19438 – 116B Avenue
Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 1G1
Phone: 604.465.7141
Pitt Meadows Secondary School (school capacity – 1,100)
Academics
Pitt Meadows Secondary School (PMSS) is a dual-track English and French Immersion school with a student population of just under 1,000. Students can choose from several university prep and vocational programs that follow a 2 Semester, September-January / January – June schedule. PMSS also features a daily 40 minute FLEX block that allows students some choice in their learning activity and location, thus promoting independence, ownership and personalization.
Fine Arts
PMSS features programs in visual, theatre and musical arts. Visual arts students produce top-quality 2D and 3D pieces of work that are regularly displayed throughout the community of Pitt Meadows. The music program features both beginner and advanced concert band, jazz band, and guitar classes while PMSS also offers drama/theatre classes at all grade levels.
Applied Skills/Technology
A full range of applied skills elective options include: automotive, woodwork, metal tech, welding, cooking, power mechanics, robotics, desktop publishing, digital media, photography, computer technology and others.
Athletics
PMSS is known for its far-reaching and successful athletics program. Sports offered include basketball (boys and girls), volleyball, ball hockey, soccer (boys and girls), cross-country, track and field, and golf (boys and girls). A number of recreational clubs also are offered such as ski and snowboarding, outdoors club, yoga, fitness and conditioning and weightlifting.
Unique features
PMSS is home to the RPM Hockey Academy, a program popular with both local and international students. PMSS also features leadership and social justice programs that involve many students becoming active in the surrounding community.
2021 Actual | |
Enrolment (Ministry of Education and Child Care funded and international students without cross-enrolled) | 895.94 |
School Utilization | 81.45% |
Operating Capacity | 1100 |
Visit the Pitt Meadows Secondary website at https://pmss.sd42.ca/
In March 2023, the Ministry of Education and Child Care announced that the replacement of Pitt Meadows Secondary School has been identified as a supported project, allowing the district to move forward with the development of a business case. The school district has begun work on the revised business case with the hope that funding for a replacement secondary school is announced within the next 12 months.
Information about the public engagement process and conceptual plans is available at https://www.sd42.ca/replacement-secondary-meadows/