Gleneagle Secondary School
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1195 Lansdowne Drive Coquitlam, British Columbia, V3B 7Y8 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 49°17′03″N 122°48′24″W / 49.28417°N 122.80667°WCoordinates: 49°17′03″N 122°48′24″W / 49.28417°N 122.80667°W |
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| School type | Co-educational Public Secondary |
| Motto | Once a Talon, Always a Talon |
| Founded | 1997 |
| School board | School District 43 Coquitlam |
| Superintendent | Patricia Gartland |
| School number | 125 |
| Principal | Mr. Ken Cober |
| Staff | 80 |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Enrollment | 1321 (2015/16) |
| Language | English |
| Area | Coquitlam |
| Colour(s) | Black, White, & Gold |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Team name | Talons |
| Newspaper | The Edge |
| Theatre Group | Broken Wing Theatre |
| Outdoor Education Program | C.O.A.S.T. |
| Gifted Program | T.A.L.O.N.S. |
| Website | www |
Gleneagle Secondary School, or simply Gleneagle, is a public coeducational high school located in Coquitlam, British Columbia, established in 1997. It is run by School District 43 Coquitlam. Gleneagle serves grades 9-12 and has an enrolment of about 1300 students. In addition to academic programs, Gleneagle offers specialty programs such as ACE-IT Culinary Arts and Hairdressing, the COAST outdoor education program, the grade 9 JumpstART art program, and the school district's TALONS gifted program.
As of the 2013-14 school year Gleneagle ranked 80 out of 293 by the Fraser Institute with a rating of 7.1, down from previous years. Gleneagle has one of the highest rates of student acceptance to post secondary education among BC's high schools, with more than 50% of graduates entering a Public Post-Secondary Institution in British Columbia.
Gleneagle's Model United Nations team is particularly successful, with 75% of its participants winning awards at the Canadian International Model United Nations 2012. Gleneagle student Kasra Vahidi won a competition gold medal in architecture at the Skills Canada B.C. competition in April 2012. Vahidi subsequently competed in the Canadian National Competition in May 2012 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
The site for Gleneagle had been set aside for more than 15 years and the school had been expected to open in 1993, yet had been postponed for several years due to funding shortfalls. In 1995, for a second year in a row, provincial funds from the education ministry were not allocated for the $25 million construction, potentially resulting in 3000 high school students being relegated to portable classrooms within two years. Protests from local parents resulted in signs being affixed to the chain link fence surrounding the site and parents and children waving posters and placards at passing motorists on one of the busiest intersections serving Coquitlam's northwest neighborhoods. In October, 1995, a local parent group, P.E.A.C.E. (Parents Expecting Adequate Funding for Construction and Education), began selling imaginary bricks for $2 each in a fundraiser that was supported unanimously in a vote by the school board. By the end of 1995 they had raised over $10,000 towards the $25 million cost. The "Buy a Brick - Build a School" campaign resulted in funds being released in the 1996/97 capital budget for education in April 1996 with an announcement by Port Coquiltam MLA, Mike Farnsworth. Gleneagle Secondary School was officially opened on September 2, 1997 with 1200 students from grades 9 - 11.
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