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Killarney Secondary School
Address
6454 Killarney Street Vancouver, British Columbia, V5S 2X7 Canada
Information
School type	Secondary school
Motto	"Semper Fidelis" (Always Faithful)
Founded	1957
School board	School District 39 Vancouver
Superintendent	Scott Robinson
Area trustee	tba
School number	03939016
Director	Magdalena Kassis (Director of Instruction)
Principal	Robert Moro
Grades	8-12
Enrollment	~2000
Language	English
Area	Killarney
Colour(s)	Green and Grey
Mascot	Cougar
Team name	Cougars
Public transit access	26, 49, 430
Website	www.killarneysecondary.com

Killarney Secondary School is a public secondary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The school and surrounding area is named after a boulder from Killarney, Ireland. It is the largest public secondary school in the city by area.

History

Killarney Secondary School opened in September 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 the 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 the more than 1700 students enrolled by that time (construction of a neighbouring secondary school had been delayed). Within a decade, enrollment reached 2000 and has remained around this number since. The most recent addition was C-Wing, with a new entrance, a foyer, 21 new classrooms, a new band-room, and a state of the art music lab.

Current

Killarney Secondary is the largest secondary school in Vancouver, and a comprehensive school currently with around 2000 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 has one of the highest enrollments in the district in the senior maths and sciences. The school has enjoyed a multicultural population for many years, and includes students from around 35 different countries. The school's mascot is the cougar, and the school emblem is the shamrock.

Fine arts

Killarney has Vancouver's largest and most varied Fine Arts Program, featuring an internationally recognized music program in band, choral and strings, and award winning programs in art/graphics and drama. The Killarney Secondary Band, Choir and Strings programs have performed worldwide.

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

Achievements

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 Secondary School 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.

Killarney Secondary School received a rating of 7.2 out of 10 in the 2007 edition of The Fraser Institute's Report Card on Secondary Schools in British Columbia and Yukon. It ranked 80th out of the 291 schools ranked in the report card.

Some successful clubs that have affected the community include the Service Club, Key Club, Model United Nations Club, Environment Club and the Japan Club.

Notable alumni

• Avan Jogia, actor (Twisted, Victorious)
• Angela Chow, celebrity for Phoenix TV, former Channel V host of STAR
• Milan Lucic, professional hockey player for the NHL's Los Angeles Kings, 2011 Stanley Cup winner
• Colin Mochrie, improv comedian on Whose Line is it Anyway, currently on tour on the 'Colin and Brad Show'
• Ra McGuire, singer and songwriter for Trooper
• Wai Young, Member of Parliament for Vancouver South
• Carat Cheung (張名雅), winner of Miss Hong Kong 2012, 3rd place in Miss Chinese International
• Jenna Talackova, Canadian model and television personality

References

1. "VSB Official Website". Retrieved 2014-12-28.
2. "Killarney Secondary School Website". Retrieved 2015-03-21.
3. "First Year Calculus Results". Mathematics Department at UBC. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
4. "Report Card on Secondary Schools in British Columbia and Yukon". Retrieved 2007-09-20.
5. Clarke, Mike. "Photos: Asian Film Awards". The Vancouver Sun.
6. "Milan Lucic 'couldn't be happier' to land with Kings". ESPN. Retrieved August 2015. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
7. Fink, Jerry (November 25, 2005). "Colin doesn't make mockery of LV comedy". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
8. http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/T/Trooper/2000/09/01/pf-751444.html

External links

• Killarney Official Website
• Killarney Facebook Page
• Vancouver School Board - Killarney

School reports - Ministry of Education

• Class Size
• Satisfaction Survey
• School Performance
• Skills Assessment

• High schools in Vancouver
• Educational institutions established in 1957
• 1957 establishments in British Columbia