Argyle Secondary School


Argyle Secondary School is a high school and an arts program focused school in the Upper Lynn Valley school district of North Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada. In the 2011–2012 school year, enrollment was 1,445.

Academics

Argyle offers courses in the humanities, sciences, language arts, business, fine and performing arts, and computer technology. They also offer French Immersion, the Digital Media Academy, a Co-)p Program, and a Music Program from grade 8 to grade 12.

Digital Media Department

The school has teams in volleyball, field hockey, basketball, soccer, track and field, football, rugby, cheer, cross-country, curling, gymnastics, swimming, tennis, ultimate frisbee, and wrestling.
Argyle’s senior cheer team, also known as the Gold Team, went to the World Cheerleading Championships in 2017 and 2019. Both times they came second in the world and first in Canada.

History

In the fall of 2014, Argyle succumbed to a small flood due to heavy rainfall overnight. The flash flood, 100 millimeters in 24 hours, caused families to evacuate their homes. They traced the source back to a plug in one of the many creeks in the area, which then found another path to flow down which turned out to be Kilmer and then Fromme. The extent of the damage on the school was the inundation of nine classrooms and the drama department's prop room. The following morning school was canceled as professionals and families alike attempted to reduce the damage to the school.
Argyle Secondary School was built in 1960, and has undergone renovations in 1966, 1969, and 2000. In June 2016 it was confirmed that the school would receive $47.5 million for seismic upgrades, $37.6 million from the province and $8.1 million from the school district. The construction was set to start in 2017 so that it may be finished in the fall of 2019 for the predicted 1200 students from grade 8-12.

Notable alumni