Prince George Secondary School is a public high school in Prince George, British Columbia

Prince George, British Columbia

Prince George, with a population of 71,030 , is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, and is known as "BC's Northern Capital"...

 , Canada

Canada

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, part of School District 57 Prince George

School District 57 Prince George

School District 57 Prince George is a school district in central British Columbia. It covers a large area of the province around the city of Prince George. This includes communities of McBride, Valemount, and Mackenzie.-Schools:...

. It has been at its present campus

Campus

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 since 1968.

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

University of British Columbia

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'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.

Abduction

A school bus

School bus

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 taking students home was hijacked on February 13, 1990 with 13 students taken hostage

Hostage

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. They were released unharmed. The three youths who carried out the hijacking were armed with sawed-off rifles

Sawed-off shotgun

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.

Extracurricular activities

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

Notable alumni

• Demetri Goritsas
  Demetri Goritsas
  Demetri Goritsas is a Canadian-American actor.From Greek and Norwegian parentage, Goritsas was born in Eugene, Oregon, USA, grew up in British Columbia and has lived his adult life in London. Goritsas was educated at Prince George Secondary School, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.Early in...
  
  , actor with starring role in Gallipoli
  Gallipoli (2005 film)
  Gallipoli is a 2005 film by Turkish filmmaker Tolga Örnek. It is a documentary about the 1915 Gallipoli campaign, narrated by both sides, the Turks on one side and the British soldiers and Anzacs on the other side.-Synopsis:Through the use of surviving diaries, letters and photographs from...
  
  

Dave Rosin – guitar, backing vocals for the Canadian pop rock band Hedley. The band originated in Abbotsford, British Columbia. They were named after the town of Hedley, British Columbia, a name chosen after members heard that it was for sale for $346,000.[citation needed] While the idea of buying the town ran its course, the name remained. There are also rumors that the name "Hedley" originated from Hedley Street in Abbotsford, the hometown of Jacob Hoggard.[citation needed] Hedley performed their hit song "Cha Ching" at the closing ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

External links

• Prince George Secondary School
• School District 57 Prince George