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King George Secondary School | |
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1755 Barclay Street , , Canada | |
Coordinates | 49°17′22.65″N123°8′12.58″W / 49.2896250°N 123.1368278°W |
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School type | Secondary school |
Motto | "Magni Animo" (Great in Spirit) |
Founded | 1914 (first location) 1963 (current location) |
School district | School District 39 Vancouver |
Superintendent | Suzanne Hoffman |
Area trustee | Barbara Parrott |
School number | 3939001 |
Principal | Tyler Evans |
Grades | 8-12 |
Enrollment | 481 [1] |
Language | English |
Area | West End |
Colour(s) | black and green |
Team name | Dragons |
Website | kg |
King George Secondary School is a public secondary school located in the West End of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The school is located in the West End, with three elementary schools feeding in. Some students are from other areas of Vancouver who wish to be in a smaller school environment.
Since July 2006, King George Secondary was approved by International Baccalaureate (IB) to offer the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme for students in grades 8, 9, and 10, [2] as one of the only 3 schools in the city to offer the MYP Programme.
The school is adjacent to the West End Community Centre, enabling youth to get more involved in their programs.
King George was an IB MYP approved school, offering the program to students in grade 8, 9, and 10.
King George also hosted City School, a program for grades 10, 11 and 12 that involves students leaving the traditional secondary school setting to work in a more challenging, independent setting, with a different schedule, smaller groups of people, and only a few different teachers. This program is described as a "school within a school". City School, established in 1971, is Vancouver's oldest alternative program. [3]
Formerly, a third program called Gateway was offered by the school. Unlike Tech Immersion or City School, this program was provided off school ground and maintained limited ties to the school. Gateway Alternate Education Program was aimed at at-risk youth who had been absent from schools for some time, as well as to those who were homeless. Only those who were referred by the Ministry of Children and Family Development or VSB could register and attend this program. [4]