Sanctioned and Unsanctioned School Events
School Sponsored Grad EventsSafety is of paramount importance during school sponsored events. Therefore, all school sponsored grad events are drug free (no alcohol, narcotics, vapour products or tobacco). We request the cooperation of grads and parents in making certain none are consumed before or during these events. Any parent or grad doing so will be required to leave an event, will not be allowed to enter an event and no refund will be given.
Grad Girls Dinner and Dance
November 28, 2019, Italian Cultural Centre, 3075 Slocan Street, Vancouver
Doors open at 6:30, dinner and dancing from 7:00 - 10:30
Join the grad girls for an evening of dinner and dancing! Dads or another significant adult in the lives of our grad girls are welcome to attend. Complimentary photographs will be taken that evening and will be loaded on the Argyle network a few weeks after the event. There will be a Photo Booth and props at the event, a speech by the grad guys, a graffiti wall as well as dinner and dancing. Please respect that this is a dry event and can not allow in and out privileges. Tables seat 10 and there is no assigned seating. Once tickets sales close no refund will be possible.
Photos from Dance are available at Argyle on the Argyle server. Students log into a school computer and can access the photos here: S:\Student Info\Grad Photos\Grad Girls Dance 2019
Grad Guys Dinner and Dance
Thursday, January 23, 2020, Italian Cultural Centre, 3075 Slocan Street, Vancouver
Doors open at 6:30, dinner and dancing from 7:00 - 10:30
Moms or another significant adult in the lives of our grad guys are invited. Complimentary photographs will be taken that evening and will be loaded on the Argyle network a few weeks after the event. There will be a photo booth and props at the event, a speech by the grad girls, a graffiti wall, as well as dinner and dancing. Please respect that this is a dry event and can not allow in and out privileges. Tables seat 10 and there is no assigned seating. Once tickets sales close no refund will be possible.
Convocation CeremonySaturday, June 13th, 11:00 a.m.
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Grads will need to be at the venue one hour before the ceremony begins. Grads must arrive wearing their gown as the gown is their ticket into the event. Guests and grads will enter through the Hamilton Street entrance. The entrance doors will open one hour before the ceremony. Tickets for the event will go on sale online from May 1 - 31, 2020 and will be $15 each. (Grads must pay their gown rental fee in lieu of a ticket.) There will be no restrictions on ticket sales. Tickets will be sold online through
School Cash Online. NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR. LATECOMERS WILL NOT BE SEATED UNTIL THERE IS A BREAK IN THE PROGRAM. If you have guests that need special seating please contact Mr. Ruben.
- Program: Welcome from MC., Oh Canada, Governor General Award, introductory remarks by the Principal, presentation of scholarships, presentation of graduates, performance(s) by grads, presentation to winners of major awards, Valedictorian address, recessional.
- Formal Atmosphere: Grads and the audience should dress and conduct themselves in a manner appropriate to the formality of the occasion. The ceremony can take more than three hours.
- Photography: Photographs of each grad will be taken on and off stage GradsBC. Do not approach the stage or block the aisles to take photographs.
- Return gowns at the venue IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CEREMONY: any photographs with the gowns must be taken before arriving at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Grads must arrive at 10 a.m., immediately come inside the lobby and begin to line up in the assigned places for the processional.
2020 Grad Banquet and Prom
Thursday, June 25, 2020, 6:30 pm - Midnight
Westin Bayshore
The Grade 12 Banquet & Prom will take place June 25, 2020, at the Westin Bayshore from 6:30 pm - Midnight. Tickets will go on sale online through
school cash online from May 1 - 31, 2020. The ticket price will be around $145 and everyone requires a ticket. There will be no restrictions on ticket sales. Seating must be chosen after tickets are purchased. Tables are set for 10 and seats will not be added to any tables. Incomplete tables will be collapsed at the discretion of the planning committee.
Guests must bring their online receipt to the counselling centre and choose their seats and tables from May1 - 31 at lunch times. It is best to pick seats as soon as tickets are purchased and to organize seating with friends and family. Then send one person with all the receipts to choose seats for the entire group.
We ask that guests be at their tables at 7:45 pm for the start of the formal program. Last years program is below. This year the program will add portraits of each grad by GradsBC and videography by GradsBC, performances by grads, speeches, food and dancing. The portraits will be added to your grad portfolio and the video will be available to grads through a link sent out to grad families.
All guests will have to clear security before entering the event. Once guests leave the security zone for the event they can’t return - there are no in and out privileges given. There will be NO COAT CHECK at this event. NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR.
