St. Patrick Regional Secondary School (St. Pat's) is an independent Catholic school in Vancouver, under the administration of the CISVA (Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese) school board. The school is co-educational which offers academic, fine arts, and business programs, as well as athletic, performing arts, and other extracurricular programs, for students from grades 8 to 12. The school participates in sporting events under the name of the "Celtics", with the team colours of Green and White. History Monsignor Forget is the founder of St. Patrick Regional Secondary School, in 1923, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was established by the Catholic Independent School Society of Vancouver Archdiocese to serve the educational needs of its twenty-three designated parishes. Independent school status St. Patrick Regional Secondary School is classified as a Group 1 school under British Columbia's Independent School Act. It receives 50% funding from the Ministry of Education. The school receives no funding for capital costs. It is under charge of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver. Feeder Parishes St. Andrews St. Joseph's (Vancouver) St. Patrick's St. Francis Xavier St. Paul's (Richmond) St. Casimir's Sacred Heart St. Augustine's St. Joseph the Worker Immaculate Conception Blessed Sacrament Holy Family Holy Name Our Lady of Perpetual Help Our Lady of Fatima St. Anthony of Padua Guardian Angels Academic performance St. Pat's is ranked by the Fraser Institute. In 2008, it was ranked 74th out of 316 Vancouver, lower mainland schools. Academic Departments Business Mathematics Performing Arts Social Studies Catholic theology English Humanities Information Technology Languages Science Physical Education Visual Arts Athletic performance Both the Varsity Boys & Girls basketball teams participate in the BC Catholic Basketball Championship, the largest tournament in the province of BC. The Senior Girls Volleyball of 2001–2002, 2002–2003, and 2008–2009 teams won first place at the Provincial Championships. In 2010, the Senior Boys Basketball team won 'A' Provincial Championships. In 2020, the Junior Boys Basketball team won the Provincial Championships. In 2020, the Junior Boys Basketball team won the Provincial Championships after defeating Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (Vancouver), following a game-winning three-pointer by Irish Coquia. In 2022, the Junior Boys again made the tournament's final four, ultimately placing 3rd after entering the tournament as the 23rd seed. Artistic performance St. Patrick Regional Secondary provides students with a variety of performing & non-performing arts. A majority of the school's student body are involved with the school's choral