Terry Fox Secondary School
Terry Fox Secondary School | |
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1260 Riverwood Gate Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, V3B 7Z5, Canada | |
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School board | School District 43 Coquitlam |
Principal | Heather Murphy |
Vice principal | Ross Jacobsen, Lisa Dubé and J.J. Hyde |
School type | Coeducational Public Secondary |
Grades | 9 to 12 |
Language | English |
Motto | "We Pursue Excellence" |
Team name | Terry Fox Ravens |
Colours | Black & Red |
Founded | 1950s |
Enrollment | 1570 |
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Terry Fox Secondary School is a school with approximately 1570 students in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. The original building was built on reputed Indian burial ground in the 1950s under the name "Port Coquitlam Senior Secondary" for grades 11 and 12 on Wellington Street. It was renamed Terry Fox Senior Secondary School after Terry Fox class '76 graduate. The "Senior" was dropped from the name after a restructuring by Coquitlam School District 43, when junior high schools were renamed middle schools.
In 1999, to help deal with major overcrowding issues, the school was relocated to a new, larger building, several kilometres away on Riverwood Gate. However, the new building quickly became overcrowded as well, and is now home to 17 portables. Fox offers a wide variety of academic courses and programs at all levels. Creating community is always a focus with dynamic leadership courses and initiatives to build connections in and out of our building. The school offers many honors classes as well as Advanced Placement and Co-op programs and Ace It programs. The School has respected athletic programs, namely in basketball and football, and is usually ranked in both sports.[1] It has produced many skilled athletes, including BC Lions slotback Bret Anderson, Saskatchewan Roughriders fullback Chris Szarka, Olympic Gold Medalist Rick Paige, Olympic Bronze Medalist Chris Rinke, race car driver Adrien Herberts Pro softball player for USSA Pride Jenn Salling and news anchor Lynn Colliar.
The Terry Fox football team has also taken part in an exchange with the football team from St. Mark Catholic High School (Ottawa) from Manotick, Ontario since 2009.
The Terry Fox Theatre, a privately run operation, formerly run by the school itself, adjoins the north side of the school. The school is noted for its many musicals and plays including You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Footloose, Hair, The Wedding Singer and Jesus Christ Superstar,Tough, Daddy's Home, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Of Mice and Men and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. In 2010, Terry Fox Secondary became District Champions of "MetFest" with the musical comedy The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, going on to represented Terry Fox Secondary at the Sears British Columbia Drama Festival where they were awarded 'Best Actor in a Leading Role - Female', 'Special Merit Award for Musical Virtuosity', and 'Best Ensemble/ Choreography'. In 2011, Terry Fox's show "Am I Blue" became District Champions at "MetFest".
Provincial championships
Year | Team |
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1989 | Senior Boys AA Football |
1993 | Senior Boys AAA Basketball |
1994 | Senior Boys AAA Basketball |
2006 | Junior Boys AAA Football |
2006 | Senior Boys AAA Football |
2007 | Junior Boys AAA Football |
2008 | Senior Boys AAA Football |
2011 | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee |
2012 | Senior Boys AAA Basketball |
2012 | Junior Boys AAA Football |
Famous Terry Fox alumni
Name | Grad Class | Notability |
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Bret Anderson | 1992 | Former BC Lions slot back |
Sandy Beveridge | 1999 | Former Hamilton Tiger-Cats safety |
Lynn Colliar | 1985 | Anchor of Global BC's Morning News |
Terry Fox | 1976 | Ran the Marathon of Hope |
Pia Guerra | 1990 | Comic book artist |
Jamall Lee | 2005 | Ed Herberts award recipient, 2006 BCAA AAA Provincial All Star, Football Athlete of the Year, BC Lions Running Back |
Rachel Marsden | 1992 | Political commentator, Columnist, CNN contributor, Fox News co-host |
Dan Payne | 1984 | Canadian Football League offensive linesman and Olympic wrestler |
Christopher Rinke | 1978 | Olympic wrestler. 1984 Bronze medalist in the Men's Freestyle Middleweight (82 kg) category |
Steve Skroce | 1991 | Comic book and movie storyboard artist |
Chris Szarka | 1993 | Former Saskatchewan Roughriders fullback |
Ian Tracey | 1982 | Actor (Da Vinci's Inquest, Intelligence, Huckleberry Finn and His Friends) |
Keanu Pires | 2009 | Actor (The Sandlot: Heading Home) |
Brittany Rogers | 2011 | Olympic Gymnast |
Dean Whalen | 2000 | World Wide Group Diamond |
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