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ART DISPLAYS ADDED TO OUR GALLERY!

Posted on February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 by mcallisterc

Looking for artistic inspiration? Click on our GALLERY tab and see more than 40 new photos of our ART DISPLAYS over the semesters and quarters. For artwork from years passed, select from our GALLERY drop-down menu.

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CHOOSE ALPHA DANCE: Course Selections Around the Corner!

Posted on February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 by mcallisterc

With course selections just around the corner, take a look at the amazing time you can have in ALPHA DANCE with Ms. Ranford! See the amazing YOUTUBE trailer below!!!

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Waaaayyyy Back, Throw-Back! September Start…

Posted on January 7, 2021 by mcallisterc

When you start school with a whole new protocol, and there is a world-wide pandemic? You make a parody. Here’s MC Hammer’s “You Can’t Touch This” and our Theatre Production PM class. Filmed and edited by student Maeve Holbrook.

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Throw-Back Thursday: Remembrance Day in Drama

Posted on January 7, 2021 by mcallisterc

Here, the Theatre Production class presented a version of WWI seen from a divided stage: The Homefront and the Warfront. Connected by the ancient art of letter writing, the lovers capture the emotions of those divided by a war they have no control over. This division actually paralleled for the students as the Pandemic had…

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Welcome Back!

Posted on January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 by mcallisterc

It is the first week of January and the school is quietly settling into 2021, careful not to set the year ablaze with too much change. It’s important to give ourselves grace amidst a tumultuous time of transition. We must remember to set reachable and reasonable goals, while still allowing ourselves to feel challenged. We…

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CHAMBER CHOIR AND JAZZ BAND IN DECEMBER 2020

Posted on January 7, 2021 by mcallisterc

Now, grab a cup of cocoa and snuggle up after the last day of school today, to enjoy the musical delights of the Jazz Band and the Chamber Choir, socially distanced and under the direction of Mr. Will Desousa. The Jazz Band will delight you with the smooth rendition of “Have Yourself a Merry Little…

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DANCE IN DECEMBER 2020

Posted on January 7, 2021 by mcallisterc

Alpha Secondary School’s Dance Company has been hard at work on their group Hip-hop choreography to ‘What U Workin With’, a number choreographed by Ms. Ranford. This dance celebrates the value of self-confidence as well as explores the fact that we have had the ability to #keepdancing and connecting with one another in a time…

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DRAMA IN DECEMBER 2020

Posted on January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 by mcallisterc

The Theatre Production class would like to present for your viewing pleasure The Winter Monologue Series: A Seasonal Countdown.  The class surveyed their peers and school staff to acquire ideas and traditions celebrated by all in the winter season.  They then took the feedback and turned them into a seasonal monologue series just for you! …

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VISUAL ART IN DECEMBER 2020

Posted on January 7, 2021 by mcallisterc

Take a look at what some of our Quarter 2 Visual Arts students have been up to so far at the following youtube link:  

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Merry Everything!

Posted on December 18, 2020 by mcallisterc

Pop on here for current blog posts about what is happening now in the VPA! It’s December 18th, 2020, and as the rain falls in Burnaby, Ecole Alpha Secondary is wrapping up this tumultuous year and heading home for break. This year has taught us so much as educators. It has taught us how truly…

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Alpha VPA Department

MISSION STATEMENT

To cultivate and inspire a community of passionate young artists who will go forth and learn to express themselves upon the world’s various stages and canvases with self-assurance, confidence, and resilience.  Through emotional expression, students will be able to collaborate in a safe, creative, and inclusive environment, where being one’s true self is celebrated each and every day.

Art with HeART: Black History Month art by student Alishba Sahukhan featuring Kara Walker, Aretha Franklin, Sidney Poitier, and Michèle Pearson Clarke. ’22

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