David Thompson Secondary School (Vancouver)

David Thompson Secondary School is a public secondary school located in the Fraserview neighbourhood of Central Vancouver. It was opened in 1958. It is located between Killarney Secondary School and Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School.

David Thompson Secondary School
Location
1755 East 55th Avenue Vancouver , British Columbia , V5P 1Z7 Canada
Coordinates	49°13′14″N 123°04′13″W
Information
School type	Public, Secondary School
Motto	Latin: Nos Quoque Exploremus (Let Us Also Explore)
Founded	1958
School board	School District 39 Vancouver
Superintendent	Ms. Suzanne Hoffman
Area trustee	Ms. Estrellita Martin-Gonzalez
School number	3939018
Director	Ms. Julie Pearce
Principal	Mr. Nick Akrap
Grades	8-12
Enrollment	1369 (2018-2019)
Language	English
Area	Victoria-Fraserview
Colour(s)	Blue and Light Blue
Team name	Thompson Trojans
Website	thompson.vsb.bc.ca

The school served as a filming location for multiple films in the Twilight Saga.^[1]

History

David Thompson Secondary School opened in the fall of 1958. From September to November when the opening occurred, students attended three other local schools: Gladstone, John Oliver, and Killarney. During the first year, 1500 students were enrolled and the first class graduated in 1960. Gradually, the number increased until in the mid-seventies, the average annual population was in excess of two thousand. In 1960, the senior boys' rugby team won the provincial New Zealand Shield in competition. In 1967 and 1968, the senior boys' basketball teams were the Lower Mainland champions. In the 1960s, the school colours were purple and gold, changed years later to blue and light blue.

Filming at Thompson

In the spring of 2009, David Thompson was used as the set for Forks High School in The Twilight Saga: New Moon, the second installment of the Twilight film series. That summer, the third installment (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) was filmed there.

Notable alumni

• Kayi Cheung, winner of Miss Hong Kong 2007
• Ronald Deibert (class of 1982), professor and director of the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab
• Andrea Jin (class of 2014), Juno Award-winning comedian
• Dan Kesa, former professional ice hockey player
• Sasha Lakovic (class of 1990), former professional ice hockey and roller hockey player
• Annie Liu, Hong Kong actress
• Hargurnek Sandhu, two-time Olympic field hockey player in the 1984 and 1988 Games, and assistant coach for the 2008 Beijing Games
• Laurie Shong (class of 1989), former Olympic fencer and pentathlete
• Megan Wing, former Olympic figure skater