The school has won several awards in the NTS DramaFest including Outstanding Production, and Excellences in Directing, Writing and Ensemble work.

The school also offers many athletic opportunities, including Canadian football, rugby, basketball, volleyball, track and field, swimming, curling, badminton, tennis, cheerleading, and wrestling.

Based on the American Channel One News, it saw the company Athena Educational Partners provide the school with free television sets and computers.

Convicted sex offender Douglas Moore was arrested and charged for their murders but while awaiting trial in prison he allegedly killed himself to avoid prosecution.

[4] In June 2006, MSS was thrust into the international media spotlight when three of its former students, Fahim Ahmad, Saad Khalid, and Zakaria Amara were charged in an alleged terror plot.