Burnett Secondary School
J.N. Burnett Secondary School is a secondary school located at 5011 Granville Ave., Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The current principal is Jason Leslie, and there are currently over 2000 students enrolled.
The school is named after John Napier Burnett, a pioneer. It is well known for its racket sports.
Burnett's badminton program, having placed 2nd at the 2001-02 British Columbia badminton provincials, Champions in 2002-03, 2nd in 2007-08, and 2nd in 2009-10.
Burnett's tennis program has a history of success placing in the Top 2 of Richmond High Schools consistently since 2000. Between 2003-2006, Burnett was 1st in RSSAA and consistently placed in the Top 6 and the BCSSA.
Burnett had a successful table tennis program with the boys team winning the provincial championship in 2007 and 2008. Recently, they finished 13th out of 14 teams in the 2009 High School Table Tennis Provincial Championships.
Burnett is also well known for its provincial ranking in mathematics and chemistry. It also offers an Advanced Placement (AP) program.
The SAT School Code for Burnett is 821309.
Read more about Burnett Secondary School: History
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