Steveston Secondary was opened in 1956 originally for students from the Steveston fishing village in southwestern Richmond. Initially, it was a junior high school teaching grades 7-9, then became a combined junior-secondary school, and then it became a Senior Secondary with only Grades 11 and 12. In 1996, it was expanded back again to include the full grades 8-12.
New additions to school were completed over the years to account for its burgeoning size. In 1966, an Industrial Education wing was added, in 1970 the library expanded, two new classrooms and home economics labs were added, in 1971 the gym was altered, in 1974 the student lounge was built and in 1978 a Social Studies wing was added. The year 1981 saw the biggest renovation yet, a million-dollar project for Steveston’s Silver Jubilee.
In 1988, the school opened one of the first in-house Fish Hatcheries at a public school in BC. Fish were raised at the school and released into local streams. Since the school's 2007-08 merger with London Secondary, the Steveston secondary building has remained vacant with the exception of the RCMP having used the school for training.
We have the proud honour of having 1992 as the first "dry grad" celebration for its graduating students put on by PAC and the Dry-Grad committee!
What do you remember about Steveston?
Pep rallys, dances, school colours, football games, basketball, Game Day spirit, the purple and gold lockers, drama club, science, photography, the lunch kitchen (Tummy's?), hatchery club, band, choir, breakfast with Santa, Casa Guatemala Orphanage in Guatemala, the smoke pit, Once Upon a Mattress.