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'{{Infobox school | name = Lord Byng Secondary School | image = Lord byng.svg | image_size = 100px | caption = | address = 3939 West 16th Avenue | city = [[Vancouver]] | province = [[British Columbia]] | postcode = [[List of V postal codes of Canada|V5R 3C9]] | country = Canada | coordinates = {{coord|49.258634|-123.192112|region:CA-BC|display=inline,title}} | schooltype = [[High school#Canada|high school]] | fundingtype = [[Public school (government funded)|Public]] | motto = ''Custos Morum'' {{la icon}} | motto_translation = Guardian of Morals | founded = {{Start date|1925}} | schoolboard = [[School District 39 Vancouver]] | superintendent = Steve Cardwell | trustee = Sharon Gregson | number = 03939038 | administrator = Rita Nardi<ref name="staff" /> | principal = Geoff Taylor <ref name="staff">{{cite web|url=http://byng.vsb.bc.ca/teacher.html|title=Lord Byng Staff Directory|publisher=Lord Byng Secondary School|date=2011-09-23|accessdate=2011-09-23}}</ref> | viceprincipal = Germaine Tsui, Rick Lopez<ref name="staff" /> | grades_label = [[Education in Canada#Levels in education|Grades]] | grades = 8-12 | enrollment = 1268<ref>[http://www.kto12.ca/Vancouver/Lord-Byng-Secondary-nr13915922.html]</ref> | enrollment_as_of = 2014 | language = [[Canadian English|English]] | area = [[West Point Grey]] | colours = Scarlet and grey {{color box|#9C0606}}{{color box|gray}} | team_name = Grey Ghosts | homepage = {{URL|http://byng.vsb.bc.ca/}} }} '''Lord Byng Secondary School''' is a [[Public education|public]] [[secondary school]] located in the affluent [[West Point Grey]] neighbourhood on the west side of [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. The school opened in 1925 and was named in honour of [[Julian H.G. Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy|The Lord Byng of Vimy]], a hero of [[Vimy Ridge]] as well as the [[Gallipoli Campaign]], and was largely responsible for the incorporation of tanks on a large scale at the [[Battle of Cambrai (1917)|Battle of Cambrai in 1917]]. At the time the school opened, [[Lord Byng]] was the [[Governor General of Canada]]. The school is widely renowned in the Greater Vancouver region for its selective Byng Arts mini-school program, as well as for its varsity sports programs and wide assortment of Advanced Placement and Enriched courses. The school was expanded and upgraded in 2003 with a library and gymnasium, as well as studios and classrooms. In the 2005-2006 school year, Byng Art's [[Theatre]] Company and the school gained national attention and respect for staging the play ''[[The Laramie Project]]'' after the [[School District 36 Surrey|Surrey School Board]] banned the play.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/01/11/laramie-project.html | title=B.C. school stages controversial 'Laramie Project' | publisher=[[CBC Arts]] | date=January 11, 2006 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060113175459/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/01/11/laramie-project.html | archivedate=2006-01-13}}</ref> ==Byng Arts Mini School== [[File:Lordbyng-sec.jpg|thumb|right|Lord Byng Secondary School]] The [[Byng Arts Mini School]] is a program for students that places artistic development at the core of the high school experience through enrichment in the fine arts as well as academics. Traditionally, students have specialized in Visual Arts, Band, Strings, or Theatre, but options have expanded to include Literary Arts, Media Arts, and Choir. The school offers a program that is designed for students who wish to direct their energies and passions towards the arts, to work within a community of students who share their interests, and to maintain strong academic achievement. The program promotes academic and artistic excellence through curricular and extracurricular activities in the fine arts, literary arts and applied fine arts.<ref>[http://www.vsb.bc.ca/vsbprograms/kto12/apfe/bams.htm Vancouver School Board Mini School Information] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060911190847/http://www.vsb.bc.ca/vsbprograms/kto12/apfe/bams.htm |date=September 11, 2006 }}</ref> ==Lord Byng sports== Lord Byng sports teams are named for their school mascot the Grey Ghost. Lord Byng sports teams include Cross-country, Bantam Boys Rugby, Juvenile Boys Rugby, Bantam Girls Volleyball, Juv/Junior Girls Volleyball, Senior Girls Volleyball, Swimming, Girls Basketball, Bantam Girls Basketball, Juvenile Girls Basketball, Jr/Senior Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, Bantam Boys Basketball, Juv/Junior Boys Basketball, Senior Boys Basketball, Bantam Boys Volleyball, Grade 8/Juvenile Girls Soccer, Senior Girls Soccer (Tier II), Girls Premier Soccer (Tier I), Tennis, Gymnastics, Ultimate, Girls Softball, Track & Field, Junior Boys Rugby, Senior Boys Rugby, Badminton, and Golf as well as inter-mural sports. Some of their recent wins include their Cross Country team's Team Aggregate Championship award and the Grade 8 Boys Rugby City Championship for defeating Charles Tupper 15-12 in the finals. They also won the Tier II Senior Girls Basketball City Championships in the 2011 - 2012 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/lordbyngathletics/ |title=Lord Byng Athletics |publisher=Sites.google.com |date= |accessdate=2012-01-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esportsdesk.com/leagues/front_pageVSSAA.cfm?clientID=223&leagueID=699 |title=Vancouver Secondary Schools' Athletic Association (Design, Hosting, Registration & Administration tools by esportsdeskpro.com) |publisher=Esportsdesk.com |date= |accessdate=2012-01-10}}</ref> ==Lord Byng Music Department== Under the direction of the [[Fine Arts]] department head, Scott MacLennan, Lord Byng has one of the best music programs in the Lower Mainland. Many of the groups, including the high-level Senior Honour Orchestra and Senior Wind Ensemble, have consistently placed first or gold in provincial and national competitions. Under the direction of Odette Kurth, Lord Byng's strings ensembles have won over 25 [[Kiwanis|Kiwanis Festival]] Gold Awards (Provincial Competition) and three Gold Awards from the National Competition [[MusicFest Canada|MusicFest]]. In 2008, the Senior Honour Orchestra won the trophy for first place in the North West Orchestra Competition in Portland, Oregon, and in 2010, both Junior and Senior Honour Orchestras received gold standing in the Heritage Music Festival in Seattle, Washington. The Senior Honour Orchestra were invited to compete in the 2012 [[American String Teachers Association]] National Orchestra Festival in Atlanta,<ref>{{cite web|title=Byng Honour Orchestras Captivate Judges at MusicFest Canada|url=http://www3.telus.net/bynggrad/pages/01%20Home/89InTheNews-content.html#xxx|accessdate=5 February 2012}}</ref> where they placed second against advanced American school orchestras. In March 2014, under the baton of Odette Kurth, the flagship orchestra, the Senior Honours Orchestra, competed in the [http://forteproductions.com/ National School Orchestra Finals] in the prestigious [[Alice Tully Hall]] at [[Lincoln Center]], in [[New York City]]. This orchestra competed against several American orchestras and was crowned first-place champion of the 2014 Orchestra Cup. Trophies brought back include the National Orchestra Cup, Best Solo Violinist Award and Best String Orchestra Award. In April 2017, the Senior Honour Orchestra competed at World Strides Festival of Golds, California, against dozens of other orchestras, bands and choirs all over North America, mostly the United States. They played on the dazzling stage of Davie's Symphony Hall, and, for the encore concert after the competition, played for the US veterans and obtained a unanimous standing ovation. They obtained 1st place out of all the other music groups, under the watchful eye of Odette Kurth, and are invited to participate in yet another competition, this time in Chicago. On May 5th of the same year, both Senior Honour, and a combination of Junior and Intermediate Orchestras competed at the Kiwanis Festival held at Douglas College. Both orchestras obtained 1st place in their respective divisions, along with invitations and scholarships for certain outstanding grade 12 students. The Lord Byng Symphony Orchestra is one of the few public school symphony orchestras in the province. Students are expected to perform unabridged symphonies and pieces. A few grade 12 soloists (at least one per term) are chosen to perform concertos.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lbso.ca/ |title=Lord Byng Symphony Orchestra |publisher=Lbso.ca |date=2011-11-25 |accessdate=2012-01-10}}</ref> For the ''Vancouver Courier'''s 2012 "Stars of Vancouver Readers Choice Awards", readers placed the Lord Byng Symphony Orchestra in third place under the category "Classical Music Ensemble", behind the [[Vancouver Symphony Orchestra]] and the UBC Symphony Orchestra.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stars of Vancouver 2012 Readers Choice Awards|url=http://shopping.vancourier.com/SS/Page.aspx?secid=115604&pagenum=10&sstarg=&facing=false&|accessdate=22 March 2012}}</ref> Some of the classes that are offered in band and strings are: * Beginner Band * Junior Band * Intermediate Band * Senior Band Wind Ensemble * Junior Jazz Band * Intermediate Jazz Band * Senior Jazz Band * Beginner Orchestra * Junior Orchestra * Intermediate Orchestra * Senior Orchestra * Junior Honours Orchestra * Senior Honours Orchestra * Junior Symphony Orchestra * Lord Byng Symphony Orchestra (LBSO, equivalent of a senior symphony orchestra) * Junior [[Choir]] * Intermediate [[Choir]] * Senior [[Choir]] * Chamber [[Choir]] Honours Some of the band trips include Osaka, [[Japan]] (1970), [[Austria]] and [[Germany]] (2003), [[New York City]] (2005), [[Italy]] (2007), [[England]] (2009), [[China]] (2011), [[France]] & [[Belgium]] (2013), and [[New York City]] (2015). ==Achievements== Lord Byng Secondary School received a rating of 9.2 out of 10 in 2007 from an independent reviewer. It ranked 13th out of the 291 schools ranked in that same review. As of 2006, Lord Byng was tied with [[University Hill Secondary School|University Hill]] as the top overall ranked public school in the Lower Mainland. In the 2014 Fraser Institutes provincial rankings, Byng was placed as the top public school.<ref>[http://britishcolumbia.compareschoolrankings.org/secondary/Lord_Byng_Secondary/Vancouver/Report_Card.aspx Fraser Institute ranking for Lord Byng]</ref> ==In popular culture== * Students from the Symphony Orchestra were asked to play the accompaniment for the song Wavin' Flag" which was a song written by [[K'Naan]] for the Haiti Relief Fund. This song features Canadian singers such as [[Avril Lavigne]], [[Justin Bieber]], [[Hedley (band)|Hedley]], Josh Ramsay from [[Marianas Trench (band)|Marianas Trench]], [[Nikki Yanofsky]] etc. Lord Byng students took part in both the soundtrack and the music video recording in 2010. * School's yards were used in the filming of ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]].''<ref>{{cite web|title=Info on ‘extensive’ Wolverine filming|url=http://filmonic.com/info-extensive-wolverine-filming|accessdate=2007-09-20}}</ref> * The school doubles as Rosewood High in ''[[Pretty Little Liars (TV series)|Pretty Little Liars]]'' and Finnegan High in ''[[Mr. Young]]''. * School interiors were used for the hospital scenes. Its exteriors stood in for a fictional Harding High School in [[Wisconsin]] during the second-season premiere of ''[[Masters of Horror]]''{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} * Areas of the school were used in the filming of ''[[Hollow Man 2]].''{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} * Some students from the band and orchestra of the school were cast as extras in [[Marianas Trench]] "Beside You" music video that took place in the [[Chan Centre for the Performing Arts]] at the [[University of British Columbia]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} * Scenes from the movie [[Saving Silverman]] were filmed at the front of Lord Byng. * School's interior and exterior were used for the [[Nickelodeon Movies|Nickelodeon]] film, [[Swindle (2013 film)|Swindle]]. * The 21 Jump Street episode "God is a Bullet" was filmed in 1989 at Lord Byng. It starred Johnny Depp, Peter DeLuise, Holly Robinson Peete, Dustin Nguyen.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZpFOtIZIvQ</ref> * Exterior shots of Lord Byng were used as Riverdale High in [[Riverdale (2017 TV series)|Riverdale]]. ==Notable alumni== *[[Elizabeth Ball]], Vancouver city councillor *[[Grimes (musician)|Claire Boucher]] aka "Grimes", Canadian singer, visual artist, and music video director *[[Stan Douglas]], Canadian installation artist *[[Marcus Haber]], Canadian soccer player *[[Chris Haddock]], screenwriter (''[[MacGyver]]'', ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'') and television producer (''[[Da Vinci's Inquest]]'', ''[[Intelligence (Canadian TV series)|Intelligence]]'') *[[Cory Lee]], Canadian pop singer *[[Dan Mangan]], Canadian folk/indie singer *[[Chris Mears]], former major league baseball player and Olympian *[[Wayne Moriarty]], Editor-in-Chief The Province *[[Shaone Morrisonn]], professional hockey player for the [[National Hockey League]]'s [[Buffalo Sabres]] *[[Joyce Murray]], former BC [[Executive Council of British Columbia|Cabinet]] Minister and [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] [[Parliament of Canada|MP]] for [[Vancouver Quadra]]; Ran as a candidate in [[Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, 2013]] finishing in second place to [[Justin Trudeau]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/justin-trudeau-elected-liberal-leader-in-a-landslide/article11189244/ | location=Toronto | work=The Globe and Mail | title=Justin Trudeau elected Liberal leader in a landslide | date=2013-04-15}}</ref> Trudeau lost only 5 ridings--- all to Murray.<ref>http://canadianelectionatlas.blogspot.ca/2013/04/liberal-leadership-race-results-map.html</ref> *[[Eric Nicol]], Canadian humourist and playwright *[[Phil Nimmons]], Canadian jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and academic *[[Carly Pope]], Canadian actress, co-star of ''[[Young People Fucking]]'' *[[Ross Rebagliati]], first ever to win an Olympic gold medal for snowboarding *[[Doreen Patterson Reitsma]], Canadian Naval Pioneer *[[Cobie Smulders]], Canadian actress known for playing Robin in ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' *[[Kimberley Stanfield]], Playboy Playmate of the Month for July 2001 *[[Benji Couling]], Historian of moderate repute *'''Max Riddle,''' Professional Racecar Driver. Races for Aston Martin Racing North America. *'''Vivianne Harms,''' Professional sack of shit. ==References== {{Reflist|2}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130514205536/http://byng.vsb.bc.ca/ Lord Byng Secondary School] * [http://www.vsb.bc.ca/schools/Secondaryschools/03939008/default.htm Vancouver School Board - Lord Byng] * [http://www.byngmusic.org/ Lord Byng Community Music Society] {{VancouverSchools}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Byng, Lord}} [[Category:High schools in Vancouver]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1925]] [[Category:1925 establishments in British Columbia]]'