Summit Middle School

at 1450 Parkway Boulevard, Coquitlam , V3E 3L2 Canada

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Summit Middle School is a grade 6 to 8 public middle school within School District 43 Coquitlam, British Columbia.ConstructionConstruction 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. 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.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.AcademicsThe 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. 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. The school also had a student win one of the Junior Achievement of B.C.'s 2000 Awards for academic excellence.

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Summit Middle School is Coquitlam based place and this enity listed in School category. Located at 1450 Parkway Boulevard BC V3E 3L2. Contact phone number of Summit Middle School: 604-944-8273