School type Public, high school School number 4141062 Phone +1 604-664-8560 | Founded 1922 Staff 104 Number of students 1,860 (September 2016) | |
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School board School District 41 Burnaby Principal Ms. Lee-Anne Kristmanson Address 5455 Rumble St, Burnaby, BC V5J 2B7, Canada District School District 41 Burnaby Mascot The letter "R" in black, with yellow outlines. Previously a cowboy resembling a rebel. | ||
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Burnaby South Secondary is a public high school in Burnaby, British Columbia. It is one of the eight high schools within School District 41 Burnaby. Burnaby South currently contains approximately 1800 students.
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History
The school opened in 1922, and the BC School for the Deaf was moved to the site in 1995.
Developed as a Year 2000 school, the building incorporated a significant amount of technology, including monitors in all the halls and classrooms in place of PAs and a card swipe attendance system. Current B.C. Premier Christy Clark graduated from Burnaby South in 1983.
Facilities
A broadcasting class named Television Production (TVP) delivers the morning announcements every day in the form of a news report called RebelsMedia. Partner to the Television Production program is the Video Production class where students create short films for the school and local film festivals.
Facilities include two tournament sized gymnasiums, a fitness/dance room, a weight room, a wrestling room, and a large indoor running track encircling the physical education facility; a professional 600 seat community theatre, called The Michael J. Fox Theatre; lab facilities in science, home economics, art, drama, business education, and technology education; and Southpoint, the school store run by Marketing students.
Sports teams are available from grades 8-12 for basketball, wrestling, swimming, golf, soccer, rugby, volleyball, badminton, tennis, and dragon boating.
Academics
The school offers several honours courses and a variety of Advanced Placement courses. In late 2013, the Burnaby School District announced that the school would be offering the AP Capstone Diploma Program in the 2014/15 year.