Killarney Secondary School

Killarney Secondary School is a public secondary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[3] It is the largest public secondary school in the city by area.[4] The school and the neighbourhood it is located in is named after Killarney, Ireland.

Killarney Secondary School
Address
6454 Killarney Street

Vancouver
,
British Columbia
,
V5S 2X7

Canada
Coordinates49°13′31.4″N 123°2′42.8″W
Information
School typeSecondary school
Motto"Semper fidelis"
(Always faithful)
FoundedSeptember 29, 1957[1]
School boardSchool District 39 Vancouver
SuperintendentScott Robinson
School number03939016
DirectorMagdalena Kassis (Director of Instruction)
PrincipalKal Gill[2]
Grades8–12
Enrollment~2,000
LanguageEnglish
AreaKillarney
Colour(s)Green and Grey
MascotCougar
Team nameCougars
Public transit access26, 49, 430
Websitekillarney.vsb.bc.ca

History
Southwest entrance to Killarney Secondary School.

Killarney Secondary School opened on September 29, 1957, beginning with students from Grades 7–10 and one wing (A-Wing). The teaching staff consisted of 52 members under the direction of principal Tom Alsbury. Grade 11 was added the following year, and Grade 12 the year after that, with the first class of senior students graduating as the class of 1960.

At the time of its opening, the school was surrounded by vacant land as the areas to the east and south were just beginning to see development. Killarney continued to grow especially as the area south of 49th Avenue matured. November 1961 saw the addition of a new wing to the building which included an auditorium and stage (B-Wing). Just over six years later in December 1967, D-Wing was completed, which greatly expanded and improved the existing science and industrial education facilities. In the 1970s, seven portable classrooms were placed on the grounds to accommodate over 1,700 students enrolled by that time (construction of a neighbouring secondary school had been delayed). Within a decade, enrollment reached 2,000 and has remained around this number since. The most recent addition was C-Wing, with a new entrance, a foyer, 21 new classrooms, a new band-room, and a state of the art music lab.[1]

Current

Killarney Secondary is the largest secondary school in Vancouver by area, and a comprehensive school currently with around 2,000 students in Grades 8–12 with 167 teaching and non-teaching staff. Extra-curricular activities are abundant, with more than 35 clubs and a full inter-high school sports program. Killarney Secondary also has one of the highest enrollments in the district in the senior maths and sciences.[1]

Fine Arts

Killarney has Vancouver's largest and most varied Fine Arts Program, featuring an internationally recognized music program in band, choral and strings, and award-winning programs in art/graphics and drama. The Killarney Secondary Band, Choir and Strings programs have performed worldwide.

KAFT, the Killarney Association for Film and Theater, was established September 2012, with the purpose of promoting the dramatic arts to the students in Killarney Secondary.[1]

Achievements

The University of British Columbia Mathematics Department has been releasing a specific annual study of B.C. secondary schools since at least 1987. It is a school-by-school study based on final standings in each December for the various UBC First Year Calculus Courses for students who graduated from secondary schools in British Columbia. Killarney Secondary School ranked in the top third for 13 consecutive years from 1991 to 2003, dropped down the list to 12th (of 21 schools) in 2004, and returned to the top third (5th out of 23 schools) in 2005.[5]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Killarney Secondary School Website (VSB)". Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  2. "School Information - Killarney Secondary". www.bced.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  3. "VSB Official Website". Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  4. "Killarney Secondary School Website". Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  5. "First Year Calculus Results". Mathematics Department at UBC. Archived from the original on June 14, 2004. Retrieved February 13, 2007.
  6. Clarke, Mike (November 24, 2001). "Photos: Asian Film Awards". The Vancouver Sun.
  7. Fink, Jerry (November 25, 2005). "Colin doesn't make mockery of LV comedy". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved March 19, 2009.
  8. "Milan Lucic 'couldn't be happier' to land with Kings". ESPN. July 12, 2015.
  9. https://archive.today/20130928203019/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/T/Trooper/2000/09/01/pf-751444.html. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2019. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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