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The students selected royal blue and gold as the school colours, based on those at Aberdeen University (the Alma Mater of one of their teachers); the first Latin classes chose "Fiat Lux" (Let there be light) as the school motto. The original school crest was designed by Mr. S. P. Judge, the first art teacher at Kitsilano, and although the crest has undergone some slight changes over the decades, it still proudly displays the colours and motto.
The school is particularly well known for the numerous television and film productions which have been filmed on location. Most recently, Juno, Superbad and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" were shot at Kitsilano. The school also counts a number of former alumni who went on to careers in film and television, notably Ryan Reynolds and Joshua Jackson.
The school song "Hail Kitsilano" was composed in 1936. Written bt Mr. Parfitt.
The main foyer is home to a portrait of Chief August Jack Khatsahlano, the school's namesake. The auditorium houses a Tanu totem pole, carved by Don Yeomans in 1986 in honour of Vancouver's centennial anniversary.
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