Kitsilano Secondary School
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2706 Trafalgar Street Vancouver, British Columbia, V6K 2J6 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 49°15′45″N 123°9′49″W / 49.26250°N 123.16361°WCoordinates: 49°15′45″N 123°9′49″W / 49.26250°N 123.16361°W |
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| School type | Secondary School |
| Motto | Fiat Lux (Let there be light) |
| Founded | 1917 |
| School board | School District 39 Vancouver |
| Superintendent | Scott Robinson |
| Director | Magdalena Kassis (Director of Instruction) |
| Principal | Ranjit Bains |
| Grades | 8-12 |
| Enrollment | 1360 (September 2016) |
| Language | English, French |
| Colour(s) | Royal Blue and Gold |
| Mascot | Demons |
| Team name | Blue Demons |
| Website | go |
Kitsilano Secondary School is a public secondary school in the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The school has several district programs including French immersion and on-site pre-employment. Advanced Placement courses are also offered.
The students selected royal blue and gold as the school colours, based on those at Aberdeen University (the Alma Mater of one of their teachers); the first Latin classes chose "Fiat Lux" (Let there be light) as the school motto. The original school crest was designed by Mr. S. P. Judge, the first art teacher at Kitsilano, and although the crest has undergone some slight changes over the decades, it still proudly displays the colours and motto.
The school is particularly well known for the numerous television and film productions which have been filmed on location. Most recently, Juno, Superbad, Anything for Love and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" were shot at Kitsilano. The school also counts a number of former alumni who went on to careers in film and television, notably Ryan Reynolds and Joshua Jackson.
The school song "Hail Kitsilano" was composed in 1936 by Mr. Ivor Parfitt.
The main foyer is home to a portrait of Chief August Jack Khatsahlano, the school's namesake. The auditorium houses a Tanu totem pole, carved by Don Yeomans in 1986 in honour of Vancouver's centennial anniversary.
In addition to its distinguished academic record, Kitsilano has been highly successful in a number of sports, most prominently, basketball, rugby, soccer, ice-hockey, and cheer. It won provincial basketball championships in 1997, were the City and District Champions and went to the Provincial finals in 1977, and more recently the HSBC Vancouver basketball tournament in 2007.
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