Burnaby Mountain Secondary School

Burnaby Mountain Secondary
Address
8800 Eastlake Drive
Burnaby, British Columbia
Canada
Coordinates 49°15′18″N 122°54′41″W / 49.25500°N 122.91139°W / 49.25500; -122.91139Coordinates: 49°15′18″N 122°54′41″W / 49.25500°N 122.91139°W / 49.25500; -122.91139
Information
School type Public, high school
Motto Respect, Excellence, Responsibility
School board School District 41 Burnaby
School number 4141001
Administrator A
Principal Ms. Lee Anne Kristmanson
Staff 107
Grades 8-12
Enrollment 1,436[1] (2015)
Language English
Colour(s) Green and White         
Mascot Lion
Team name Lions
Website mountain.sd41.bc.ca

Burnaby Mountain Secondary School is in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is three stories and located at 8800 Eastlake Drive, at the intersection with Beaverbrook Drive. It is named after nearby Burnaby Mountain, which is also home to Simon Fraser University. The school is served by the Production Way-University SkyTrain station.

Athletics

The school has many different athletics teams for students to join including but not limited to basketball, volleyball, swimming, soccer, track and field, and ultimate frisbee. The school has won many regional banners in swimming, cross country, volleyball, and basketball. The head of the athletics department is Larry Ryan. The coaches for the teams are often teachers, community volunteers, alumni, and current students. At the end of every school year, the athletics department holds an annual athletics banquet to celebrate the accomplishments of students.


Entertainment

The school plays itself in a fictional "Burnaby, Washington" in the 2007 film The Invisible, starring British Columbia native Justin Chatwin and Alex O'Loughlin. The film was shot near the school cafeteria, a digitally-modified 3rd-floor classroom, in the hallways and in the gym.[2] The school banner used in the movie was donated to Burnaby Mountain Secondary

World record

The school attempted to break a Guinness world record for the longest basketball game, which lasted 32 hours. It was set up by Ms. Glubbil. The game was held in 2005 then the tape was sent to United Kingdom. The record was officially recognized in March 2006, after now been officially recognized.

After recognition, the record was broken by another school in a European country that lasted 40 hours.

Notable alumni

  • Kevin Moon, member of South Korean boy band THE BOYZ (Graduating class of 2016).
  • Winston Shiu, member of Canadian hip-hop group BOZ Records (Graduating class of 2019).

Awards

This school has received many awards over the years, many of them environmental, as a result have also resulted in the school receiving:

  • 2001: Award of Merit (Canadian Consulting Engineering Association Building Engineering Excellence)
Another view of the school, from Gaglardi Way.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Burnaby Mountain Secondary". Burnaby Board of Education, School District 41. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  2. ↑ The Invisible on IMDb
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