Summit Middle School (Coquitlam)

Coeducational public middle school in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Summit Middle School

Address

1450 Parkway Boulevard

Coquitlam

British Columbia

V3E 3L2

Canada

Coordinates| 49°17′46″N 122°48′23″W﻿ / ﻿49.296161°N 122.806378°W﻿ / 49.296161; -122.806378
Information
School type| Coeducational public middle school
Motto| "A Journey To Success"
Founded| Sept 1998
School board| School District 43 Coquitlam
Superintendent| Patricia Gartland[1]
School number| 04343114
Principal| Bill Trask
Vice-Principal| James Morton
Grades| 6-8
Enrollment| 750 students
Average class size| 25 students
Language| English
Area| Coquitlam/Westwood Plateau
Colour(s)|  Orange
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Yellow

Mascot| Sun
Architect| KMBR
Engineer| Bush Bohlman & partners
Website| sd43.bc.ca/summit

Summit Middle School is a grade 6 to 8 public middle school within School District 43 Coquitlam, British Columbia.

## Construction

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Construction of Summit started in 1997, as part of the NDP's cost-cutting initiative for new schools. Built to meet demand for school space created by a boom in the school-aged population, Summit was one of the first two schools to utilize new low-cost construction techniques -- testing the processes, which were used on later schools in British Columbia. These cost 15% less per square meter of space than traditionally constructed schools.[2] Summit Middle was completed by TASK construction management on August 14, 1998, ten and one half months from building excavation to occupancy, and was initially designed to hold 650 students. The total cost for the Summit Middle was $8,500,000.[3]

The school's building envelope began being remediated in April 2015, and work was completed in December 2015.[4] This was done in order to resolve issues with high moisture content inside the walls and to bring the building up to current industry performance standards. Existing stucco walls were demolished and replaced with a Fibre Cement assembly. Additionally, the windows were replaced with double-glazed aluminium windows and the south and west sides of the building received solar heat resistant glass.

## Academics

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The school participates in the BC government's Foundation Skills Assessment exam in grade 7, as well as maintaining its own academic honour roll and offering a yearly award called the "Summit Award". In the 2006/2007 school year, Summit Middle had a participation rate of 100% in the FSA's.[5] The school also offers math contests to willing students, akin to the national Euler Contest (7th grade) and Pythagoras Contest (6th grade students). In 2003, the school was selected to be part of NASA's "Odyssey of the Mind" educational program, and was visited by the program's founder Samuel Micklus.[6] The school also had a student win one of the Junior Achievement of B.C.'s 2000 Awards for academic excellence.[7] In 2017 the school added a course called Coding and Design. In this course students will learn how to code on programs such as Make Block.

## Athletics

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Summit has a wide variety of sports teams and activities, including badminton, basketball, volleyball, track and field, skiing, snowboarding, and swimming. The school's team is the Summit Suns, with their mascot the Sun. In September 2007, the school won national acclaim when one of its students, Jisoo Keel, won the Maple Leaf Junior Tour's Girls national championship title in Whistler during a tightly contested golf match.[8]

## Notable alumni

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* Daniela Bobadilla \- actress, Anger Management[9]

## References

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1. ^ "Superintendent of Schools - School District No. 43 (Coquitlam)".
2. ^ Suzanne Fournier (1997-08-15). "Economics 101: Expensive schools off the curriculum". The Province.
3. ^ "Project Profile: Education". TASK Construction Management Inc.
4. ^ "Summit Middle School Building Envelope Remediation 2015" (PDF). School District 43. Iredale Group Architecture. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
5. ^ "Foundation Skills Assessment" (PDF). BC Ministry of Education. 2006–2007.
6. ^ Blais, Simone (2003-11-03). "Odyssey of the Mind founder to visit Summit Middle School". Coquitlam Now. p. 15.
7. ^ "Kudos". The Vancouver Sun. 2000-07-08. pp. C8.
8. ^ "Keel collects national title". Coquitlam Now. 2007-09-05. p. 35.
9. ^ Calgary Herald: B.C. teen lands in middle of Charlie Sheen circus 10 August 2012

## External links

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* Official site

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Schools in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Belcarra and Anmore, British Columbia

Secondary or high schools|

* CABE
* Centennial
* Dr. Charles Best
* Gleneagle
* Heritage Woods
* Inquiry Hub
* Pinetree
* Port Moody
* Riverside
* Terry Fox
* Pionniers (combined)

Middle or junior high schools|

* Banting
* Citadel
* Como Lake
* Eagle Mountain
* Hillcrest
* Kwayhquitlum
* Maillard
* Maple Creek
* Minnekhada
* Montgomery
* Pitt River
* Scott Creek
* Summit

Primary or elementary schools|

* Alderson
* Aspenwood
* Baker Drive
* Birchland
* Blakeburn
* Bramblewood
* Cape Horn
* Castle Park
* Cedar Drive
* Central
* College Park
* Coquitlam River
* Eagle Ridge
* Glen
* Glenayre
* Hampton Park
* Harbour View
* Hazel Trembath
* Heritage Mountain
* Irvine
* James Park
* Kilmer
* Leigh
* Lord Baden-Powell
* Mary Hill
* Meadowbrook
* Miller Park
* Millside
* Moody
* Mountain Meadows
* Mountain View
* Mundy Road
* Nestor
* Panorama Heights
* Parkland
* Pinetree Way
* Pleasantside
* Porter Street
* R.C. MacDonald
* Ranch Park
* Riverview Park
* Rochester
* Roy Stibbs
* Seaview
* Smiling Creek
* Vanier
* Walton
* Westwood

Private schools|

* Archbishop Carney
* Hope Lutheran
* Our Lady of the Assumption
* Our Lady of Fatima
* Queen of All Saints
* Traditional Learning Academy

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