St. Patrick's Regional Secondary

St. Patrick's Regional Secondary

Infobox_Education_in_Canada
name= St. Patrick Regional Secondary School


imagesize= 200px
motto= Volens Et Valens
motto_translation=Ready and Willing
streetaddress= 115 East 11th Ave.
city= Vancouver
province= British Columbia
postalcode= V5T 2C1
areacode= 604
phone= 874-6422
fax= 874-5176
email= administration@stpats.bc.ca
url= [http://www.stpats.bc.ca/ St. Pat's Website]
schoolnumber=
schoolboard= CISVA (Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese)
superintendent=Mr. Doug Lauson
trustee= Rev. Vincent Hawkswell(Archbishop's Representative)
affiliation= Roman Catholic
principal= John Bevacqua
principal_label= Principal
viceprincipal= Gab DonniciPaula Nannery
viceprincipal_label= Vice Principals
administrator=
custodian=
schooltype= Independent
grades= 8-12
language= English
area= Mount Pleasant
mascot=
teamname= Celtics
colours= Green, Yellow
founded= 1923
enrollment= ~500

St. Patrick Regional Secondary School (St. Pat's) is a Catholic school, under the administration of CISVA (Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese) school board. [http://www.cisva.bc.ca/]

The school is co-educational, offering academic, fine arts, and business programs, as well as athletic, performing arts, and other extracurricular programs, for students from grades 8 to 12.

The school participates in sporting events under the name of the "Celtics", with the team colours of Green, White & Yellow.

History

Monsignor Forget is the founder of St. Patrick Regional Secondary School, in 1923, in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was established by the Catholic Independent School Society of Vancouver Archdiocese to serve the educational needs of its 23 designated parishes.

St. Patrick's is the oldest high school in the Vancouver Archdiocese and was run & operated by the Sister's of St. Joseph of Toronto.

Independent school status

St. Patrick Regional Secondary School is classified as a Group 1 school under British Columbia's Independent School Act. It receives 50% funding from the Ministry of Education. The school receives no funding for capital costs. [ [http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/independentschools/geninfo.pdf Overview of Independent Schools in British Columbia] ] It is under charge of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver.

Artistic performance

St. Pat's provides students with a variety of performing & non-performing arts.

St. Patrick Regional Secondary is a school that sings. With nearly 50% of the school population participating in choir each year, the choral program has grown to eight different ensembles. [http://www.stpats.bc.ca/Site2007/Documents/Brochure2008a.pdf - 2008 St. Pat's Brouchure]

Clubs & committees

*Advanced Placement Club
*Audio-Visual Club
*Dance Squad
*Grad Committee
*Guitar Club
*Information Technology Club
*International Club
*Japanese Exchange Club
*Newspaper Club
*Peer Counsellors
*Peer Ministers
*Peer Tutors
*Photography Club
*Project Outreach
*Referees Club
*Respect for Life Club
*Sacristans Club
*Scorekeepers Club
*Service Club
*Student Council
*Theatre Club
*Yearbook Club

Notable alumni

Notes

St. Pat's is one of four Vancouver, Catholic high schools; the others being Notre Dame Regional Secondary, Vancouver College & Little Flower Academy.

St. Pat's claim to fame is having a street (East 11th Avenue) running through the middle of the school. Students have to cross the street to attend physical education and science classes. No accidents have occurred or jaywalking violations have been served.

St. Pat's has ties to a sister school in Japan, [http://www.nisseihs.com/ Nissei High School] .

References

External links

* [http://www.stpats.bc.ca/ St. Pat's Website]
* [http://www.rcav.org/schools/listing/2_St_Patricks/index.htm Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver listing for St. Pat's]
* [http://www.fraserinstitute.org/reportcards/schoolperformance/ The Fraser Institute School Performance Report Cards]


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