Earl Marriott Secondary School
Earl Marriott Secondary (EMS) is a public high school in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada and is part of School District 36 Surrey. It is referred to as the 'Home of the Mariners'. It is located on the edge of city limits, on 16 Avenue (which straddles the border between Surrey and White Rock). Along with Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School, it is currently one of the subjects of a proposal by the school district to increase school hours to cope with the overpopulation.
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