Garibaldi Secondary School is a grade 8–12 school located in Maple Ridge,

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. The school presently has about 1,040 students, and 62 teachers.Garibaldi Secondary School
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International Baccalaureate

Garibaldi Secondary School (GSS) is an

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World School for the

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since October 2007. The first

diploma classes started in 2008. Garibaldi is the only public school in Maple Ridge to offer the

. The school also offers courses in the junior grades to help prepare students for the

Other programs

In addition to its academic programs, Garibaldi Secondary has Fine Arts programs such as Drama, Video Editing, Music and Art; Technical Partnership programs such as Electrical, Plumbing, Carpentry, Traditional Metalwork, and Woodwork; and Business and Information Technology programs such as Economics, Business Computer Applications, Desktop Publishing, Marketing, and Information Technology.

Online learning

The school has been involved from the start in the District's Distance Learning Program the Connected Learning Community(CLC) which offers courses online to students all over British Columbia. Several teachers conduct online courses using various programs including

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and recently

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History

The original school was built in 1956 when it was named after Garibaldi Provincial Park which was just to the North of the school. Later this part of the park became a separate park known as Golden Ears Provincial Park but the school kept the name Garibaldi Secondary School, so it is also named after

Giuseppe Garibaldi Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi ( , ;In his native Ligurian language, he is known as (). In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as () or (). 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, revolutionary and republican. H ...

. The school has completed its building program with new classrooms, science labs and computer labs.

Notable alumni

* Linus Sebastian,

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personality, presenter, producer, and founder of Linus Media Group. * Snak the Ripper, musician, record producer and founder of Stealth Bomb Records. * Brian Malfesi, sprint kayaker, and member of Canada's 2020 Olympic team. * Lance Uggla, CEO and chairman of IHS Markit. * Tyler O'Neill, MLB player for the

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References

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