Kitsilano Secondary School

• Name — Kitsilano Secondary School • Address — 2706 Trafalgar Street • City — Vancouver • Province — British Columbia • Postal Code — V6K 2J6 • Country — Canada • Schooltype — Public Secondary School • Motto — Fiat Lux • Motto Translation — Let There Be Light • Staff — 121 • Founded — 1917 • School Board — School District 39 Vancouver • Superintendent — Helen McGregor • Director — Rick Lopez (Director of Instruction) • Principal — Benita Kwon • Hours In Day — 6 hours and 30 minutes • Grades Label — Grades • Grades — 8-12 • Enrollment — 1609 • Enrollment As Of — December 2024 • Language — English, French • Colours — Royal Blue and Gold gold • Mascot — None (originally Demons) • Team Name — none • Newspaper — The Demon • Yearbook — The Haida • Website — http: go.vsb.bc.ca/schools/kitsilano/Pages/default.aspx Kitsilano Secondary School is the public secondary school in the Kitsilano neighborhood 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.

Kitsilano won provincial basketball championships in 1997, were the City and District Champions, went to the Provincial finals in 1977, and the HSBC Vancouver basketball tournament in 2007. The Kitsilano cheerleading team went to the world championships held at the ESPN World Wide Sports Centre in Florida in 2017 and 2018. Concluding the 2020-2021 school year, the Kitsilano Athletics department shifted away from the "Blue Demon" name and logo toward a culturally appropriate new name and logo.

Kitsilano Secondary School was founded in 1917, when overflow classes from King Edward High School were moved to Cecil Rhodes School. The first temporary wooden structures for the new school were built in 1920 at Trafalgar and 12th Avenue. The current building was designed by Vancouver VSB staff architect Frank A.A. Barrs and opened in 1927. In 1958, a Modernist-style addition designed by school architect Allan B. Wilson was added to the south side of the original building. In 1973 a single storey concrete structure was added on the southeast corner of the site. In 2010, the school board approved a concept plan for the seismic upgrades to the facility. In October 2011, the provincial government announced a $57.8 million restoration project that will include seismic upgrades and new construction meeting Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Standards. In 2012, three design-build partners, each comprising a general contractor and an architectural firm, were shortlisted for the project. In August 2013, it was announced that the Bouygues Building Canada team were selected to design and build the renovation and expansion. Construction began on the south east corner in 2014. This involved the removal of the tennis and volleyball courts. The new academic wing was completed in the summer of 2015 and the school's renovations were finished by fall 2017.

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