Whistler Secondary School

High school in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Whistler Secondary

Address
Map
8000 Alpine Way Whistler , British Columbia , V0N 1B8 Canada
Coordinates	50°09′04′′N 122°57′38′′W / 50.1510°N 122.9606°W / 50.1510; -122.9606
Information
School type	Public, high school
Motto	Home of the Storm
School board	School District 48 Sea to Sky
School number	4848022
Principal	Robin Kirk
Staff	45
Grades	8-12
Enrollment	550 (September, 2022)
Language	English and French
Colour(s)	Blue Yellow White
Mascot	Zippy the lightning bolt^{[citation needed ]}
Team name	Whistler Storm
Website	sd48whistlersecondary.org

Whistler Secondary (or WSS) is a public high school in Whistler, British Columbia, and is part of School District 48 Sea to Sky. It is located opposite the subdivision of Alpine Meadows, north of the Whistler townsite adjacent to the Sea to Sky Highway. WSS was established in 1996 with a student capacity of 175 and was expanded to a 375 student capacity with a 3ドル.3 million renovation in 2004.^[1]^[2]

Athletics

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Whistler Secondary has a long-held rivalry with Pemberton Secondary School in sports such as soccer, basketball and volleyball.^{[citation needed ]} Whistler Secondary also has a hockey and rugby team.

Notable alumni

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Ashleigh McIvor, 2001 alumna, Former member of the Canadian Ski Cross team and Olympic Gold medalist.
Julia Murray, 2006 alumna, Canadian Ski Cross team member
Marielle Thompson, 2010 alumna, Canadian Ski Cross team member and Olympic Gold medalist.
Finn Iles, 2017 alumnus, Canadian Downhill Mountain Bike team member.
Broderick Thompson (alpine skier), 2012 alumnus, Canadian Olympic ski racer
Merritt Patterson, 2008 alumnus, Film and TV actor
Natalie Corless, 2021 alumnus, Canadian Olympic luge athlete
Simon d'Artois, 2010 alumnus, Olympic Halfpipe skier
Sean Pettit, 2010 alumnus, 2013 X games silver medalist, freeskier
Mercedes Nicoll, 2001 alumnus, freestyle snowboarder