Point Grey Secondary School

Point Grey Secondary School is a public secondary school located in the Kerrisdale and Shaughnessy neighbourhoods of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Point Grey Secondary School
Front of Building
Address
5350 East Boulevard

Vancouver
,
British Columbia
,
V6M 3V2

Canada
Information
School typeSecondary school
Motto"Honor Ante Honores"
(Honour Before Fame)
Founded1929 as Junior High
School boardSchool District 39 Vancouver
SuperintendentG. Little
Area trusteeD. Turner[1]
School number03939012
PrincipalNick Akrap
Grades8-12
Enrollment1202[2]
LanguageEnglish
AreaKerrisdale
Colour(s)Blue and Grey   
MascotGrey Hounds
Team namePoint Grey Hounds
Public transit access R4 41st Avenue RapidBus 16, 41, 480
Websitewww.vsb.bc.ca/schools/point-grey/pages/default.aspx

History

Designed by Fred Townley and Matheson, the main building was built in 1929 in a Collegiate Gothic style.[3] Construction of the school was commissioned by the Municipality of Point Grey prior to amalgamation with the City of Vancouver. Point Grey Secondary was built originally as a junior high school. The first students began classes in September 1929 and the building served as a junior high school until 1965 when it became a full secondary school. In 1965, a new wing was added with a gym, laboratories and a library. In 2006, Point Grey, in conjunction with the Parks Board, completed a new artificial turf field, and have upgraded the track surrounding it to a rubber surface. Point Grey also offers Advanced Placement courses in Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, Computer Science, English, Physics, and Psychology.[4]

In 1962 Point Grey was designated a comprehensive secondary school from grade 8 to 12, as it is today. Although the school offered a full range of courses, its focus was essentially academic. Today eighty-five per cent of Point Grey's grade 12's continue on with post-secondary education.

Feeder schools

For the most part, Point Grey Secondary School receives students from three elementary schools. These include Kerrisdale Elementary School, Quilchena Elementary School, and Southlands Elementary School. However, students also enroll from Talmud Torah, Emily Carr Elementary School, St. Augustine's Elementary School, Shaughnessy Elementary School, General Wolfe Elementary School, L'École Bilingue, Jules Quesnel Elementary School and also from many other private and public schools in the region and all over the Vancouver area and out of boundary.

Campus

The main building, (the original building) contains most of the school's classrooms, a cafeteria, Foods and Sewing Room on the first floor. The Second floor, contains the office, the Library, the Auditorium, Band room, Small Gym, Boys and Girls Gym. Most Math and Art, and Tech classes are on this floor. The third floor, has classes for English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Social Studies. There is also a Science Wing which contains 7 classrooms. There is also a Drama room, Woodworks shop, and a "Math" wing, which no longer houses any math class.

Point Grey Mini School
Point Grey Mini School

Founded in 1979, the mini school is a district-wide program that offers students enriched learning and social experiences in addition to the regular curriculum. Unlike the main school, all students who wish to enter the mini school program must write an entrance exam (regardless of whether or not they are in the catchment zone), and out of the many who apply, only twenty-eight individuals (14 girls and 14 boys) are chosen. Students are still considered part of the main school and take elective courses there. The head teacher position is currently shared by Mr. Paul Skarsgard and Mr. Mori Hamilton. The students go on a variety of trips listed below:

Sports

There is a wide variety of extracurricular sports are offered throughout the year such as soccer, volleyball and skiing.

Fall season

Cross country running, girls' field hockey, boys' rugby, boys' premier soccer, Junior soccer, swimming, girls' volleyball, junior and senior boys volleyball

Winter season

Wrestling, snowboard, skis, ice hockey and basketball for boys and girls.

Spring season

Girls' soccer, bantam and juvenile boys volleyball, track and field, girls' rugby, ultimate, softball, golf for boys and girls, tennis and badminton.

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2016-11-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Ready Reference March 2008" (PDF). Vsb.ba.ca. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "AP Central – Education Professionals – The College Board". AP Central. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  5. "TV Pilot Season in Vancouver 2016 Roundup". Whatsfilming.ca. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  6. Cash, Dougie (July 26, 2017). "Lucas James and Lara Jean about to tango... is that a @jennyhan sighting #TATB #ToAllTheBoys #ToAllTheBoysIveLovedBefore". Instagram. Retrieved July 26, 2017.

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