, motto_translation = Let Us Also Explore , founded = 1958 , schoolboard =

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, superintendent = Ms. Suzanne Hoffman , director = Ms. Julie Pearce , trustee = Ms. Estrellita Martin-Gonzalez , number = 3939018 , principal = Mr. Nick Akrap , grades_label =

Grades Grade most commonly refers to: * Grade (education), a measurement of a student's performance * Grade, the number of the year a student has reached in a given educational stage * Grade (slope), the steepness of a slope Grade or grading may also r ...

, grades = 8-12 , enrollment = 1369 , enrollment_as_of = 2018-2019 , language =

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, area = Victoria-Fraserview , colours = Blue and Light Blue , team_name = Thompson Trojans , homepage = David Thompson Secondary School is a

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located in the Fraserview neighbourhood of Central Vancouver. It had opened in 1958. It is located in between

Killarney Secondary School Killarney Secondary School is a public secondary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest public secondary school in the city by area. The school and the neighbourhood it is located in is named after Killarney, Ireland. ...

and Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School. The school served as a filming location for various films in the Twilight Saga''.

History

David Thompson Secondary School opened in 1958. 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 1967 and 1968 the Sr Boys basketball teams were the lower mainland champions.

Filming at Thompson

In the spring of 2009, the second installment to ''

The Twilight Saga The Twilight Saga may refer to: * ''Twilight'' (novel series), a novel series by Stephenie Meyer. * ''The Twilight Saga'' (film series), a film series on based the novel series by Stephenie Meyer * '' The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated ...

'', ''

New Moon In astronomy, the new moon is the first lunar phase, when the Moon and Sun have the same ecliptic longitude. At this phase, the lunar disk is not visible to the naked eye, except when it is silhouetted against the Sun during a solar eclipse. ...

'', 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 An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when an astronomical object or spacecraft is temporarily obscured, by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it and the viewer. This alignment of three ce ...

'', was also filmed at David Thompson.

Notable alumni

Annie Liu Annie Liu Sum-yau ( zh, 劉心悠; born 1 April 1981) is a Hong Kong-based Taiwanese actress. Background Liu was born in Taiwan but was sent to Vancouver, Canada to study at a young age by her parents. In 2004, Liu was selected to feature in ...

, Hong Kong Actress *

Kayi Cheung Kayi Cheung (; Pinyin: Zhāng Jiā'ér; Yale: Jeung1 Ga1 Yi4, born on 18 November 1983) is a Hong Kong-Canadian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Hong Kong 2007 and 1st Runner-up of the Miss Chinese International 2008. She ...

Miss Hong Kong 2007 Miss Hong Kong 2007 pageant, the 35th Miss Hong Kong pageant was held in the Hong Kong Coliseum on 21 July 2007. Sixteen delegates competed for the title. Contestant #3: Kayi Cheung was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder, Aimee Chan. R ...

* Hargurnek Sandhu, 2 time Olympic field hockey player in 1984 and 1988 games, and assistant coach for 2008 Beijing games *

Dan Kesa Dragan "Dan" Kesa (born November 23, 1971) is a Serbian-Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Vancouver Canucks, Dallas Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Career Dra ...

, former professional ice hockey player *

Megan Wing Megan Wing (born November 1, 1975) is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner and husband Aaron Lowe, she is a two-time Four Continents bronze medallist. Career Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wing began skating at the age of five and took up ...

, former Olympic figure skater *

Sasha Lakovic Sasha Gordon Lakovic (September 7, 1971 – April 25, 2017) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for 17 different professional teams during his career. Lakovic also played for four roller hockey teams in the mid-1990s. Lako ...

, graduate of 1990, former professional ice hockey and roller hockey player *

Laurie Shong Laurie Shong (born 2 January 1971) is a Canadian fencer and modern pentathlete. He competed in the modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the épée fencing events at the 1992 and 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, ...

, graduate of 1989, former Olympic fencer and pentathlete *

Ronald Deibert Ronald James Deibert (born 1964) is a Canadian professor of political science, philosopher, founder and director of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. He is a co-founder and a principal investigator of ...

, graduate of 1982, professor and director of the University of Toronto's

Citizen Lab The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, Canada. It was founded by Ronald Deibert in 2001. The laboratory studies information controls that impact the openness ...

Andrea Jin Andrea Jin is a Canadian comedian. She is most noted for her 2021 comedy album '' Grandma's Girl'', for which she won the Juno Award for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022. Jin was born in China, and lived there until around age ...

, graduate of 2014, Juno Award-winning comedian

References

External links

Vancouver School Board - David ThompsonVancouver School BoardThe Tempest School Newspaper
{{Authority control High schools in Vancouver Educational institutions established in 1958 1958 establishments in British Columbia