Burnaby South Secondary School

Burnaby South Secondary

Address
5455 Rumble St Burnaby, British Columbia, V5J 2B7 Canada
Coordinates	49°12′58″N 122°59′7″W / 49.21611°N 122.98528°W / 49.21611; -122.98528Coordinates: 49°12′58″N 122°59′7″W / 49.21611°N 122.98528°W / 49.21611; -122.98528
Information
School type	Public, high school
Founded	1922
School board	School District 41 Burnaby
School number	4141062
Principal	Ms. Lee-Anne Kristmanson
Staff	104
Grades	8-12
Enrollment	1860 (Sept 2016)
Language	English, ASL
Area	South Slope
Mascot	The letter "R" in black, with yellow outlines. Previously a cowboy resembling a rebel.
Team name	Rebels
Website	south.sd41.bc.ca

Burnaby South Secondary is a public high school in Burnaby, British Columbia. It is one of the eight high schools within School District 41 Burnaby. Burnaby South currently contains approximately 1800 students.

History

The school opened in 1922, and the BC School for the Deaf was moved to the site in 1995.

Developed as a Year 2000 school, the building incorporated a significant amount of technology, including monitors in all the halls and classrooms in place of PAs and a card swipe attendance system. Former B.C. Premier Christy Clark graduated from Burnaby South in 1983.

Facilities

A broadcasting class named Television Production (TVP) delivers the morning announcements every day in the form of a news report called RebelsMedia. Partner to the Television Production program is the Video Production class where students create short films for the school and local film festivals.

Facilities include two tournament sized gymnasiums, a fitness/dance room, a weight room, a wrestling room, and a large indoor running track encircling the physical education facility; a professional 600 seat community theatre, called The Michael J. Fox Theatre; lab facilities in science, home economics, art, drama, business education, and technology education; and Southpoint, the school store run by Marketing students.

Sports teams are available from grades 8-12 for basketball, wrestling, swimming, golf, soccer, rugby, volleyball, badminton, tennis, and dragon boating.

Academics

The school offers several honours courses and a variety of Advanced Placement courses. In late 2013, the Burnaby School District announced that the school would be offering the AP Capstone Diploma Program in the 2014/15 year.^[1]

Notable alumni

Christy Clark - 35th Premier of British Columbia^[2]
Christine Sinclair - Professional soccer player^[3]
Michael J. Fox - Professional actor, Order of Canada recipient

References

↑ http://sd41.bc.ca/programs/apCourses.htm
↑ http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/christy-clark/ Accessed 2014-10-26
↑ http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/christine-sinclair/ Accessed 2014-10-26

External links

Burnaby South school website

School Reports - BC Ministry of Education

Schools in Burnaby, British Columbia
Secondary schools	Alpha Burnaby Central Burnaby Mountain Burnaby North Burnaby South Byrne Creek Cariboo Hill Maples Moscrop Willingdon
Primary or elementary schools	Armstrong Aubrey Brantford Brentwood Park Buckingham Cameron Capitol Hill Cascade Heights Chaffey-Burke Clinton Confederation Park Douglas Road Edmonds Community Forest Grove Gilmore Community Gilpin Glenwood Holy Cross Elementary Inman Kitchener Lakeview Lochdale Community Lyndhurst École Marlborough Maywood Community Montecito Morley Nelson Parkcrest Rosser Seaforth Second Street Community South Slope Sperling Stoney Creek Community Stride Avenue Community Suncrest Taylor Park Twelfth University Highlands Westridge Windsor
Private schools	Carver Christian High School St. Thomas More Collegiate Youth Futures R3
Other schools	British Columbia Institute of Technology Simon Fraser University Burnaby College

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