Penticton Secondary School

Penticton Secondary School (Pen High or PSS) is a high school located in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. PSS is operated by School District 67 Okanagan Skaha. It is one of two secondary schools in Penticton and one of three in the school district. It is located on the same campus as the Okanagan School of the Arts. The school district's French immersion classes for grades 9-12 are located at the school.[2]

Penticton Secondary School
Address
158 Eckhardt Avenue E.

Penticton
,
British Columbia
,
V2A 1Z3

Canada
Coordinates49.49178°N 119.58731°W / 49.49178; -119.58731
Information
School typePublic, high school
MottoNon Moritur Cujus Fama Vivit
(Those who perform heroic deeds, become immortal)
Founded1913
School boardSchool District 67 Okanagan Skaha
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,300 (approx.)[1] (2008)
LanguageEnglish
CampusUrban
Colour(s)Purple   Gold  
Team nameDragons, Lakers
Websitepentictonsecondary.sd67.bc.ca

Academic programs

In addition to standard core curriculum programs, Advanced Placement courses are offered which can be used for credit at universities and colleges.[3] Other programs offered include:

  • Applied Skills
  • Athletics & PE
  • Business
  • Fine Arts
  • Languages

Hockey Academy

The school is involved with the Okanagan Hockey School in a private-public partnership at the Okanagan Hockey Academy (OHA). Students traveling to Penticton to enroll in the OHA are eligible to take academic courses at PenHigh while PenHigh students receive hockey training and practice from the OHA. Students are also eligible to play on the OHA's competitive teams.[4]

Music

The school's music program offers:[5]

  • Concert Band
  • Senior Band
  • Senior Jazz
  • Concert Choir
  • Guitar
  • Recording Arts

History and facilities

Penticton High School opened on the current site in 1913 in the Ellis building, and in 1921 expanded into the new Shatford building, named after the recently deceased former Member of the Legislative Assembly in British Columbia and later Senator Lytton Shatford.[6] Shatford's company had purchased the Ellis estate on whose land the school would be established.[7][8] The buildings have also been known as the Ellis School and the Shatford School, respectively.[9]

Numerous renovations and expansions occurred from the 1940s on.[10] A new facility was constructed on the same campus during 2006-2008 at a capital cost of $38 million.[11][12][13] The school district agreed to maintain the Ellis building, which was upgraded and incorporated into the new school at a cost of $3.1 million,[14] and the city took responsibility for the Shatford building.[15] The new building's design incorporated energy efficient strategies, including a geothermal heating system.[16]

The Shatford Centre is one of two heritage buildings on the PSS campus. Its renovation was completed in 2011 and was funded by the school district, the local, provincial, and federal governments, and other public and private entities.[17][18] The Shatford building has been renamed The Shatford Centre which operates as a conference centre and events facility, and houses the Okanagan School of the Arts.[19][20]

The graduation of the class of 1975 was the topic of the short NFB documentary Pen-Hi Grad by Sandy Wilson.[21]

Notable alumni

References
  1. BC Justice Institute webpage, retrieved 2012-08-24
  2. SD 67 French Immersion Archived 2007-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2012-08-24
  3. Advanced Placement schools in Canada, retrieved 2012-09-24
  4. Okanagan Hockey Academy, retrieved 2012-08-23
  5. School Music department webpage, retrieved 2012-08-24
  6. Pen High 100 before 1919 webpage, retrieved 2012-08-24
  7. Okanagan's Sole Senator Named to Senate in 1917, The Princeton Herald July 17, 1971, posted on Pen High 100's webpage, retrieved 2012-08-24
  8. Interesting Citizens at Mountain View Cemetery, retrieved 2012-08-24
  9. Canada's Historic Places, retrieved 2012-08-24
  10. School District replacement project webpage, 2003, retrieved 2012-08-24
  11. SD 67 District Achievement Contract 2012
  12. School District project webpage, retrieved 2012-08-24
  13. Academic program, Okanagan Hockey Academy, retrieved 2012-08-24
  14. School District Presentations at the Board Meeting, January 11, 2010, retrieved 2012-08-24
  15. City of Penticton Heritage Strategy Report 2005, retrieved 2012-08-24
  16. Live Smart BC carbon neutral action report 2010, retrieved 2012-08-24
  17. Penticton's Shatford Centre gets funding boost, Penticton Western News, February 24, 2011, retrieved 2012-08-24
  18. Arts school planned for Shatford needs city’s support, Penticton Herald, January 13, 2010, retrieved 2012-08-24
  19. Okanagan School of the Arts webpage, retrieved 2012-08-24
  20. The Shatford Centre and How it Came to Be: An Introduction, oook.ca, retrieved 2012-08-24
  21. Pen-Hi Grad, retrieved 2014-12-13
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