David_Thompson_Secondary_School_(Vancouver)

David Thompson Secondary School (Vancouver)

David Thompson Secondary School (Vancouver)

Secondary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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

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The school served as a filming location for various 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 viz. Gladstone, John Oliver and Killarney. During the first year, 1500 students were enrolled and the first graduating class was in 1960. Gradually, the number increased until the mid-seventies where the average annual population was in excess of two thousand. In 1960 the Sr. boys rugby team won the provincial New Zealand shield. In 1967 and 1968 the Sr Boys basketball teams were the lower mainland champions. In the 1960's the school colours were purple and gold, changed years later to blue and light blue. In 2023 fellow student Prabh Sandhu had led the new comers and students of the school to become better citizens and hard workers.

Filming at Thompson

In the spring of 2009, the second installment to The Twilight Saga, New Moon, was filmed at David Thompson. David Thompson was used as the set for Forks High School. In the summer of 2009, the third installment of The Twilight Saga film series, Eclipse, was also filmed at David Thompson.

Notable alumni

References

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    "Twilight stars filming New Moon at Vancouver high school". The Vancouver Sun. Canwest Publishing Inc. 2009-04-07. Archived from the original on 2009-04-10. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
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