Prince George Secondary School

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Prince George Secondary School
Address
Prince George Secondary School
2901 Griffiths Ave

, ,
Canada
Coordinates 53°54′09″N122°46′44″W / 53.9024°N 122.7788°W / 53.9024; -122.7788
Information
School type Public, high school
MottoPGSS The Place to Be!
Founded1918
School board School District 57 Prince George
School number5757036
PrincipalRandy Halpape
Staff77
Grades 8-12
Enrollment1313 (September 30, 2019 [1] )
LanguageEnglish
Team namePrince George Polars
Website pgssweb.sd57.bc.ca

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

Contents

Timeline

Awards

For Grade 12 writers, the prize with the most prestige in the province may be the $1,500 first place award in University of British Columbia's Faculty of Arts essay contest. In 2000, out of 2,600 entries on the subject of Justice, the winner was Prince George's Alayna van Leeuwen. [10]

Health and safety

160 students are trained in Cardiopulmonary resuscitation each year. [11]

Abduction

A school bus taking students home was hijacked on February 13, 1990, with 13 students taken hostage. They were released unharmed. The three youths who carried out the hijacking were armed with sawed-off rifles. The driver received a bravery award. [12]

Extracurricular activities

The school presented a production of Canterbury Tales, in December 2007, at the Vanier Hall. [13]

Notable alumni

Footnotes

  1. "SD 58 2019–2020 Enrolment Summary" (PDF). www.open.sd57.bc.ca.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Hall, Barbara; Nellis, Kris; Noukas, Tiiu (2014). School District No. 57 (Prince George) historical memories: people, places, programs & services Vol III. Prince George Retired Teachers' Association, Education Heritage Committee.
  3. Prince George Citizen: 23 Jul 1918 & 30 Sep 1920
  4. Prince George Citizen, 24 Jan 1922
  5. Prince George Citizen, 20 Jun 1929
  6. Prince George Citizen: 28 Dec 1944; 11 & 18 Jan 1945
  7. Prince George Citizen, 18 Sep 1947
  8. Prince George Citizen, 2 Sep 1948
  9. Prince George Citizen: 27 Aug 1974, 12 Sep 1974 & 12 May 2014
  10. Prince George Free Press, 29 Jun 2000
  11. "CPR Program Launched In Prince George Secondary Schools", British Columbia Ministry of Health, November 20, 2006
  12. Prince George Citizen: 14, 15, 16 & 24 Feb 1990; 8 & 10 May 1990; 3 Jun 1991
  13. "PGSS presents Canterbury Tales" Archived 2007-09-03 at the Wayback Machine , Prince George Citizen, December 10, 2007

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