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Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School

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School type
  
Superintendent
  
S. Robinson

Principal
  
Mrs. Ogden

District
  
Vancouver School Board

School board
  
Vancouver School Board

Founded
  
1959

Area trustee
  
J. Alexander

Phone
  
+1 604-713-8233

Mascot
  
Charlie the Tiger

Motto
  
Perseverantia Valemus(Through perseverance we prosper; Become worthwhile and worthy)

Address
  
419 E 24th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5V 2A2, Canada

Similar
  
Eric Hamber Secondar, John Oliver Secondary School, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary, Templeton Secondary School, Killarney Secondary School

Profiles

Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School is a public secondary school located in central Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is named after Sir Charles Tupper, the Prime Minister of Canada from May 1, 1896 to July 8, 1896.

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History

Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School was established in 1959, starting with grades 7, 8, and 9. Grades 10, 11, and 12 were eventually included and grade 7 removed (secondary school in Vancouver most commonly starts in the 8th grade, with elementary school covering kindergarten to grade 7). Tupper currently has a student population of approximately one thousand. It recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary on September 29, 2009 with hosts Friends of Tupper Fund.

In 2001, the school introduced a mini school program focusing on accelerated studies for mathematics and sciences in junior grades, allowing students in senior grades to specialize in senior sciences courses in greater scope or to pursue arts and humanities courses in greater depth, as well as additional extracurricular and activities to promote leadership in the community. Mini school students remain together for academic classes (English, Math, Social Studies, and Science) and are integrated with the rest of the students for remaining subjects.

In November 2003, a 17-year-old student was murdered on the school property outside school hours. A five year long beautification project that involved working with the community to create a "peace garden" next to the school was completed in 2008. The past decade has seen the culture of the school change dramatically, with teachers and students working towards an atmosphere of tolerance, and embracing the new school code of conduct which advocates respect, ownership, attitude, responsibility, and safety.

In 2008, the Vancouver Sun stated that historically "It was a school of many kids without hope of accomplishing much of anything," but the developing basketball program at the school gradually improved the school's social environment.

Family of schools

Feeder elementary schools of Sir Charles Tupper Secondary include:

  • David Livingstone Elementary School
  • Florence Nightingale Elementary School
  • General Brock Elementary School
  • Sir Richard McBride Elementary School
  • Charles Dickens Elementary School
  • Charles Dickens Annex
  • Sir Richard McBride Annex
  • General Wolfe Elementary School
  • Athletics

    Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School is known for its outstanding athletic achievements. In 2009-2010, the school's Wrestling, Bantam Boys Basketball, Bantam Boys Volleyball team, and most notably the Senior Boys Basketball (who ended Kitsilano Secondary school's 8 year streak) were Vancouver City Champions for the VSSAA (Vancouver Secondary Schools' Athletic Association) League. There have been many notable accomplishments at the provincial level, as well as various past successes in sports over the years.

    The school offers a wide variety of sports throughout the school year, including volleyball, rugby, cross country, and badminton in the fall, basketball and wrestling in the winter, and rugby, soccer, volleyball, softball, tennis, track and field, and ultimate frisbee in the spring/summer season.

    Demographics

    As of 2003 the school has White, Indo-Canadian, Chinese, Filipino, and Vietnamese students, and has been recognized as one of the most culturally diverse schools in Vancouver. That year the CBC News wrote that Tupper "has been described as racially diverse".

    Notable alumni

  • Jim Chu - Chief Constable of the Vancouver Police.
  • Mi-Jung Lee - Korean Canadian television personality, currently an anchor and producer at CTV British Columbia.
  • Dave McKay - former Major League Baseball player, current coach with the St. Louis Cardinals
  • Derek Corrigan - Mayor of the City of Burnaby
  • Harjit Sajjan - Canadian Minister of National Defence. First Sikh, Indo-Canadian to command a Canadian regiment and former Vancouver Police detective
  • Timetable

    Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School operates on a linear timetable on a Day 1 / Day 2 rotation, from September to June. Each day has three blocks of 1 hour and 15 minutes of instruction in each block, and one block of 1 hour and 17 minutes of instruction. The blocks rotate four times a year.

    Vancouver Learning Network

    The Vancouver Learning Network occupy Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School's facilities during the summer holidays.

    Weekend programs

    The Vancouver Japanese School (バンクーバー補習授業校 Bankūbā Hoshū Jugyō Kō), a weekend Japanese school, holds its classes in this school.

    References

    Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School Wikipedia


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