Burnaby Central Secondary School Explained
| Burnaby Central Secondary School |
| Address: | 6011 Deer Lake Parkway |
| City: | Burnaby |
| Province: | British Columbia |
| Postcode: | V5G 0A9 |
| Country: | Canada |
| Coordinates: | 49.244°N -122.9751°W |
| Schooltype: | high school |
| Fundingtype: | Public |
| Motto: | Quorum Pars Sum |
| Motto Translation: | Of which I am a part |
| Founded: | 1958 |
| Schoolboard: | School District 41 Burnaby |
| Number: | 4141001 |
| Principal: | Tim Wozney |
| Staff: | 85 |
| Grades Label: | Grades |
| Grades: | 8–12 |
| Enrollment: | 1,437[1] |
| Enrollment As Of: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Colours: | Black, White, Red and Gold |
| Mascot: | Wildcat |
| Team Name: | Wildcats |
Burnaby Central Secondary School is a public high school in Burnaby, British Columbia. It is located across from Burnaby City Hall and is adjacent to Deer Lake Park. Burnaby Central is a part of Burnaby School District 41. As of 2015, there are more than 1,400 students attending the school. Classes at Burnaby Central usually follow the semester system. [2]
This new school building was constructed where the previous school's outdoor field was located. Construction began on a seismically sound school building in 2009 due to the Seismic Mitigation Program (SMP), a seismic upgrading program.[3] Burnaby Central Secondary School's new campus opened in September 2011.
Facilities
Burnaby Central Secondary has three floors and three wings. There are a total of eight staircases, 3 in wing B, 1 in wing A, 1 in wing C, and 3 external staircases. The student commons, a double height high ceiling atrium, sits in the middle of the central wing and separates wings A and C. It contains 52 classrooms. [4] Other facilities include:
- Art studios
- Cafeteria, Digital recording studio
- Competition running track
- Electronics lab
- Drafting lab
- Photography dark rooms
- Computer labs
- Teaching kitchen
- Gymnasiums (2)
- Textiles classroom
- Music rooms
- Wrestling room
- Weight room
- Theatre
- Dance studio
- Home economic labs
- Library
- Science labs
- Auto mechanics shop
- Woodwork shop
- Conference centre
- Learning centre. [5]
Notable alumni
- Sam Adekugbe, soccer player
- Bryce Alderson, soccer player
- Glenn Anderson, ice hockey player
- Marco Carducci, soccer player
- Caleb Clarke
- Roger Cross, actor
- Alphonso Davies, soccer player.
- Rob Feenie, Iron Chef winner and restaurateur
- Ben Fisk, soccer player
- Michael J. Fox, actor, activist, dropped out of school
- Kaleigh Fratkin (born 1992), professional ice hockey player
- Julia Grosso, soccer player
- Farhan Lalji, TSN TV reporter
- Patrick Lussier, film director
- Kenndal McArdle, ice hockey player
- Colin Percival, computer scientist
- Dave Steen, decathlete, Order of Canada recipient (first Canadian to score 8,000 points)
- Adam Straith, soccer player
- Russell Teibert, soccer player
- Dale Walters, retired Olympic boxer
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Burnaby Central Secondary . Burnaby Board of Education, School District 41 . 31 July 2018.
- Web site: Burnaby Central Secondary . Burnaby Board of Education, School District 41 . 31 July 2018.
- Web site: Seismic Mitigation Program. 2020-09-08. gov.bc.ca.
- Web site: Burnaby Central Secondary - Burnaby Schools - School District 41, Burnaby, BC, Canada. 2021-02-03. Burnaby Schools. en-US.
- Web site: School Map Burnaby Central Secondary School. 2021-02-03. central.burnabyschools.ca.
