| Kitsilano Secondary School | |
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| 2550 West 10th Avenue Vancouver, British Columbia, V6K 2J6, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School number | 03939006 |
| School board | School District 39 Vancouver |
| Area trustee | Shirley M. Wong |
| Principal | Chris Atkinson |
| Vice principal | Germaine Tsui Allison Kerr |
| School type | Secondary School |
| Grades | 8-12 |
| Language | English, French |
| Motto | Fiat Lux Let There Be Light |
| Mascot | Demons |
| Team name | Blue Demons |
| Colours | Royal Blue and Gold |
| Founded | 1927 |
| Enrolment | 1516[1] (September 2009) |
| Homepage | http://kitsilano.vsb.bc.ca/ |
Kitsilano Secondary School is a secondary school in the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver, Canada. The school has several district programs including French immersion, on-site pre-employment. Advanced Placement courses are also offered.
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The students selected royal blue and gold as the school colours, based on those at Aberdeen University (the Alma Mater of one of their teachers); the first Latin classes chose "Fiat Lux" (Let there be light) as the school motto. The original school crest was designed by Mr. S. P. Judge, the first art teacher at Kitsilano, and although the crest has undergone some slight changes over the decades, it still proudly displays the colours and motto.
The school is particularly well-known for the numerous television and film productions which have been filmed on location. Most recently, Juno, Superbad and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" were shot at Kitsilano. The school also counts a number of former alumni who went on to careers in film and television, notably Ryan Reynolds and Joshua Jackson.
The school song "Hail Kitsilano" [1] was composed in 1936. Written bt Mr. Parfitt.
The main foyer is home to a portrait of Chief August Jack Khatsahlano, the school's namesake. The auditorium houses a Tanu totem pole, carved by Don Yeomans in 1986 in honour of Vancouver's centennial anniversary.
In addition to its distinguished academic record, Kitsilano has been highly successful in a number of sports, most prominently, basketball, rugby and ice-hockey. It won provincial basketball championships in 1997, were the City and District Champions and went to the Provincial finals in 1977, and more recently the HSBC Vancouver basketball tournament in 2007. In 2008, the senior soccer team won the City and District Championships and reached the second place in the provincials. The cheerleading team was named the small senior varsity international champions at the Sea to Sky International Cheer & Dance Championships in 2010. The senior girls hockey team has met with Killarney in the city finals the past three years, winning it in 2008 and 2010. Kitsilanos "mascot" is the Blue Demon.
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