Templeton Secondary School
| Templeton Secondary School | |
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 Templeton Secondary front entrance on Templeton Drive
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727 Templeton Drive Vancouver, British Columbia, V5L 4N8 Canada |
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| School type | Secondary School |
| Motto |
"Pro Bono Omnium" (For the Good of All) |
| Founded | 1927 |
| School board | School District 39 Vancouver |
| Superintendent | Scott Robinson |
| Area trustee | Stacy Robertson |
| School number | 03939010 |
| Director | Magdalena Kassis (Director of Instruction) |
| Principal | Rupi Samra-Gynane (acting) |
| Grades | 8-12 |
| Enrollment | 800 (approx.) (2015) |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Maroon and Gold |
| Team name | Titans |
| Website | templeton |
Templeton Secondary School is a public secondary school located in the Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood on the east side of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Its student teams won the SmartAsk competition in 2004, the Junior Reach For The Top provincial championships in 2015 and finished 3rd at the Senior provincial Reach For The Top championships in 2017 (and will compete in the National tournament in May 2017). It has also won many awards for drama productions and for student films. Templeton is known for its successful theatre and film programs, regarded as one of the best in British Columbia, and also its Culinary Arts Program.
As of 2015, Templeton has approximately 800 students. The student population is a multicultural student body with approximately two-thirds of the students reporting a language other than English as their first language. Over forty languages and dialects are spoken. Of all secondary schools in Vancouver, Templeton has the highest percentage of students born in Canada according to 2010 school district data. Approximately one third of the students report that Chinese is the language spoken at home. First Nations students comprise six percent of the school population. Templeton students span the spectrum of academic abilities, from gifted learners to those with learning difficulties. There is a program for students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities and/or autism.
Templeton Junior High opened in the fall of 1927, with H. B. Fitch as the first Principal. The name of the school is from William Templeton, a former mayor of Vancouver. The school's motto, "Pro Bono Omnium", which translates as "For The Good Of All", was chosen in 1927 by Mr. Fitch, the staff, and the students. In 1956, Grade 10 students were added, and in 1963, Grade 11 students were added. In 1964, the first Grade 12 students entered Templeton and it became Templeton Secondary School. In 1975, the Templeton Park Pool was completed, along with playing fields, a track, tennis courts and sand pits. In March of 2017, Templeton Students Nick Murray and Dexter Norris won a Bronze Medal, the UBC Statistics Award and a 2000$ Science Entrance Scholarship to UBC.
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