Salisbury Composite High School

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Salisbury Composite High School
Address
20 Festival Way Sherwood Park , Alberta , T8A 4Y1 Canada
Coordinates	53°31′30″N 113°18′00″W / 53.525°N 113.300°W / 53.525; -113.300
Information
School type	Public secondary
Motto	Sail on with Pride and Tradition, represented by "Sic Sursum"[1] (Sail On)
Founded	1953[1]
School board	EIPS (Elk Island Public Schools)[2]
Superintendent	Mark Liguori[3]
Principal	Sunny Sandhu[1]
Grades	10-12[1]
Enrollment	approximately 1200[1]
Language	English
Colour(s)	Red, Black, and White[1]
Mascot	Sly the Sabre-Toothed Tiger [citation needed]
Team name	Sabres[1]
Website	www.salcomp.ca

Salisbury Composite High School, often referred to as Sal or Sal Comp,^{[citation needed]} is a public high school located in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada. It is part of Elk Island Public Schools^[4]

Salisbury was founded in 1953, and had its first graduation in 1954, with 10 teachers and 27 students. In 1969, the school moved to its current location and opened a vocational department.^[1]

In February 2019, there was a bomb threat at the school.^[5]

Salisbury's motto is "Sail on with Pride and Tradition", represented by the latin phrase Sic Sursum, which means "sail on" (literal Latin translation: "thus upwards"^{[citation needed]}). The school's logo is a sailing ship above the phrase Sic Sursum. The school colours colours are red, black and white, and its various sports teams are known as the Sabres.^[1]

Salisbury's crest consists of a red "S" in front of two crossed sabres which "point skywards in a salute to victory."^[1]

Salisbury athletics includes the following sports:^[6]

• Badminton
• Basketball
• Cheer
• Cross Country
• Football
• Golf
• Indoor Soccer (Co-Ed)
• Rugby
• Soccer
• Swimming
• Track and Field
• Handball
• Volleyball

Clubs at Salisbury include the following:^[7]

• Debate and Model UN
• Esports, with competitive E-sports teams for League of Legends and Super Smash Bros.^{[citation needed]}
• German Exchange
• GSA (Gender and Sexuality Alliance)
• Indigenous Youth and Allies Circle
• Movement
• Robotics
• Video Game Club
• Yearbook

In addition to offering English language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and modern languages courses,^[8] the following programs are available at Salisbury:

• Career and Technology Studies (CTS), including foods, cosmetology, esthetics, mechanics, fabrication, design tech, computer science, and computer works^[9]
• Fine Arts, including music (jazz and concert bands), performing arts, and visual arts^[10]
• Special Interest Courses, including aboriginal studies, aviation, film, forensics, psychology, SK8trepreneur, and Students Active in Leadership (SAIL)^[11]
• Physical Education, including yoga^[12]
• Steps to Enhance Personal Success (STEPS), a program "designed for those students of junior to senior high age with significant mental or physical disabilities"^[13]
• Grade 10 Honours Programme^[14]
• International Baccalaureate, for Grades 11 and 12^[15]

• Mike Johnson, Former MLB player (Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos).^[16]
• Kelsey Mitchell, Olympic sprint track cycling gold-medalist. She is pictured prominently on the Sabre Athletics Legacy Wall within the school.^[17][18]

• Official website