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Burnaby Central Secondary School

High school in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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Burnaby Central Secondary School is a public high school in Burnaby, British Columbia. It is located across from Burnaby City Hall and is adjacent to Deer Lake Park. Burnaby Central is a part of Burnaby School District 41. As of 2015, there are more than 1,400 students attending the school. Classes at Burnaby Central usually follow the semester system. ^[2]

This new school building was constructed where the previous school's outdoor field was located. Construction began on a seismically sound school building in 2009 due to the Seismic Mitigation Program (SMP), a seismic upgrading program.^[3] Burnaby Central Secondary School's new campus opened in September 2011.

Facilities

Burnaby Central Secondary has three floors and three wings. There are a total of eight staircases, 3 in wing B, 1 in wing A, 1 in wing C, and 3 external staircases. The student commons, a double height high ceiling atrium, sits in the middle of the central wing and separates wings A and C. It contains 52 classrooms. ^[4] Other facilities include:

Art studios
Cafeteria, Digital recording studio
Competition running track
Electronics lab
Drafting lab
Photography dark rooms
Computer labs
Teaching kitchen
Gymnasiums (2)
Textiles classroom
Music rooms
Wrestling room
Weight room
Theatre
Dance studio
Home economic labs
Library
Science labs
Auto mechanics shop
Woodwork shop
Conference centre
Learning centre. ^[5]

Notable alumni

Sam Adekugbe, soccer player
Bryce Alderson, soccer player
Glenn Anderson, ice hockey player
Marco Carducci, soccer player
Caleb Clarke
Roger Cross, actor
Alphonso Davies, soccer player.
Rob Feenie, Iron Chef winner and restaurateur
Ben Fisk, soccer player
Michael J. Fox, actor, activist, dropped out of school
Kaleigh Fratkin (born 1992), professional ice hockey player
Julia Grosso, soccer player
Farhan Lalji, TSN TV reporter
Patrick Lussier, film director
Kenndal McArdle, ice hockey player
Colin Percival, computer scientist
Dave Steen, decathlete, Order of Canada recipient (first Canadian to score 8,000 points)
Adam Straith, soccer player
Russell Teibert, soccer player
Dale Walters, retired Olympic boxer

References

^ "Burnaby Central Secondary". Burnaby Board of Education, School District 41. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
^ "Burnaby Central Secondary". Burnaby Board of Education, School District 41. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
^ "Seismic Mitigation Program". gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
^ "Burnaby Central Secondary - Burnaby Schools - School District 41, Burnaby, BC, Canada". Burnaby Schools. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
^ "School Map | Burnaby Central Secondary School". central.burnabyschools.ca. Retrieved 2021-02-03.