Lord Byng Secondary School
Lord Byng Secondary School is an 8-12 school located in the
West Point Grey neighbourhood on the west side of
Vancouver, [British Columbia]]. The school officially opened in 1925, and was named in honour of
The Lord Byng of Vimy, the
Governor General of Canada at the time.
|
Lord Byng Secondary School |
The school was expanded in 2003 with a new library and gymnasium, as well as studios and classrooms. After being ranked the most vulnerable school to earthquakes in 2004/05, a seismic upgrade took place. Constructions ended in the summer of 2005.
According to the annual
Fraser Institute rankings, Lord Byng Secondary was ranked 2nd best public school in Vancouver. Not only is this school strong academically, it also specializes in the arts. Byng's music program is one of the best in the Lower Mainland.
In the 2005-2006 school year, Lord Byng gained national attention for staging the play
The Laramie Project after the
Surrey School Board banned the play.
[CBC News article on The Laramie Project at Byng]The Byng Arts Mini School is for above average students whose energies and passions are directed toward the
Fine Arts and/or
Literary Arts. The program emphasizes artistic development at the core of the high school experience. This is achieved by providing students with encouragement, challenges, and opportunities to develop and channel their creativity through:
*
Rigorous curricula - to foster the highest standards of student achievement in the Academics and the Arts.
*
Interdisciplinary study - to broaden the scope of student inquiry.
*
Cooperative endeavour - to involve each student's special talents in working towards shared goals.
*
Orientations to the professional Arts community - to incorporate artistic attitudes and skills into the student's lifestyle and post-secondary and career goals.
Under the direction of the
Fine Arts department head; Scott MacLennan - Lord Byng has one of the best music programs in the Lower Mainland. It offers a variety of programs, both in band and strings. Listed below are some of the classes that are currently offered:
* Beginner
Band* Junior Band
* Intermediate Band
* Senior Band /
Wind Ensemble* Junior
Jazz Band
* Intermediate
Jazz Band* Senior Jazz Band
* Beginnner
Orchestra* Intermediate Orchestra
* Senior Orchestra
* Honours Orchestra
*
Symphony OrchestraSome of the notable band trips include
New York City (2005),
Austria and
Germany (2003). There will be a trip to
Italy in 2007.
In the second-season premiere of
Masters of Horror, Lord Byng Secondary's interiors were used for the hospital scenes, and its exteriors stood in for a fictional Harding High School in
Wisconsin.
Part of
Hollow Man 2 was also filmed there.
*
Elizabeth Ball, Vancouver city councillor
*
Stan Douglas, Canadian installation artist
*
Eric Nicol, Canadian humourist and playwright
*
Phil Nimmons, Canadian jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and academic
*
Carly Pope, Canadian actress
*
Ross Rebagliati, first ever to win an Olympic gold medal for snowboarding
*
Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress
*
Kimberley Stanfield, Playboy Playmate of the Month for July 2001
*
Lord Byng Secondary School*
Vancouver School Board - Lord Byng*
Byng Arts Mini School*
Vancouver School Board - Byng Arts Mini School*
Lord Byng Community Music Society
