Summit Middle School (Coquitlam)

Infobox Education in Canada
name= Summit Middle School


imagesize= 250px
motto= "A Journey to success"
motto_translation= 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.
streetaddress= 1450 Parkway Boulevard
city= Coquitlam
province= British Columbia
postalcode= V3E 3L2
areacode= 604
phone= 944-8273
fax= 944-1739
email= [e-mail]
architect KMBR
engineer Bush Bohlman & partners
schoolnumber= 04343114
schoolboard= School District 43 Coquitlam
superintendent= Laureen Doerksen
principal= Janice Therrien
schooltype= Coeducational public middle school
grades= 6-8
language= English
area= Coquitlam/Westwood Plateau
mascot= Sun
teamname= Summit Suns
team motto "Where the Suns always rise above the clouds!"
colours= Orange, White, Green
founded= Sept 1998
enrollment= 720 students

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. [cite paper| author = Suzanne Fournier| title = Economics 101: Expensive schools off the curriculum| publisher = The Province| date = 1997-08-15] Summit Middle was completed by TASK construction management on 14 August 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. [cite web | title = Project Profile: Education | publisher = TASK Construction Management Inc.| url = http://taskcm.com/projects/profiles/education/summit-middle-school/| format = html|]

Academics

The school participates in the BC government's Foundation Skills Assessment exam in grade 7, as well as maintaining its own academic honor 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. [cite paper| title = Foundation Skills Assessment | publisher = BC Ministry of Education| date = 2006/2007| url = http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reports/pdfs/fsa/04343114.pdf| format = PDF| accessdate = ] 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. [cite news | last = Blais| first = Simone | title = Odyssey of the Mind founder to visit Summit Middle School| pages = 15| publisher = Coquitlam Now| date = 2003-11-03] The school also had a student win one of the Junior Achievement of B.C.'s 2000 Awards for academic excellence. [cite news | title = Kudos| pages = C8| publisher = The Vancouver Sun| date = 2000-07-08]

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. [cite web| last =Faoro| first =Ray| title = Summit Band Homepage| url = http://www2.sd43.bc.ca/summit/114staffweb/faoro/faoro.htm| accessdate = 2007-12-01 ] The school's drama program has previously been involved in the production of the play "Fiddler on the Roof Junior", while Brian Leonard, a Summit teacher, acted in a production of "Aladdin" aimed at middle school students. [cite news | title = Principal role for Summit teacher| pages = 25| publisher = Coquitlam Now| date = 2006-12-08] [cite news | title = Theatrix makes the MAGIC! happen: Musical adventure written and staged by local young people| pages = 17| publisher = Coquitlam Now| date = 2006-04-12] In 2008, the Summit drama club recently performed "Guys and Dolls, Jr." [cite paper| author = Various Teacher| publisher =Kim McClelland| title = Peak Experiences | date = January 24, 2008| url = http://sites.sd43.bc.ca/middle/summit/homepage/Newsletters/1/Peak%20Experiences%20-%20January%2024,%202008.pdf| format = PDF| accessdate = ]

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 has a yearly Magazine Fundraiser,and Grade 8 Camp. [cite web| title = Public Calendar| publisher = Jeremy Clarke| url = http://sites.sd43.bc.ca/middle/summit/homepage/Lists/Public%20Calendar/AllItems.aspx| format = HTML| ] As well, Summit Middle is a proud participant of the yearly Terry Fox Run. [cite paper| title = Online school registrations| publisher = Terry Fox Foundation| url = http://www.terryfoxrun.org/local/files/online%20school%20registrations.xls| format = xls|]

Athletics

Summit has a wide variety of sports teams and activities, including badminton, basketball, volleyball, dance, wrestling, track and field, cross country, swimming, golf and mountain biking. 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. [cite news | title = Keel collects national title| pages = 35| publisher = Coquitlam Now| date = 2007-09-05]

Awards

References

External links

* [http://sites.sd43.bc.ca/middle/summit/homepage/default.aspx Official site]