Summit Middle School is a grade 6 to 8 public middle school

Middle school

Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...

 within School District 43 Coquitlam

School District 43 Coquitlam

School District 43 is one of the sixty school districts in British Columbia. The district is the third largest in British Columbia with 45 elementary schools, 13 middle schools, and 9 secondary schools. School District 43 serves the Tri-Cities, including the cities of Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam,...

, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

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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.