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Kwantlen Park Secondary is a designated high needs inner city school in Surrey. With enrolment of more than 1400 students in grades 8-12, 23% of our families are defined as low income, 33% are single parent, and 50% have moved into or out of the neighborhood in the last five years.
Several students at Kwantlen Park face daily and complex challenges – lack of food, no transportation, living alone and with no consistent home base, inability to cover extra costs like school supplies, extracurricular activities, school social events and the like. School counsellors will use the Emergency Fund to cover the emergency costs of food, clothes, transportation, school supplies and extracurricular costs when there is no other way to provide these items to the students. Providing these basic essentials to our most vulnerable youth is an enormous need in our large geographical district as it makes them feel safe, cared for, and allows them to thrive in the classroom and focus on graduating.
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