Lord Byng Secondary School

Lord Byng Secondary School is a public secondary school located in the West Point Grey neighbourhood on the west side of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It opened in 1925 and was named after the then Governor General of Canada, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy.

Expansion
In 2003, the school expanded with the addition of a library, a gymnasium, and multiple studios and classrooms.

Sports
Lord Byng sports clubs are named for their school mascot, the Grey Ghost. Lord Byng sports teams include Cross-country, Bantam Boys Rugby, Juvenile Boys Rugby, Bantam Girls Volleyball, Juv/Junior Girls Volleyball, Senior Girls Volleyball, Swimming, Girls Basketball, Bantam Girls Basketball, Juvenile Girls Basketball, Jr/Senior Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, Bantam Boys Basketball, Juv/Junior Boys Basketball, Senior Boys Basketball, Bantam Boys Volleyball, Grade 8/Juvenile Girls Soccer, Senior Girls Soccer (Tier II), Girls Premier Soccer (Tier I), Tennis, Gymnastics, Ultimate, Girls Softball, Track & Field, Junior Boys Rugby, Senior Boys Rugby, Badminton, and Golf as well as inter-mural sports, such as hand-ball.

Lord Byng won the Tier II Senior Girls Basketball City Championships in the 2011–2012 season.

Music
Lord Byng's Senior Honour Orchestra competed in the 2012 American String Teachers Association National Orchestra Festival in Atlanta, where they placed second.

Theatre
Lord Byng received national attention in 2006 when theatre students at the school staged the play The Laramie Project, which had been banned by the Surrey School Board for its "violence and profanity".

In popular culture

 * Lord Byng's school yards were used in the filming of X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

Notable alumni

 * Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress and model
 * Barry Downs, Canadian architect
 * Grimes
 * Shaone Morrisonn, Canadian hockey player for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League
 * Joyce Murray, Liberal MP for Vancouver Quadra