Terry Fox Secondary School

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Terry Fox Secondary School
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Terry Fox Secondary School
1260 Riverwood Gate

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Coordinates 49°15′47″N122°44′53″W / 49.263°N 122.748°W / 49.263; -122.748
Information
Former namePort Coquitlam Senior Secondary School
Type Secondary school
Motto"We Pursue Excellence"
Founded1950s
School board School District 43 Coquitlam
SuperintendentMrs. Patricia Gartland
Area trusteeMr. Michael Thomas
School number04343136
PrincipalMr David Starr
Grades 9-12
Enrollment1526 [1]  (2015/16)
LanguageEnglish
Colour(s)Black & Red   
Team nameTerry Fox Ravens
Website www.sd43.bc.ca/School/terryfox/
Last updated: September 28, 2015

Terry Fox Secondary School is a school with approximately 1550 students in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. The original building was built in the 1950s under the name Port Coquitlam Senior Secondary School for grades 11 and 12. In 1986, [2] it was renamed Terry Fox Senior Secondary School after 1976 graduate Terry Fox. The "Senior" was dropped from the name after a restructuring by Coquitlam School District 43, when junior high schools were replaced by middle schools.

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Terry Fox Secondary's Code of Conduct is compatible with the District Code of Conduct, The BC Human Rights Code, and they also acknowledge their own four pillars of Leadership, Integrity, Kindness, and Perseverance.

In 1999, to help deal with the growing population, the school was relocated to a new, larger building, several kilometres away on Riverwood Gate. However, the new building quickly became overpopulated as well, and is now home to 17 portable classrooms. Fox offers a wide variety of academic courses and programs at all levels. [3]

The Terry Fox football team has also taken part in an exchange with the football team from St. Mark Catholic High School (Ottawa) from Manotick, Ontario since 2009.

The Terry Fox Theatre, formerly run by the school itself but now operated by an independent charity, adjoins the north side of the school. The school is noted for its many musicals and plays including You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown , Footloose , Hair , The Wedding Singer and Jesus Christ Superstar , Tough , Daddy's Home , The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds , Of Mice and Men and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee . In 2010, Terry Fox Secondary became District Champions of "MetFest" with the musical comedy The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, going on to represent Terry Fox Secondary at the Sears British Columbia Drama Festival] where they were awarded 'Best Actor in a Leading Role - Female', 'Special Merit Award for Musical Virtuosity', and 'Best Ensemble/ Choreography'. In 2011, Terry Fox's show "Am I Blue" became District Champions at "MetFest".

Provincial championships

YearTeam
1989Senior Boys AA Football
1993Senior Boys AAA Basketball
1994Senior Boys AAA Basketball
2006Junior Boys AAA Football
2006Senior Boys AAA Football
2007Junior Boys AAA Football
2008Senior Boys AAA Football
2012Senior Boys AAA Basketball
2012Junior Boys AAA Football
2016Senior Boys AAA Football
2019Junior Girls Basketball
2022Senior Girls AAAA Basketball

Notable alumni

NameGrad ClassNotability
Bret Anderson 1993Former BC Lions slot back
Sandy Beveridge 1999Former Hamilton Tiger-Cats safety
Sukh Chungh 2010 Winnipeg Blue Bombers offensive lineman
Lynn Colliar 1985Anchor of Global BC's Morning News
Terry Fox 1976Ran the Marathon of Hope, namesake of the school
Con Kudaba 20052008 Olympian ( Beijing ) Canadian National Water Polo Team
Pia Guerra 1990Comic book artist
Jamall Lee 2005Ed Herberts award recipient, 2006 BCAA AAA Provincial All Star, Football Athlete of the Year, BC Lions Running Back
Rachel Marsden 1992Political commentator, Columnist, CNN contributor, Fox News co-host
Dan Payne 1984Canadian Football League offensive linesman and Olympic wrestler
Christopher Rinke 1978Olympic wrestler. 1984 Bronze medalist in the Men's Freestyle Middleweight (82 kg) category
Steve Skroce 1991Comic book and movie storyboard artist
Chris Szarka 1993Former Saskatchewan Roughriders fullback
Ian Tracey 1982Actor ( Da Vinci's Inquest , Intelligence , Huckleberry Finn and His Friends )
Keanu Pires 2009Actor ( The Sandlot: Heading Home )
Brittany Rogers 2011Olympic Gymnast
Mark Okerstrom 1991Former CEO of Expedia Group
Whitney Peak 2021Actress ( Gossip Girl , Home Before Dark , Chilling Adventures of Sabrina )

References

  1. "Student Statistics - Terry Fox Secondary" (PDF). May 2016. p. 1.
  2. "Port Coquitlam Secondary". March 2016.
  3. BC High School Boys - AAA Ranking (Feb. 21, 2008)