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]
| Burnaby Central Secondary School | |
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 The main entrance of Burnaby Central Secondary in Burnaby, BC . | |
| Address | |
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6011 Deer Lake Parkway , , Canada | |
| Coordinates | 49°14′38.3″N 122°58′30.5″W / 49.243972°N 122.975139°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public, high school |
| Motto | Quorum Pars Sum (Of which I am a part) |
| Founded | 1958 |
| School board | School District 41 Burnaby |
| School number | 4141001 |
| Principal | Tim Wozney |
| Staff | 85 |
| Grades | 8–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,437[1] (2015) |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Black, White, Red and Gold |
| Mascot | Wildcat |
| Team name | Wildcats |
| Website | central |
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 edit
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 edit
- 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
References edit
- ^ "Burnaby Central Secondary". Burnaby Board of Education, School District 41. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ "Burnaby Central Secondary". Burnaby Board of Education, School District 41. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ "Seismic Mitigation Program". gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- ^ "Burnaby Central Secondary - Burnaby Schools - School District 41, Burnaby, BC, Canada". Burnaby Schools. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
- ^ "School Map | Burnaby Central Secondary School". central.burnabyschools.ca. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
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