school board to close and demolish the Souris Consolidated School (grades K-7) and to renovate and build an addition onto the Souris Regional High School building in order to accommodate a total of 625 students (grades K-12). Planning and design was completed in 2012 and construction took place in 2013–2014. *The school was renamed Souris Regional School and students from grades K-12 began attending class in 2014. Souris Regional School is currently the second smallest in the province in terms of student enrollment.

Extracurricular activities

;Sports Varsity sports at Souris Regional School include: *boys and girls

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*boys and girls

Rugby Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Rugby union: 1 ...

*boys and girls Cross Country *boys and girls

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

*boys and girls

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

*boys and girls

Track & Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

*boys and girls

Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

*boys and girls

Powerlifting Powerlifting is a strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athlete attempting a maximal weight single-lift effor ...

*girls

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

;Clubs Souris Regional School has several extracurricular clubs: *Blood For Life Club *Grad Activity Committee * Prom Committee *Readers' Circle *Robotics *Rotary Youth Parliament *SADD *SAVE *Caring Hearts

Notable alumni

* Ross Young '84: a member of the legislative assembly of

. died in 2021.

References

{{reflist High schools in Prince Edward Island Schools in Kings County, Prince Edward Island Educational institutions established in 1955 1955 establishments in Prince Edward Island

History and characteristics

Extracurricular activities

Notable alumni

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