Gladstone Secondary School
| Gladstone Secondary School | |
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| Address | |
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4105 Gladstone Street Vancouver, British Columbia, V5N 4Z2 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 49°14′55″N 123°03′39″W / 49.24861°N 123.06083°WCoordinates: 49°14′55″N 123°03′39″W / 49.24861°N 123.06083°W |
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| School type | Public, Secondary school |
| Motto |
Fide et Virtute (Latin) (By Faith and By Courage) |
| Founded | 1950 |
| School board | School District 39 Vancouver |
| Area trustee | Allen Blakey |
| Principal | Christopher Parker |
| Grades | 8-12 |
| Enrollment | 1340 (March 2008) |
| Language | English |
| Area | Kensington-Cedar Cottage |
| Colour(s) | Red and White (Black is also used in some applications) |
| Mascot | Lion |
| Team name | Gladiators |
| Public transit access | 7, 19, 20, 25, N19, N20, Expo Line |
| Website | gladstone |
Gladstone Secondary School is a public secondary school located in the Kensington-Cedar Cottage neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is named after William Ewart Gladstone, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom four times between 1868 and 1894.
There is a mural on the north side of the school which depicts the cultural diversity of the neighborhood. It was completed in the mid-1980s.
Gladstone is a school of approximately 1300 students from grades 8-12. The students participate in many extracurricular activities, including clubs and sports teams. Gladstone is well known for its successful sports teams (e.g. Volleyball), and its participation in competitions related to engineering (Electrathon, Robotics). Gladstone's Fine Arts department is also highly regarded, with especially strong Music, Drama, and Dance programs.
Gladstone is a participant in the Think & Eat Green @ School program, designed to enrich student knowledge of sustainable food practices. Gladstone's focus in this project is on the redesign and infrastructural change to the kitchen and cafeteria. Gladstone was also featured in Season 1, Episode 7 of 21 Jump Street.
Gladstone is built on property that was once an old farm. The location was designated for a school in the late 1920s, but because of the Great Depression and Second World War, construction did not begin until 1949.
Gladstone opened as a junior high school in 1950 with an enrollment of 1376 students. Mr. D.B. Mackenzie, who was Gladstone's first principal, opened the sliding gym doors to symbolize the opening of the school at a ceremony attended by all staff members and students. From the opening year in 1950, Gladstone added a grade each year until the first class graduated in 1954. Since then, many students have been through Gladstone's doors.
Gladstone has a diverse array of academic courses and programs that provide students with a range of educational options for them to pursue. The school offers three Advanced Placement courses in English, Calculus and Chemistry. Gladstone used to offer a Montessori program; however, this program ended in 2010.
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