Point Grey Secondary School facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Point Grey Secondary School |
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"Honor Ante Honores"
Honour is Greater Than Fame
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| 5350 East Blvd Vancouver, British Columbia, V6M 3V2, Canada |
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| School type | Secondary school |
| Founded | 1929 as Junior High |
| School board | School District 39 Vancouver |
| Superintendent | G. Little |
| Area trustee | Allen Blakey |
| Grades | 8-12 |
| Enrollment | 1202 |
| Language | English |
| Area | Kerrisdale |
| Colour(s) | Blue and Grey |
| Mascot | Grey Hounds |
| Team name | Point Grey Hounds |
| Public transit access | 16, 41, 43, 480 |
Point Grey Secondary School is a public secondary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was built in 1929. It was designed in the Collegiate Gothic style by Townley & Matheson. It is on Heritage Vancouver Society’s Top 10 most-endangered sites list for 2015. The school is at risk of being damaged by an earthquake.
The Fraser Institute gives the school a ranking of 52 out of 289 schools for 2013–2104.
Notable alumni
- Gil Bellows, actor
- Bruce Allen, music manager and radio commentator
- Geoff Berner, musician
- Joely Collins, actress
- Simon Collins, musician
- Jessi Cruickshank, actress, MTV Canada host
- Alicia Dara, singer-songwriter
- Robert Davidson, artist
- Carol Baird Ellan, Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of British Columbia (2000–2005)
- Nathan Fielder, comedian
- Evan Goldberg, comedian, scriptwriter
- Mark Hildreth, actor, musician
- Tegan Moss, actress
- Jesse Moss, actor
- Stephen Owen, Liberal MP, VP of External and Legal Affairs for UBC
- Stuart Parker, politician, environmentalist
- Doreen Patterson Reitsma, sailor
- Seth Rogen, actor, comedian, writer (did not graduate)
- Arn Saba (later Katherine Collins), cartoonist and writer
- Scott Sampson, renowned vertebrate paleontologist; host of the PBS kids show "Dinosaur Train"
- Jaime Stein, broadcaster
- Cynthia Stevenson, actress
- Michael Turner, author of Hard Core Logo, Company Town, American Whiskey Bar. Founding Member of the Hard Rock Miners.
- Erin Wall, opera singer
- Kris Wu (吴亦凡), actor and singer in China.
- Adrian Dix, BC MLA for Vancouver-Kingsway
- Barton Lui, Olympic speed skater and Hong Kong flag bearer at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Sammy Strong, actor, voice artist
Images for kids
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