Seycove Secondary School is a Canadianhigh school in the Deep Cove neighbourhood of the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia. Located just east of Dollarton Highway, the school has a student population of approximately 650 students in grades 8 through 12.
Athletics
Seycove's ski and snowboard team has won the district championship for two consecutive years. Seycove's cross country team has won the AA division banner the last three years running, with many athletes qualifying for the provincials. The school's rugby team has had two consecutive championship seasons as well, winning the Tier Two "New Zealand Shield" in the 2006 season and defending it in 2007. The Senior Boys soccer team won the provincials in 2006.The Senior Girls soccer team won the provincials in 2012. The gymnastics team is also well-recognized. Seycove's rowing team has come in first place in the district for many years in a row, most recently during the 2009 season. The 2009 Senior Boys Soccer team placed third in the AA Provincials. The 2010 Senior Boys AA and Junior Boys basketball teams are highly ranked within their leagues this year, both coming off successful preseason tournaments. The Senior Girls AA team won the provincial championship in 2017 and ranks highly in the province, usually top 15. Sports offered at Seycove Secondary include: • Badminton • Gymnastics • Soccer • Basketball • Mountain Biking • Swimming • Cross-Country • Rowing • Tennis • Field Hockey • Rugby • Track & Field • Golf • Skiing & Snowboarding • Volleyball
Music
Seycove's music program includes concert and jazz choirs, as well as an internationally acclaimed chamber choir. The choir is an auditioned student choral group. They have received numerous accolades in the past, winning "Best Youth Choir of the World" in the international Kathaumixw festival in Powell River, in July 2006. In May 2007, the chamber choir travelled to New York City to perform at Carnegie Hall with the New England Symphony. The school also presents a musical production outside of its regular music program every other year involving Broadway musical selections. In February 2011, the Seycove Women's and Chorale choir again returned to New York City to perform at Carnegie Hall.
Theatre
Seycove Secondary has a theatre program and its own distinctive black box theatre, nicknamed "The Vortex." There are two special events that occur in alternating years: the One Act Play Festival, which consists of one-act plays written and directed by students in the senior acting program, and the Spring Play, which is open to all members of the Drama department. Past productions include Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie; Woody Allen's Play It Again, Sam; and William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. For the 2008 spring season, the Senior Acting Troupe put on a production of Arthur Miller'sThe Crucible. In 2012, the school saw the loss of Susan cook, the drama teacher for many years, to cancer
Other programs
The school offers several courses in visual arts, including Art Foundations, Portfolio, Photography, Film and Television, and Desktop Publishing. Other electives include Outdoor Education, Foods, Textiles, Drama, English Literature, Dynamics, Psychology, Law, History, and First Nations studies.
Seycove Secondary appears in Bates Motel, Charlie St. Cloud and Supernatural. Seycove's in-film location have varied, including acting as a high school, street corner, and gas station.
Transportation
The closest public transit routes are TransLinkBuses #211, #212 and #C15 serviced one block west on Deep Cove Rd. The school has a parking lot for students and employees, located east from the building
