J.N. Burnett Secondary School is a secondary school

Secondary school

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 located at 5011 Granville Ave., Richmond

Richmond, British Columbia

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, British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada

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. The current principal is Jason Leslie, and there are currently over 2000 students enrolled.

The school is named after John Napier Burnett

John Napier Burnett

John Napier Burnett was an important pioneer of education in British Columbia.Born in Scotland, Burnett moved to Vancouver in 1911 to escape the chaos that was building in Scotland at the time...

, a pioneer. It is well-known for its badminton

Badminton

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 program, and ranked third at the 2006 British Columbia badminton provincials and ranked second at the provincial championship in 2010. Burnett had a successful table tennis program with the boys team winning the provincial championship in 2007 and 2008. Recently, they finished 13th out of 14 teams in the 2009 High School Table Tennis Provincial Championships.

Burnett is also well known for its provincial ranking in mathematics and chemistry. It also offers an Advanced Placement (AP) program.

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School Code for Burnett is 821309.

History

Burnett opened in 1968 with grades 8–10, being classified as a junior secondary school. The first year the school was open (1968–1969), the building's second floor had not yet been completed, which caused the class times for different grades to vary for a year; students in the 9th and 10th grade attended classes morning, whereas 8th grade classes took place in the afternoon. In September 1969, the entire student body was once again attending with normal hours.

School Reports — Ministry of Education

• Class Size
• Satisfaction Survey
• School Performance
• Skills Assessment
• Enrollment Reports