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Killarney Secondary School
Location
Map
6454 Killarney Street

Vancouver
,
British Columbia
,
V5S 2X7

Canada

49°13′31.4″N 123°2′42.8″W / 49.225389°N 123.045222°W / 49.225389; -123.045222
Information
School typeSecondary school
Motto"Semper fidelis"
("Always faithful")
FoundedSeptember 29, 1957
School board
School District 39 Vancouver
SuperintendentHelen McGregor
Area trustee
Preeti Faridkot
School number
03939016
DirectorRanjit Bains (Director of Instruction)
Principal
Chris Parker
Grades8–12
Enrolment1,565 [1]
LanguageEnglish
AreaKillarney
ColoursGreen and Grey
MascotCougar
Team nameKillarney Cougars
Public transit access26, 49, 430
Websitekillarney.vsb.bc.ca

Killarney Secondary School is a public secondary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest public secondary school in the city by area. The school and the neighbourhood it is located in are named after Killarney, Ireland.

History

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The southwest entrance of Killarney

Killarney opened on September 29, 1957, beginning with students from Grades 7–10 and one wing (A-Wing). The teaching staff consisted of 52 members under the direction of principal Tom Alsbury. Grade 11 was added the following year, and Grade 12 the year after that, with the first class of senior students graduating as the class of 1960.

At the time of its opening, the school was surrounded by vacant land as the areas to the east and south were just beginning to see development. Killarney continued to grow especially as the area south of 49th Avenue matured. November 1961 saw the addition of a new wing to the building which included an auditorium and stage (B-Wing). Just over six years later in December 1967, D-Wing was completed, which greatly expanded and improved the existing science and industrial education facilities. In the 1970s, seven portable classrooms were placed on the grounds to accommodate over 1,700 students enrolled by that time (construction of a neighbouring secondary school had been delayed). Within a decade, enrolment reached 2,000 and has remained around this number since. C-Wing was added in 2003, with a new entrance, a foyer, 21 new classrooms, a new band-room, and a state of the art music lab.

Current

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Killarney is the largest secondary school in Vancouver by area, and a comprehensive school currently with around 2,000 students in Grades 8–12 with 167 teaching and non-teaching staff. Extra-curricular activities are abundant, with more than 35 clubs and a full inter-high school sports program. Killarney also has one of the highest enrolments in the district in the senior maths and sciences.

Fine arts

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Killarney Secondary School offers a Fine Arts Program that includes music programs in band, choral music, and strings, as well as programs in visual arts, graphics, and drama. The school's band, choir, and strings programs have performed at events outside Canada.

KAFT, the Killarney Association for Film and Theatre, was established in September 2012, with the purpose of promoting the dramatic arts to the students in Killarney.

Achievements

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The University of British Columbia Mathematics Department has been releasing a specific annual study of B.C. secondary schools since at least 1987. It is a school-by-school study based on final standings in each December for the various UBC First Year Calculus Courses for students who graduated from secondary schools in British Columbia. Killarney ranked in the top third for 13 consecutive years from 1991 to 2003, dropped down the list to 12th (of 21 schools) in 2004, and returned to the top third (5th out of 23 schools) in 2005.[2]

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ↑ "B.C. Education System Performance - Killarney Secondary: Contextual Information".
  2. ↑ "First Year Calculus Results". Mathematics Department at UBC. Archived from the original on June 14, 2004. Retrieved February 13, 2007.
  3. ↑ Clarke, Mike (November 24, 2001). "Photos: Asian Film Awards". The Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on August 3, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
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  5. ↑ "前港姐冠軍張名雅嫁猛料老公 兩子之母靠3招變瘦 曾因1事成眾矢之的". SundayMore. September 26, 2022. Archived from the original on October 23, 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  6. ↑ Fink, Jerry (November 25, 2005). "Colin doesn't make mockery of LV comedy". Las Vegas Sun. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2009.
  7. ↑ Woo, Andrea; Hoekstra, Gordon (April 1, 2012). "For transgendered pageant hopeful Jenna Talackova, change began with a name". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on January 23, 2025. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Singer-songwriter Kelly Yu is going places". The Star. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Councillor Mike Klassen". City of Vancouver. Archived from the original on January 5, 2025. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Milan Lucic 'couldn't be happier' to land with Kings". ESPN. July 12, 2015. Archived from the original on January 23, 2025. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
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  12. ↑ Pablo, Carlito (June 20, 2018). "Wai Young to launch campaign for Vancouver mayor". The Georgia Straight. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
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