Robert Cecil Palmer Secondary School
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Robert Cecil Palmer Secondary School is a secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

 situated in Richmond
Richmond, British Columbia
Richmond is a coastal city, incorporated in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Part of Metro Vancouver, its neighbouring communities are Vancouver and Burnaby to the north, New Westminster to the east, and Delta to the south, while the Strait of Georgia forms its western border...

, British Columbia
British Columbia
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, Canada
Canada
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 which educates students in grades 8-12.

Science Team

The school regularly participates in science competitions within British Columbia, including the Annual UBC
University of British Columbia
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 Physics Olympics and Kwantlen
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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 Science Challenge. The teams are currently organized and coached under Mr. J. Chow, a science, mathematics, and physics teacher.

Basketball Team

The school hosts a basketball program for students that replaces the regular P.E. course with an all-basketball program and teaches the fundamentals, tricks, and plays of the sport. Recently, the senior basketball team have made it to the 63rd Annual Telus
TELUS
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-BCHSBBA Boys Provincial Basketball Championships, held in the PNE Agrodome
PNE Agrodome
PNE Agrodome is a sports arena located in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was built in 1963 and holds 5,000 people or 3,260 when configured to use the hockey or lacrosse surface. It annually hosts the provincial high school boys' 'AAA' basketball championships...

. In 2011, they won the Provincial Championships at the Langley Events Centre under head coach Paul Eberhardt. Team captains Vijay Dhillon and Billy Cheng won Most Valuable Player
Most Valuable Player
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 and Best Defensive Player of the Tournament, respectively.

JAX Club and JAXOLA

Recently, the JAX Club (formerly known as the Japanese Exchange Club), headed by Mr. B. Fukazawa, has been supplied by Thomas Kemper
Thomas Kemper
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 soda in an exclusive brand called JAXOLA, to promote interest of the club and Palmer.

Soccer Academy

The school also hosts a district-wide soccer academy, run in association with Total Soccer Systems (TSS), for students to obtain soccer skills from high-quality coaches. The program can be taken as an alternative to the Physical Education course.

Notable Former Students

  • Edison Chen
    Edison Chen
    Edison Koon-Hei Chen is a Hong Kong film actor, Cantopop singer, Hong Kong hip hop rapper, model, record producer, fashion designer, and a pop icon. Chen is also the founder of CLOT Inc., and the CEO of Clot Media Division Limited...

    , Hong Kong
    Hong Kong
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    -based entertainer
  • Bobby Singh
    Bobby Singh
    Bobby Singh is a retired professional American and Canadian football guard. He last played for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the Calgary Stampeders in the first round of the 1999 CFL Draft....

    , Canadian football
    Canadian football
    Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...

     guard
    Guard (American football)
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     for the Calgary Stampeders
    Calgary Stampeders
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     and school trustee for School District 38 Richmond
    School District 38 Richmond
    Richmond School District is a school district based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.The school board serves the city of Richmond.-Elementary schools:*Anderson Elementary School *Blair Elementary School...


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