Lord Byng Secondary School
Address
3939 West 16th Avenue

Vancouver
,
British Columbia
,
V5R 3C9

Canada
Coordinates49°15′31″N 123°11′31″W / 49.25861°N 123.19194°W / 49.25861; -123.19194
Information
School typePublic, high school
MottoCustos Morum (Latin)
("Guardian of Morals")
Founded1925 (1925)
School boardSchool District 39 Vancouver
SuperintendentHelen McGregor
Area trusteeJoshua Zhang
School number03939038
AdministratorRita Nardi[1]
PrincipalMr. D. Wilmann[1]
Grades8–12
Enrollment1,284[2] (2017)
Capacity1,200
LanguageEnglish
AreaWest Point Grey
Colour(s)Scarlet and grey   
Team nameGrey Ghosts
Public transit access7, 25, 33
Websitebyng.vsb.bc.ca

Lord Byng Secondary School is a public secondary school located in the West Point Grey neighbourhood on the west side of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It opened in 1925 and was named in honour of the then Governor General of Canada, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy. In 2003, the school expanded with the addition of a library, a gymnasium, and multiple studios and classrooms.

Mini school program

Lord Byng Secondary School

The Byng Arts Mini School is a program for students that places artistic development at the core of the high school experience through enrichment in the fine arts as well as academics. Traditionally, students have specialized in Visual Arts, Band, Strings, or Theatre, but options have expanded to include Literary Arts, Media Arts, and Choir.

The school offers a program that is designed for students who wish to direct their energies and passions towards the arts, to work within a community of students who share their interests, and to maintain strong academic achievement.

The program promotes academic and artistic excellence through curricular and extracurricular activities in the fine arts, literary arts and applied fine arts.[3]

Sports

Lord Byng has several sports teams, including: Cross-country, Bantam Boys Rugby, Juvenile Boys Rugby, Bantam Girls Volleyball, Juv/Junior Girls Volleyball, Senior Girls Volleyball, Swimming, Girls Basketball, Bantam Girls Basketball, Juvenile Girls Basketball, Jr/Senior Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, Bantam Boys Basketball, Juv/Junior Boys Basketball, Senior Boys Basketball, Bantam Boys Volleyball, Grade 8/Juvenile Girls Soccer, Senior Girls Soccer (Tier II), Girls Premier Soccer (Tier I), Tennis, Gymnastics, Ultimate, Girls Softball, Track & Field, Junior Boys Rugby, Senior Boys Rugby, Badminton, and Golf. Lord Byng's sports teams are named for their school mascot, the Grey Ghost.

Some of their recent wins include their Cross Country team's Team Aggregate Championship award and the Grade 8 Boys Rugby City Championship for defeating Charles Tupper 15–12 in the finals. They also won the Tier II Senior Girls Basketball City Championships in the 2011–2012 season.[4][5]

Music

Under the direction of the Fine Arts department head, Scott MacLennan (succeeded by Lisa Lan), Lord Byng has one of the best music programs in the Lower Mainland. Many of the groups, including the high-level Senior Honour Orchestra and Senior Wind Ensemble, have consistently placed first or gold in provincial and national competitions.

Lord Byng's strings ensembles have won over 25 Kiwanis Festival Gold Awards (Provincial Competition) and three Gold Awards from the National Competition MusicFest. In 2008, the Senior Honour Orchestra won the trophy for first place in the North West Orchestra Competition in Portland, Oregon, and in 2010, both Junior and Senior Honour Orchestras received gold standing in the Heritage Music Festival in Seattle, Washington. The Senior Honour Orchestra were invited to compete in the 2012 American String Teachers Association National Orchestra Festival in Atlanta,[6] where they placed second against advanced American school orchestras.

In April 2017, the Senior Honour Orchestra competed at World Strides Festival of Golds, California, along with dozens of other orchestras, bands and choirs in North America. They obtained 1st place out of all the other music groups. On May 5 of the same year, both the Senior Honour and a combination of Junior and Intermediate Orchestras competed at the Kiwanis Festival held at Douglas College. Both orchestras obtained 1st place in their respective divisions.

Theatre

Lord Byng received national attention in 2006 when theatre students at the school staged the play The Laramie Project, which had been banned by the Surrey School Board for its "violence and profanity".[7]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 "Lord Byng Staff Directory". Lord Byng Secondary School. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  2. ↑ Long Range Facilities Plan 2019: Appendix G (PDF) (Report). May 29, 2019. p. 1. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  3. ↑ Vancouver School Board Mini School Information Archived September 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Lord Byng Athletics". Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Vancouver Secondary Schools' Athletic Association (Design, Hosting, Registration & Administration tools by esportsdeskpro.com)". Esportsdesk.com. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Byng Honour Orchestras Captivate Judges at MusicFest Canada". Retrieved February 5, 2012.
  7. ↑ "B.C. school stages controversial 'Laramie Project'". CBC Arts. January 11, 2006. Archived from the original on January 13, 2006.
  8. ↑ "Info on 'extensive' Wolverine filming". Retrieved September 20, 2007.
  9. ↑ "– YouTube". YouTube.
  10. ↑ Emanuel, M. (2016). Contemporary Architects. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-349-04184-8. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Morrisonn will get out of Ovechkin's shadow". The Georgia Straight. November 1, 2006. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Biography | Joyce Murray | 2019 Federal Liberal Candidate for Vancouver Quadra". joycemurray.liberal.ca. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  13. ↑ Furminger, Sabrina (February 23, 2017). "Cobie Smulders: Canada's avenger". Vancouver Courier. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
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