Garibaldi Secondary School

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Garibaldi Secondary School
Address
24789 Dewdney Trunk Rd
Maple Ridge, British Columbia, V4R 1X2, Canada
Information
School number 4242002
School board School District 42 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Principal Mrs S Derinzy
Staff 62
School type Public high school
Grades 8-12
Enrollment 1033 (16 January 2006)

Garibaldi Secondary School is a grade 8-12 school located in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. The school presently has about 1060 students including about 70 International students.

The original school was built in 1956 when it was named after Garibaldi Provincial Park which was just to the North of the school. Later this part of the park became a separate park known as Golden Ears Provincial Park but the school kept the name Garibaldi Secondary School, so it is also named after Giuseppe Garibaldi as that is who the park was originally named after.

Garibaldi is known for its Fine Arts program especially Drama, its Technology program including Automotive and its extensive offering in the Business and Computing fields. The school also has a full range of academic courses including Advanced Placement courses. Garibaldi Secondary School is a prospective International Baccalaureate School for the IB Diploma Programe. It is likely that the first IB diploma classes will start in 2008.

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