Summit Middle School (Coquitlam)

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

Summit Middle School
Address
1450 Parkway Boulevard

Coquitlam
,
British Columbia
,
V3E 3L2

Canada
Coordinates49.296161°N 122.806378°W / 49.296161; -122.806378
Information
School typeCoeducational public middle school
Motto"A Journey To Success"
FoundedSept 1998
School boardSchool District 43 Coquitlam
SuperintendentPatricia Gartland[1]
School number04343114
PrincipalGlenda Speight
Grades6-8
Enrollment750 students
Average class size25 students
LanguageEnglish
AreaCoquitlam/Westwood Plateau
Colour(s)  Orange
  White
  Green
MascotSun
Team nameSummit Suns
ArchitectKMBR
EngineerBush Bohlman & partners
Websitesd43.bc.ca/summit

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 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

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.

Arts

Summit has two concert bands and a jazz band, 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 performed Guys and Dolls, Jr. as well as Aladdin Jr.[9] In 2019 a modernized version of the famous play Romeo and Juliet is called "The Geek gets the Girl" will take place in the spring and is ran by the Music and Drama teachers.

Extracurricular activities

The school also offers several leadership programs for the students such as Community Service, Spirit Crew, Athletic Assistants, and Student Voice. Summit Middle School offers a variety of clubs to students such as Sewing club and Pokémon Club. The school also participates in a yearly Terry Fox Run[10] every year and has participated for 20 years.

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
Year Sport/Event Qualification Ranking
2003/2004 Badminton District 43 First
2004/2005 Badminton District 43 First
2008/2009 Badminton District 43 Second
2004/2005 Golf District 43 First
2005/2006 Golf District 43 First
2005/2006 Basketball Grade 8 Boys District 43 Second
2005/2006 Badminton Grade 8 Girls District 43 First
2006/2007 Basketball Grade 8 Boys District 43 Second
2006/2007 Basketball Grade 7 Boys District 43 First
2006/2007 Dance Team Sea to Sky First
2006/2007 Badminton Grade 8 Boys District 43 First
2007/2008 Dance Team Sea to Sky Second
2007/2008 Cross Country Girls Team Award District 43 First
2007/2008 Basketball Grade 8 Boys District 43 First
2009-2010 Dance Team Sea to Sky Competition Fourth
2010/2011 Basketball Grade 7 Girls District 43 Second
2011/2012 Volleyball Grade 7 Girls District 43 Fourth

A Case of Vandalism

On 2 September, a black truck came and drew doughnuts on the school property grass. The time was 2:30-2:45 AM. The patch of grass that was vandalized was luckily was patched up before the school started. However, you can still notice the circles in the grass behind the stones, near the trees. Learn more here: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/driver-doing-doughnuts-damages-coquitlam-school-field-rcmp-1.5097673

Notable alumni

References
  1. http://www.sd43.bc.ca/District/Departments/Superintendent/Pages/default.aspx
  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. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  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. Faoro, Ray. "Summit Band Homepage". Archived from the original on 2008-01-17. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
  9. Various Teacher (January 24, 2008). "Peak Experiences" (PDF). Kim McClelland. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. "Online school registrations" (xls). Terry Fox Foundation. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. "Keel collects national title". Coquitlam Now. 2007-09-05. p. 35.
  12. Calgary Herald: B.C. teen lands in middle of Charlie Sheen circus 10 August 2012
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