Argyle Secondary School is a high school in the Upper Lynn Valley school district of North Vancouver (District), Canada. In the 2011–2012 school year, enrollment was 1,445.Argyle Secondary School participates in special programs, including Apprentice Training, Hockey Skills Academy, Artists for Kids Studio Art Academy, Digital Media Academy, Distributed Learning, and French Immersion.Argyle sports include field hockey, soccer, rugby, volleyball, cross-country, basketball, track and field, football, cheer, curling, gymnastics, wrestling, tennis, and Ultimate Frisbee. Student athletics focus on Piper POWER, signifying Pride, Open-Mindedness, Wisdom, Excellence, and Respect.Parents can become involved in the Argyle Parent Advisory Council by joining the Drama or Music Associations, Canadian Parents for French, Enrichment Opportunities, Vancouver Coastal Health, and workshops and resources.Notable TeachersIn the spring of 2016 Kathy Mulder, an English 12/Social Studies 8 teacher, was presented with the prestigious Loran Teachers Building Leaders Award by the Governor General of Canada, Right Honourable David Johnston. She was nominated for this award by a previous student, Laura Thorne, who won the Loran Award in 2015, one of thirty of the secondary students selected across Canada for exemplary character, commitment to service in the community, and leadership potential.Starting in 2014, Steve Bruno implemented a new type of teaching in his Spanish classes called T.P.R.S.(Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling), invented by Blaine Ray, a Spanish teacher in California in the 1990s. This new teaching style involves students practicing the language out loud instead of studying out of a textbook. Though it had previously been experimented with at a few other schools across BC, Bruno decided to adopt this still embryonic concept. This has allowed his previously brilliant enthusiasm to shine through more forcefully.
