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|schoolboard= [[School District 39 Vancouver]] |
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School type | Secondary school |
Motto | Custos Morum |
Founded | 1925 |
School board | School District 39 Vancouver |
Superintendent | Mr. Raoul |
Area trustee | Sharon Gregson |
School number | 03939038 |
Administrator | Rita Nardi |
Principal | Maria Taddei |
Grades | 8-12 |
Enrollment | 1200+ (2007) |
Language | English |
Area | West Point Grey |
Colour(s) | Scarlet, Grey |
Team name | Grey Ghosts |
Website | http://byng.vsb.bc.ca/ |
Lord Byng Secondary School is a grade 8-12 school located in the West Point Grey neighbourhood on the west side of Vancouver, British Columbia. The school officially opened in 1925, and was named in honour of The Lord Byng of Vimy, a hero of Vimy Ridge and the Governor General of Canada at the time.
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The school was expanded in 2003 with a new library and gymnasium, as well as studios and classrooms. After being ranked the most vulnerable school to earthquakes in 2004/05, a seismic upgrade took place. Constructions ended in the summer of 2005.
According to the annual Fraser Institute rankings, Lord Byng Secondary was ranked 2nd best public school in Vancouver. In 2006, Lord Byng achieved 1st place of all BC public schools in terms of provincial scores, scoring approximately an 84% average. When placed against private schools, Lord Byng placed 3rd overall, on top of several prestigious private facilities. Not only is this school strong academically, it also specializes in the arts. Byng's music program is one of the best in the Lower Mainland.
In the 2005-2006 school year, Byng Art's Theatre Company and the school gained national attention for staging the play The Laramie Project after the Surrey School Board banned the play. [1]
Byng Arts Mini School
The Byng Arts Mini School is a program for above average students which places artistic development at the core of the high school experience through enrichment in the fine arts as well as academics. Traditionally, students have specialized in Visual Arts, Band, Strings, or Theatre, but options have expanded to include Literary and Media Arts.
The School offers an intensive program that is designed for students who wish to direct their energies and passions towards the arts, to work within a community of students who share their interests, and to maintain strong academic achievement.
The program promotes both academic and artistic excellence while fostering interdisciplinary awareness and individual creativity through curricular and extra-curricular activities in the fine arts, literary arts and applied fine arts.[2]
Lord Byng Music Department
Under the direction of the Fine Arts department head, Scott MacLennan, Lord Byng has one of the best music programs in the Lower Mainland. Many of the groups, including the high-level Honours Orchestra and Senior Wind Ensemble, have consistently placed 1st/gold in provincial and national competitions (such as Kiwanis and MusicFest Canada). It offers a variety of programs, both in band and strings. Listed below are some of the classes that are currently offered:
- Beginner Band
- Junior Band
- Intermediate Band
- Senior Band / Wind Ensemble
- Junior Jazz Band
- Intermediate Jazz Band
- Senior Jazz Band
- Beginnner Orchestra
- Intermediate Orchestra
- Senior Orchestra
- Honours Orchestra
- Symphony Orchestra
- Choir
- Junior Symphony Orchestra (2007-2008)
Some of the notable band trips include Osaka, Japan (1970), Austria and Germany (2003), New York City (2005), and Italy (2007).
Achievements
Lord Byng Secondary School received a rating of 9.2 out of 10 in the 2007 edition of The Fraser Institute's Report Card on Secondary Schools in British Columbia and Yukon. It ranked 13th out of the 291 schools ranked in the report card.[3]
Lord Byng and Hollywood
- Lord Byng's interiors were used for the hospital scenes. Its exteriors stood in for a fictional Harding High School in Wisconsin during the second-season premiere of Masters of Horror
- Areas of the school were used in the filming of Hollow Man 2.
Notable Alumni
- Elizabeth Ball, Vancouver city councillor
- Stan Douglas, Canadian installation artist
- Marcus Haber, Canadian soccer player
- Cory Lee, Canadian pop singer
- Joyce Murray, Former MLA of New Westminster and Liberal Candidate for Vancouver Quadra
- Eric Nicol, Canadian humourist and playwright
- Phil Nimmons, Canadian jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and academic
- Carly Pope, Canadian actress
- Ross Rebagliati, first ever to win an Olympic gold medal for snowboarding
- Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress
- Kimberley Stanfield, Playboy Playmate of the Month for July 2001
- Sophia Santi, Penthouse Pet of the Month November 2002
Notes
External links
- Lord Byng Secondary School
- Vancouver School Board - Lord Byng
- Byng Arts Mini School
- Vancouver School Board - Byng Arts Mini School
- Byng Arts Student Council
- Lord Byng Community Music Society
- Lord Byng Band Department
- Lord Byng Symphony Orchestra
- Lord Byng French Department
- Lord Byng Library