Where we are
We are the Spákw’us Skwúul-áwtxw, the House of Eagles; and we are a community.
We acknowledge and thank the Coast Salish peoples whose traditional territories the North Vancouver School District resides on. We express our gratitude to the Skwxwu’7mesh and Tseil Waututh Nations as we value the opportunity to learn, live and share educational experiences on this land.
We are on the North Shore. We are surrounded and embraced by the two sisters who watch over us and remind us of how peace came to the land. We live in the rainforest which provides a wealth of resources and opportunities that are envied around the world, where takaya roams and black: mixalh (may hath) is revered. We are surrounded by oceans and coastal ecosystems where Yéwyews (yoyos) is king and stsuw’I’7 (soo quat) provides.
We are North Vancouver from the top of Grouse Mountain to the Lonsdale Quay, from Deep Cove to the Lions Gate Bridge. We are North Vancouver. We are part of the Lower Mainland. Our community reaches from the shores of the ocean to the Fraser Valley and beyond. We are Canadian. We make up the fabric of the Canadian landscape. As an IB school, we are part of the global community; and we have a role to play in bettering our world through intercultural understanding and respect.
"This is our story"
Who we are
Carson Graham Secondary is an International Baccalaureate (IB) Continuum School that offers both the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Diploma Programme (DP). As an IB school, we are part of the global community and have a role to play in bettering our world through intercultural understanding and respect.
Carson Graham serves its diverse student population with an array of innovative program offerings within our state of the art facility. Our dedicated and experienced faculty are committed to excellence making Carson Graham a leading school in both the North Shore and province.
We are lucky to work with a population as diverse as Carson’s student body. We have learners of all abilities, interests, experiences and aspirations; and they each bring joys and challenges to our school building that enrich our lives daily.
The diversity of our student population is mirrored in the number and types of programs we offer to meet their needs. We draw from more feeder schools than any other high school in the District and each of our feeder schools has its own unique personality.
The diversity is also mirrored in the diversity of our staff. Our teachers, for example, bring 1150 years experience to this school.
We are more than the sum of our parts. Each member of our staff – teaching, administrative and support staff brings their own unique experiences and points of view, which adds to the richness of our community. Whether we're homegrown or we’ve found our way here from other places, whether we've been around a while or are just starting out, our differences – differences in styles, in opinions, in interests, in approaches - are what make us stronger and our students benefit from it all.
Our community speaks more than 30 different languages in their homes. Each year, our English language learners come to us from around the world. We welcome international students from continents across the globe.
We are a creative community, a place that celebrates and appreciates the power of music; a community that understands the positive impact that the performing arts have on a person’s confidence; a community that produces thousands of creative pieces of art with each passing year. We are a community of designers – where we plan and try and think and try again. In fact, on average, 2000 students take a design course. How does that happen when we are a student population of fewer students than that? Students take multiple design classes which means our design teachers build relationships with nearly every single one of our students.
We are an active community. We have strong PE, conditioning and dance programs – each of which helps foster in our students a healthy balanced lifestyle.
We have a rich tradition of athletics. Nearly one-third of our students participate in at least one sport through our school. On average annually, 80 adults devote their personal time to coaching.
We are a community of service. Our student body devotes approximately 20 000 hours per year to giving back to the local and global community. They do this under the guidance and direction of volunteer teachers from our own staff.