Penticton Secondary School (Pen High or PSS) is a high school located in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. PSS is operated by School District 67 Okanagan Skaha. It is one of two secondary schools in Penticton and one of three in the school district. It is located on the same campus as the Okanagan School of the Arts. The school district's French immersion classes for grades 8-12 are located at the school.SD 67 French Immersion , retrieved 2012-08-24
Academic programs In addition to standard core curriculum programs, Advanced Placement courses are offered which can be used for credit at universities and colleges.Advanced Placement schools in Canada, retrieved 2012-09-24 Other programs offered include: Applied Skills Athletics & PE Business Fine Arts Languages
Hockey Academy The school is involved with the Okanagan Hockey School in a private-public partnership at the Okanagan Hockey Academy (OHA). Students traveling to Penticton to enroll in the OHA are eligible to take academic courses at PenHigh while PenHigh students receive hockey training and practice from the OHA. Students are also eligible to play on the OHA's competitive teams.Okanagan Hockey Academy , retrieved 2012-08-23
Music The school's music program offers:School Music department webpage , retrieved 2012-08-24 Concert Band Senior Band Senior Jazz Concert Choir Guitar Recording Arts Musical Theatre
History and facilities Penticton High School opened on the current site in 1913 in the Ellis building, and in 1921 expanded into the new Shatford building, named after the recently deceased former Member of the Legislative Assembly in British Columbia and later Senator Lytton Shatford.Pen High 100 before 1919 webpage, retrieved 2012-08-24 Shatford's company had purchased the Ellis estate on whose land the school would be established.Okanagan's Sole Senator Named to Senate in 1917, The Princeton Herald July 17, 1971, posted on Pen High 100's webpage, retrieved 2012-08-24Interesting Citizens at Mountain View Cemetery, retrieved 2012-08-24 The buildings have also been known as the Ellis School and the Shatford School, respectively.Canada's Historic Places, retrieved 2012-08-24
Numerous renovations and expansions occurred from the 1940s on.School District replacement project webpage, 2003 , retrieved 2012-08-24 A new facility was constructed on the same campus during 2006–2008 at a capital cost of $38 million.School District project webpage , retrieved 2012-08-24Academic program, Okanagan Hockey Academy, retrieved 2012-08-24 The school district agreed to maintain the Ellis building, which was upgraded and incorporated into the new school at a cost of $3.1 million,School District Presentations at the Board Meeting, January 11, 2010 , retrieved 2012-08-24 and the city took responsibility for the Shatford building.City of Penticton Heritage Strategy Report 2005, retrieved 2012-08-24 The new building's design incorporated energy efficient strategies, including a geothermal heating system.Live Smart BC carbon neutral action report 2010, retrieved 2012-08-24
The Shatford Centre is one of two heritage buildings on the PSS campus. Its renovation was completed in 2011 and was funded by the school district, the local, provincial, and federal governments, and other public and private entities.Penticton's Shatford Centre gets funding boost, Penticton Western News, February 24, 2011, retrieved 2012-08-24Arts school planned for Shatford needs city’s support, Penticton Herald, January 13, 2010, retrieved 2012-08-24 The Shatford building has been renamed The Shatford Centre which operates as a conference centre and events facility, and houses the Okanagan School of the Arts.Okanagan School of the Arts webpage, retrieved 2012-08-24The Shatford Centre and How it Came to Be: An Introduction, oook.ca, retrieved 2012-08-24
The graduation of the class of 1975 was the topic of the short NFB documentary Pen-Hi Grad by Sandy Wilson.Pen-Hi Grad, retrieved 2014-12-13
Notable alumni Mattias Clement, aka Tyler Breeze, Professional Wrestler Brett Hull, NHL hockey player Paul Kariya, retired NHL hockey player Duncan Keith, retired NHL hockey player Brendan Morrison, NHL hockey player Mike Reno, Musician Cole Sillinger, NHL hockey player Troy Stecher, NHL hockey player Sandy Wilson, film director Micah Zandee-Hart, PWHL hockey player
References
External links Fraser Institute School Report Card Okanagan Hockey Academy Okanagan Hockey School Penticton Western News article on enrollment, April 7, 2011 Photos of the Ellis and Shatford buildings (post renovation) Pen High 100 Committee webpage Canada's Historic Places, Penticton High School webpage Penticton Secondary School's Legacy