St. Patrick's Regional Secondary School

St. Patrick Regional Secondary School
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Address
115 East 11th Ave. Vancouver, British Columbia, V5T 2C1 Canada
Information
School type	Independent
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Founded	1923
School board	CISVA (Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese)
Superintendent	Mr. Doug Lauson
Area trustee	Rev Vincent Hawkswell (Archbishop's Representative)
Principal	Ralph Gabriele
Grades	8–12
Enrollment	500
Language	English
Area	Mount Pleasant
Colour(s)	Green and Yellow
Team name	Celtics
Website	www.stpats.bc.ca

St. Patrick Regional Secondary School (St. Pat's) is a Catholic prep-school in Vancouver, under the administration of CISVA (Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese) school board.

The school is co-educational which offers 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 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was established by the Catholic Independent School Society of Vancouver Archdiocese to serve the educational needs of its twenty-three designated parishes.

St. Patrick's is the oldest high school in the Vancouver Archdiocese and was run and 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 receives50% funding from the Ministry of Education. The school receives no funding for capital costs. It is under charge of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver.

Feeder Parishes

• St. Andrews
• St. Joseph's (Vancouver)
• St. Patrick’s
• St. Francis Xavier
• St. Paul’s (Richmond)
• St. Casimir’s
• Sacred Heart
• St. Augustine’s
• St. Joseph the Worker
• Immaculate Conception
• Blessed Sacrament
• Holy Family
• Holy Name
• Our Lady of Perpetual Help
• Our Lady of Fatima
• St. Anthony of Padua
• Guardian Angels

Academic performance

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Entrance to the high school

St. Pat's is ranked by the Fraser Institute. In 2008, it was ranked 74th out of 316 Vancouver, lower mainland schools.

Academic Departments

• Business
• Mathematics
• Performing Arts
• Social Studies
• Catholic theology
• English
• Humanities
• Information Technology
• Languages
• Science
• Physical Education
• Visual Arts

Athletic performance

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The outdoor mural on St. Pat's Gym.

Both the Varsity Boys & Girls basketball teams participate in the BC Catholic Basketball Championship, one of the largest tournaments in the province of BC.

The Senior Girls Volleyball of 2001–2002, 2002–2003, and 2008–2009 teams won first place at the Provincial Championships.

In 2010, the Senior Boys Basketball team won 'A' Provincial Championships.

School Teams
Soccer
Volleyball
Track & Field
Basketball
Wrestling

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.'

Performing Arts	Visual Arts
Drama	Art
Band	Photography
Show Choir	Stage Props
Concert Choir	Yearbook
Music	School Paper
Dance squad

Notes

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

St. Patricks has ties to a sister school in Japan, Nissei High School.

External links

• St. Pat's Website
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver listing for St. Pat's
• The Fraser Institute School Performance Report Cards