Gleneagle Secondary School
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Gleneagle Secondary School, or simply Gleneagle, is a public coeducational high school
located in Coquitlam, British Columbia
. The school serves grades nine through twelve and has an enrollment of about 1,200 studentshttp://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reports/pdfs/student_stats/04343125.pdf. It is run by School District 43 Coquitlam
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Broken Wing Theatre is the name given to the theatre program at Gleneagle. The school has presented more than 260 scripted plays and musicals since it opened in 1997. In addition to a number of plays performed by acting classes, extracurricular plays are presented in the fall and spring; as well as the annual school musical also presented in the spring. Broken Wing Theatre often practices Black Box Theatre with minimal basic sets, music, and lighting for the acting classes, so as to speed up the rate of production and to focus resources on actor training and learning by participating, rather than reading about it or spending time creating sets. The use of scripts is a constant in Broken Wing Theatre's approach to acting: at any given point, all actors in the program are either rehearsing or performing scripted plays, musicals, scenes, or monologues. Gleneagle has also been an active participant in the local high school district theatre festival in the fall, Metfest. Notable productions of the past include: The Grapes of Wrath (play)
, Parfumerie (play), The Actor's Nightmare (play)
, The Wizard Of Oz
, Seussical (musical)
, and a number of student-written and director-written/adapted plays.
Gleneagle is also host to the School District 43 TALONS Program, a two year program for gifted students in Grades 9 and 10. Other programs within the school include the JumpstArt program, chef training, hairdressing, and the COAST outdoor program.
Gleneagle's art program has a working partnership with Emily Carr University of Art + Design, which chose Gleneagle as a venue for night classes for grade 12s wishing to take advanced art classes.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in Coquitlam, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
. The school serves grades nine through twelve and has an enrollment of about 1,200 studentshttp://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reports/pdfs/student_stats/04343125.pdf. It is run by School District 43 Coquitlam
School District 43 Coquitlam
School District 43 is one of the sixty school districts in British Columbia. The district is the third largest in British Columbia with 45 elementary schools, 13 middle schools, and 9 secondary schools. School District 43 serves the Tri-Cities, including the cities of Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam,...
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Broken Wing Theatre is the name given to the theatre program at Gleneagle. The school has presented more than 260 scripted plays and musicals since it opened in 1997. In addition to a number of plays performed by acting classes, extracurricular plays are presented in the fall and spring; as well as the annual school musical also presented in the spring. Broken Wing Theatre often practices Black Box Theatre with minimal basic sets, music, and lighting for the acting classes, so as to speed up the rate of production and to focus resources on actor training and learning by participating, rather than reading about it or spending time creating sets. The use of scripts is a constant in Broken Wing Theatre's approach to acting: at any given point, all actors in the program are either rehearsing or performing scripted plays, musicals, scenes, or monologues. Gleneagle has also been an active participant in the local high school district theatre festival in the fall, Metfest. Notable productions of the past include: The Grapes of Wrath (play)
The Grapes of Wrath (play)
The Grapes of Wrath is a 1988 play adapted by Frank Galati from the classic John Steinbeck novel of the same name, with incidental music by Michael Smith. The play debuted at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, followed by a May 1989 production at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego and a June 1989...
, Parfumerie (play), The Actor's Nightmare (play)
The Actor's Nightmare
The Actor's Nightmare is a short comic play by Christopher Durang. It involves an accountant named George Spelvin, who is mistaken for an actor's understudy and forced to perform in a play for which he doesn't know any of the lines.-Inspiration:...
, The Wizard Of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed primarily by Victor Fleming. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, but there were uncredited contributions by others. The lyrics for the songs...
, Seussical (musical)
Seussical
is a musical by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty based on the books of Dr. Seuss that debuted on Broadway in 2000. The play's story is a rather complex amalgamation of many of Seuss's most famous books. After a Broadway run, the production spawned two US national tours and a UK tour...
, and a number of student-written and director-written/adapted plays.
Gleneagle is also host to the School District 43 TALONS Program, a two year program for gifted students in Grades 9 and 10. Other programs within the school include the JumpstArt program, chef training, hairdressing, and the COAST outdoor program.
Gleneagle's art program has a working partnership with Emily Carr University of Art + Design, which chose Gleneagle as a venue for night classes for grade 12s wishing to take advanced art classes.