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The school's most popular events are Woodstock and Cornfest. Woodstock occurs in spring and there are live performances from students, air hockey, and free watermelon (10 slices per student). Cornfest occurs in autumn and the student body receives 2 pieces of corn and watch as 5–10 fellow students put on wet t-shirts and play other minor games.
The school also has its sports games at Burnaby Lake West due to the very poor conditions of its grass field. The major sports equipment at the school is two cartfuls of orange pebbled basketballs. Students enjoy the indoor basketball time in the small gym at lunch. Hockey equipment is lacking with less than 70 whole sticks (the size of a PE block being 220). A bright part of the school's athletics program are the volleyball teams.
There is currently a composting program at the school.
Moscrop Secondary is a high school which enrolls a population of 1480 student in grade 8 through grade 12 and is expected to grow in the coming years, prompting the need to expand the school. The graduating class consists of approximately 275 students. Feeder schools involve Marlborough, Chaffey Burke, Inman, Seaforth and Cascade Heights.
Moscrop Secondary has an Advanced Placement (AP) program offering eleven AP courses ranging from AP European History to AP Macroeconomics, as well as a unique French Immersion program from Grade 8 to 12.
Moscrop Secondary also offers a Career Preparation program whereby students go out on work experience for between 30–90 hours at various employers and companies throughout the city. Moscrop Secondary also offers students to go to other schools in the district to be involved with industry training programs (ACE-IT) that enable students to complete the first year theory exams and a portion of the on-the-job training requirements of an apprenticeship program.
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