Duchess Park Secondary School

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Address
Duchess Park Secondary School
747 Winnipeg Street

Prince George
,
British Columbia
,
V2M 1Y8

Canada
Coordinates 53°54′59″N122°45′29″W / 53.9164°N 122.75796°W / 53.9164; -122.75796
Information
School type Public, high school
School board School District 57 Prince George
School number5757012
PrincipalSid Jawanda
Staff53
Grades 8-12
Enrollment1100+ (September 2018)
LanguageFrench and English
Colour(s)Black, White, and Gold    
MascotCondor
Team nameCondors
Website www.duch.sd57.bc.ca
Last updated: January 6, 2020

Duchess Park Secondary School is a public high school in Prince George, British Columbia, part of School District 57 Prince George.

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History

Duchess has also been known as Prince George High School and Duchess Park Junior Secondary School. Prior to 1974 its grade structure comprised Grades 8-10; in 1974-75 Grade 11 was added, and in 1975-76 Grade 12 was added. In 2010 the new building was completed and all the students were moved to the new school which was designed by Hughes Condon Marler Architects.

Academics

Duchess was rated as the top secondary school in Prince George (2004/05)(144th overall in the province) by the 2004/05 Fraser Institute rankings. [2]

Alumni

Athletics

Duchess Park has consistently placed athletes on provincial teams, national teams and has athletes playing college sports across all levels (USPORTS, CCAA, and NCAA).

The Condors are 14 time Provincial Champions:

Duchess Park played host to the Girls AAA Volleyball Provincial Championships in 2010.

Duchess Park has teams in eleven sports, including basketball, football, wrestling, volleyball, golf, badminton, soccer, rugby, track & field, cross country and Esports.

Duchess Park has won an astounding 120+ North Central District Zone Championships across nearly every sport in which the school has participated in as well as over 30 City Championships for basketball. The high school is widely considered one of the top athletic schools in British Columbia.

The site was also used as a venue for the 2015 Canada Winter Games.

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References

  1. ↑ "For School Data, Source: BC Schools Book Archived July 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine ." Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Education January 16, 2006.
  2. ↑ "Report Card on Secondary Schools in British Columbia and Yukon: 2006 Edition Archived August 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine ." Fraser Institute . April 2006.
  3. ↑ BC School Sports Archived 2006-08-28 at the Wayback Machine Provincial Girls Basketball
  4. ↑ BC School Sports Archived March 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Provincial Boys Volleyball
  5. 1 2 BC School Sports Archived January 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Provincial Girls Volleyball
  6. ↑ BC School Sports Archived August 27, 2006, at the Wayback Machine Provincial Boys Basketball
  7. ↑ BC School Sports Archived 2006-08-28 at the Wayback Machine

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