West Vancouver Secondary School
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West Vancouver Secondary School Crest
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1750 Mathers Avenue West Vancouver, British Columbia, V7V 2G7 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 49°20′11″N 123°09′39″W / 49.33648°N 123.16086°WCoordinates: 49°20′11″N 123°09′39″W / 49.33648°N 123.16086°W |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | Faire Sans Dire (Do Without Speaking) |
| Established | 1927 1952 (present site) |
| School board | School District 45 West Vancouver |
| Principal | Mr. Steve Rauh |
| Grades | 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
| Enrollment | 1 530 (2016-2017) |
| Campus | Urban (North Campus) Urban (South Campus) |
| Colour(s) | Dark Red, Gold, White, Black |
| Mascot | The Highlander |
| Team name | Highlanders |
| Website | westvancouverschools |
West Vancouver Secondary School (WVSS) is a five-year secondary school located in the middle of West Vancouver, British Columbia which educates grades 8 through 12. It is one of the three public high schools in West Vancouver. The school has two campuses, a North Campus and a South Campus. Each campus has its own gym and a cafeteria. The school has 2 grass fields and a gravel baseball diamond. The main field has a running track around it. The main field is used for all sports, such as soccer, football, and rugby union.
West Vancouver Secondary was founded as Inglewood High School in 1927, located at 1735 Inglewood Avenue. The school opened with eight classrooms and a gymnasium, and a few years later, two portables were added to provide extra classroom and library facilities. Four more rooms were eventually added to the eastern end of the school to house home economics and shop classes.
In 1951 construction started on a new North Campus building on Mathers Avenue and by 1952 it opened as West Vancouver Secondary School. A few years later, 1955, the building was expanded with a three-floor west wing, and in 1960 a second gymnasium was installed. The building further went through an expansion adding a 500-seat theatre with two music rooms in the east wing. In addition, with provincial funds, a six-room shop wing known as the Tech Wing was added behind the north campus building, and a new South Campus building was added next to the Inglewood building to accommodate more students.
The Inglewood building continued to be used for many years as a junior high school until all classes were moved to the main site on Mathers. By the late 1980s the building was used as a YMCA and the Kehilat Har-el (a Jewish Community Centre) until it was demolished in 1995.
In the mid 1990s, the school went through a major renovation which included a remodelling of the exterior and interior parts of the North Campus Building. During this time period, classes were temporarily moved to portables until the completion in the 2000s. Notable changes included a third gymnasium, relocation of the library and the administration office, a new cafeteria, redesigned classrooms and hallways, and a new west wing. The renovations ended in 2005 when the school’s new east wing and new auditorium, The Kay Meek Centre, were constructed.
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