Moody Middle School

Ecole Moody Middle School of the arts
Address
2115, St. John's St. Port Moody, British Columbia Canada
Information
School type	Middle school
School board	School District 43 Coquitlam
Principal	Trevor Kolkea
Grades	6-8
Enrollment	750 (Sept. 2007)
Language	English and French
Area	Port Moody, BC
Colour(s)	Royal Blue, Red, White
Website	www.sd43.bc.ca/middle/moody

Moody Middle School is a grade 6 to 8 public middle school in Port Moody, British Columbia.

History

The school originally opened as a high school in 1952, to replace the old Port Moody Central School.

A fire in 1969 destroyed the original building. A replacement building was available for the return of classes in autumn 1970. The school was converted to a junior high school in 1973, as another high school opened to take the increased population of students in the area. In 1997, the school was renamed to Moody Middle School to conform to the school district's new alignment of elementary / middle / high school. In 2007, they changed from Raiders to Mavericks.

The school is located in Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada, which is a suburb 30 minutes east of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

School life

About 260 students attend this school. They have a very strong group of athletes each year. Students can participate in Volleyball, Cross Country(Running), Field Hockey,Swimming, Basketball, Wrestling, Track And Field, Rugby and Badminton. In addition to the sports teams, the school offers a variety of clubs and activities which include, chess club, choir, Jr band, Sr band, Recycle Club, Knitting Club, Art Club,Ski & Snowboard Club. Each spring Moody puts on a thetare performance with lots of help from teachers, students in the stage craft class, and many actors and actresses. Most recently they performed Robin Hood.

Other services that are available to students include |counselling]], peer tutoring, leadership, library research, student learning assistance, ESL program as well as a multicultural club. Moody has started a composting and recycling program.

Facility renewal

Announced the future construction of a new school to relieve the explosive growth in population Moody Middle has experienced over the past decade. the construction of a new middle school on Heritage Mountain just opened last school year and another new middle school set to replace the current, the constructin started in October.

References

School Days of Port Moody Port Moody Station Museum

Schools in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Belcarra and Anmore, British Columbia

Secondary schools	CABE Centennial Dr. Charles Best Gleneagle Heritage Woods Inquiry Hub Pinetree Port Moody Riverside Terry Fox

Middle or junior high schools	Banting Citadel Como Lake Eagle Mountain Hillcrest Kwayhquitlum Maillard Maple Creek Minnekhada Montgomery Moody Pitt River Scott Creek Summit

Primary or elementary schools	Alderson Aspenwood Baker Drive Birchland Blakeburn Bramblewood Cape Horn Castle Park Cedar Drive Central College Park Coquitlam River Eagle Ridge Glen Glenayre Hampton Park Harbour View Hazel Trembath Heritage Mountain Irvine James Park Kilmer Leigh Lord Baden-Powell Mary Hill Meadowbrook Miller Park Millside Moody Mountain Meadows Mountain View Mundy Road Nestor Panorama Heights Parkland Pinetree Way Pleasantside Porter Street R.C. MacDonald Ranch Park Riverview Park Rochester Roy Stibbs Seaview Vanier Walton Westwood

Private schools	Archbishop Carney Hope Lutheran Our Lady of the Assumption Our Lady of Fatima Queen of All Saints Traditional Learning Academy

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