Summit Middle School (Coquitlam)

Summit Middle School
"A Journey to success" Our motto captures our belief that our main purpose is to help students become responsible citizens, lifelong learners, and healthy, caring, ethical, and intellectually reflective individuals.
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; -122.806378Coordinates: 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
Founded	Sept 1998
School board	School District 43 Coquitlam
Superintendent	Patricia Gartland[1]
School number	04343114
Principal	Glenda Speight
Vice principal	Daren Fridge
Grades	6-8
Enrollment	750 students
Average class size	30 students
Language	English
Area	Coquitlam/Westwood Plateau
Colour(s)	Orange      White      Green
Mascot	Sun
Team name	Summit Suns
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

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 is currently being remediated, 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 are being demolished and replaced with a Fibre Cement assembly. Additionally, the windows will be replaced with double-glazed aluminium windows and the south and west sides of the building will receive solar heat resistant glass. Construction work began April 2015 and has been finished by December 2015.^[4]

Academics

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]

Arts

Summit has three concert bands, a jazz band, a string orchestra, and a choir, in addition to music explorations classes. The music program presents events throughout the year, including school concerts, assemblies, district band days, choir days, and music festivals.^[8] The school's drama program has previously been involved in the production of the play Fiddler on the Roof Junior, and the Summit drama club recently performed Guys and Dolls, Jr. as well as Aladdin Jr.^[9]

Extracurricular activities

The school also offers a leadership and peer helper program to its Grade 8 senior students, as well as a number of student-run clubs — in addition, the school publishes a newsletter called "Peak Experiences" for the parents and students. Summit Middle School offers a variety of clubs to students. The school also participates in a yearly Terry Fox Run.^[10]

Athletics

Summit has a wide variety of sports teams and activities, including badminton, basketball, volleyball, track and field 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.^[11]

Awards

Notable Alumni

• Daniela Bobadilla - actress, notable for Anger Management^[12]
• Jisoo Keel - winner of the Maple Leaf Junior Tour's girls national golf championship^[11]

References

External links

• Official site

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