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Lord Byng Secondary School
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Address
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3939 West 16th Avenue

Vancouver
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British Columbia
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V5R 3C9
Information
School typeSecondary school
MottoCustos Morum
Founded1925
School boardSchool District 39 Vancouver
SuperintendentMr. Raoul
Area trusteeSharon Gregson
School number03939038
AdministratorRita Nardi
PrincipalMaria Taddei
Grades8-12
Enrollment1200+ (2007)
LanguageEnglish
AreaWest Point Grey
Colour(s)Scarlet, Grey
Team nameGrey Ghosts
Websitehttp://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.

Lord Byng Secondary School

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

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Byng Arts Mini School Mascot

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

Notes

  1. ^ CBC News article on The Laramie Project at Byng
  2. ^ Vancouver School Board Mini School Information
  3. ^ "Report Card on Secondary Schools in British Columbia and Yukon". Retrieved 2007-09-20.



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