Prince George Secondary School

Prince George Secondary School is a public high school in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, part of School District 57 Prince George. It has been at its present campus since 1968.

Prince George Secondary School
Address
2901 Griffiths Ave

Prince George
,
British Columbia
,
V2M 2S7

Canada
Coordinates53.9024°N 122.7788°W / 53.9024; -122.7788
Information
School typePublic, high school
MottoPGSS The Place to Be!
Founded1968
School boardSchool District 57 Prince George
School number5757036
PrincipalMr. Chris Molcack
Staff77
Grades7-12
Enrollment1350 (September 30, 2019 )
LanguageEnglish
Team namePrince George Polars
Websitewww.pgss.sd57.bc.ca

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.[1]

Health and safety

160 students are trained in Cardiopulmonary resuscitation each year.[2]

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.[3][4]

Extracurricular activities

The school presented a production of Canterbury Tales, in December 2007, at the Vanier Hall.[5]

Notable alumni

References
  1. " Justice: What every man deserves", University of British Columbia, accessed December 28, 2007
  2. "CPR Program Launched In Prince George Secondary Schools", British Columbia Ministry of Health, November 20, 2006
  3. "3 Teens Arrested In Abduction Of Bus With 13 Children Aboard", San Jose Mercury News, February 14, 1990
  4. "Canadian Police Capture 3 Men Who Took Students Hostage", Lexington Herald-Leader, February 14, 1990
  5. "PGSS presents Canterbury Tales" Archived 2007-09-03 at the Wayback Machine, Prince George Citizen, December 10, 2007
  6. "Demetri Goritsas", On Sayfa, October 20, 2006
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