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
Vice principal	Mr G Frend, Mr S Wiebe
Staff	62
School type	Public high school
Grades	8-12
Language	English
Motto	carpe diem "seize the day"
Mascot	Tasmanian Devil
Team name	Rebels
Colours	Blue, Gold and Silver
Founded	1956
Enrollment	1060 (16 January 2006)
Homepage	http://gss.sd42.ca

Garibaldi Secondary School is a grade 8-12 school located in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. The school presently has about 1040 students, and 62 teachers.

1 International Baccalaureate
2 Other Programs
3 Online Learning
4 History
5 External links

[edit] International Baccalaureate

Garibaldi Secondary School is an International Baccalaureate World School for the IB Diploma Programme. The first International Baccalaureate diploma classes will start in 2008. At this time Garibaldi is the only school in Maple Ridge to offer the IB Diploma Programme. The school also offers courses in the junior grades to help prepare students for the IB Diploma Programme.

[edit] Other Programs

In addition to its academic programs Garibaldi is known for its Fine Arts program (Drama, Video Editing, Music and Art), its Technical program (Automotive, Woodwork and Drafting)and its Business and Information Technology program (Accounting, Economics, Business Computer Applications, Desktop Publishing, Marketing, Tourism and Information Technology).

[edit] Online Learning

The school has been involved from the start in the District's Distance Learning Program the Connected Learning Community(CLC) which offers courses online to students all over British Columbia. Several teachers conduct online courses using various programs including Moodle and recently Second Life.

[edit] History

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. The school is beginning a building program which will eventually see the original building completely replaced. This program is scheduled to start in November 2007. And are going to be working on it to approximitly 2010.