Killarney Secondary School Explained

Killarney Secondary School
Address:6454 Killarney Street
City:Vancouver
Province:British Columbia
Postcode:V5S 2X7
Country:Canada
Coordinates:49.2254°N -123.0452°W
Schooltype:Secondary school
Motto:"Latin: [[Semper fidelis]]"
Motto Translation:"Always faithful"
Founded:September 29, 1957
Schoolboard:School District 39 Vancouver
Superintendent:Scott Robinson
Director:Magdalena Kassis (Director of Instruction)
Number:03939016
Principal:Kal Gill[1]
Grades Label:Grades
Grades:8–12
Enrollment:~2,000
Language:English
Area:Killarney
Colours:Green and Grey
Mascot:Cougar
Team Name:Killarney Cougars
Free Label:Public transit access
Free Text:26, 49, 430

Killarney Secondary School is a public secondary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest public secondary school in the city by area. The school and the neighbourhood it is located in are named after Killarney, Ireland.

History

Killarney opened on September 29, 1957, beginning with students from Grades 7–10 and one wing (A-Wing). The teaching staff consisted of 52 members under the direction of principal Tom Alsbury. Grade 11 was added the following year, and Grade 12 the year after that, with the first class of senior students graduating as the class of 1960.

At the time of its opening, the school was surrounded by vacant land as the areas to the east and south were just beginning to see development. Killarney continued to grow especially as the area south of 49th Avenue matured. November 1961 saw the addition of a new wing to the building which included an auditorium and stage (B-Wing). Just over six years later in December 1967, D-Wing was completed, which greatly expanded and improved the existing science and industrial education facilities. In the 1970s, seven portable classrooms were placed on the grounds to accommodate over 1,700 students enrolled by that time (construction of a neighbouring secondary school had been delayed). Within a decade, enrollment reached 2,000 and has remained around this number since. C-Wing was added in 2003, with a new entrance, a foyer, 21 new classrooms, a new band-room, and a state of the art music lab.

Current

Killarney is the largest secondary school in Vancouver by area, and a comprehensive school currently with around 2,000 students in Grades 8–12 with 167 teaching and non-teaching staff. Extra-curricular activities are abundant, with more than 35 clubs and a full inter-high school sports program. Killarney also has one of the highest enrollments in the district in the senior maths and sciences.

Fine arts

Killarney has Vancouver's largest and most varied Fine Arts Program, featuring an internationally recognized music program in band, choral and strings, and award-winning programs in art/graphics and drama. The Killarney Secondary Band, Choir and Strings programs have performed worldwide.

KAFT, the Killarney Association for Film and Theater, was established in September 2012, with the purpose of promoting the dramatic arts to the students in Killarney.

Achievements

The University of British Columbia Mathematics Department has been releasing a specific annual study of B.C. secondary schools since at least 1987. It is a school-by-school study based on final standings in each December for the various UBC First Year Calculus Courses for students who graduated from secondary schools in British Columbia. Killarney ranked in the top third for 13 consecutive years from 1991 to 2003, dropped down the list to 12th (of 21 schools) in 2004, and returned to the top third (5th out of 23 schools) in 2005.[2]

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: School Information – Killarney Secondary . www.bced.gov.bc.ca . July 21, 2020.
  2. Web site: First Year Calculus Results. Mathematics Department at UBC. https://web.archive.org/web/20040614072229/http://www.math.ubc.ca/Schools/FirstYearCalculus/. dead. June 14, 2004. February 13, 2007.
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