It really depends if you want her to go to a private school or a public one. For private, Crofton House and York House are well-known in Vancouver. And for public ones, it really depends on which area you live in. Your child can only go to the one that's in your designated area. For my opinion, the ones on the west side of Vancouver are better. For example Churchill, Prince of Wales, Point Grey, Kitslano, Magee. I graduate from Price of Wales Secondary myself in 1997. The first few years was good but when I got to Grade 10, students there became more violent and there were gangs around from other schools and they have fights. Students smokes and they skipped classes. Not just Prince of Wales, all secondary schools in Vancouver have this kind of trend started from that time. Of course there were some great students there and have great marks so I think it depends on how you teach your child and guide them through that stage. I was one of those bad students at that time, I used to have good marks before grade 10 but I met some bad friends. Well........I guess that's the teenagers age.
Those are just my opinions tho.
Actually if your daughter doesn't "埋堆" then of course nothing will happen usually. From what I've experienced in the secondary school, there are basically 2 groups; one group is of course the bad students who always hang out with bad ppl and smoke and skip classes and "po" to Karaoke and drink at night. The other group are very good students with high marks and good manners. So just keep an eye on your daughter and make sure she'll not be in the first group.
I was quite naughty when I was at that time. I smoke and I always go drinking with my friends. Alot of my friends take drugs and fight but I promised myself I would never get involved with any drugs so of course I kept my promise. I just found alot of fun hanging out with those friends. I definitely have a deadline of what I can do and what I cannot do so I guess it really depends on the person's personality. I settled down when I got older when alot of my friends were still like that. Now I have a lovely daughter and a family.
Racist problem is not a really big issue in highschool. Of course some kids will make fun and laugh at students that have accent when speaking english but that's what kids do so that's only some minor problems. I remember once there was a meeting in the hall, it was so boring so I fell asleep, when I woke up I found there were lots of small bits of paper all over me and some white students were laughing at me. I was so angry and I yelled at them and told them to stay away from me or I'll beat them up !! Hahahahaha !! As I told you, I was a bad student at that time. But after that, no one else ever tease me or try to play jokes at me ever after. I guess you'll have to tell your daughter to stay firm when things happens to her, if she hide or let it go, those ppl will do things again to her again. But of course I hope she won't do the same way as I did.