School District 35 Langley is a

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. This includes the municipalities of

Langley Township The Township of Langley is a district municipality immediately east of the City of Surrey in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It extends south from the Fraser River to the Canada–United States border, and west of the City of Abbotsford. ...

and

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History

The Langley School District is one of the earliest school districts in British Columbia. It was established on April 30, 1871 prior to British Columbia becoming part of Canada. The first teacher appointed to the Langley School board by the Province of British Columbia was Mr. William W. Gibbs on June 21, 1872. There were 30 students in the district that year.First Annual Report of the Superintendent OF Education
" ''John Jessop, '' July 31, 1872. In September 1905, grades 9 and 10 were taught in the district for the first time when a room was rented at the Billy Murray Hotel for 23 students. The District's first permanent secondary school, Langley High School, was opened September, 1924. After 1948, the school was converted into Langley Central Elementary School, which continued to operate until it burned down in 1993. In December 2011,

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Superintendent Derek Cooke announced that charges of sexual interference and

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had been laid against a 57-year-old female teacher in the school district.

Langley Schools Music Project

The school district gained some fame in 2001 with the re-release of

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, a collection of children's chorus recordings made from 1976–77 by Canadian music teacher Hans Fenger in the Glenwood Elementary School gymnasium. The students from Glenwood, South Carvolth, Lochiel and Wix-Brown performed unique versions of pop hits by the likes of

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, and

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. The recordings were quickly forgotten until Irwin Chusid, a DJ on the New Jersey radio station WFMU rediscovered them in 2000. He managed to get them released on Bar/None Records, and they immediately created an international buzz, making many end-of-the-year best album lists in 2001. VH-1 orchestrated a reunion of the students and their teacher in 2002, and aired a documentary as well.

Elementary schools

*Aldergrove Elementary School (now closed) * Alex Hope Elementary School – named after

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, a former member of the British Columbia assembly * Alice Brown Elementary School *Belmont Elementary School *Blacklock Elementary School (Fine Arts) *Bradshaw Elementary School (now closed) – a former

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public elementary school. Named after H. Bradshaw, a respected magistrate of the 1930s, Bradshaw Elementary was built in 1973 on what had been a strawberry field bounded by Anderson Creek. On Thursday, June 28, 2007 Bradshaw dismissed the students for the last time due to successive years of low enrollment. *Coghlan Elementary School *County Line Elementary School (now closed) * Dorothy Peacock Elementary School is a

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in Langley, British Columbia. It was founded in 1998. The school serves students in

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– 7. *Douglas Park Community Elementary School * Fort Langley Elementary School *Glenwood Elementary School *Gordon Greenwood Elementary School *James Hill Elementary School *James Kennedy Elementary School *Langley Fundamental Elementary School (K-5) *Langley Meadows Elementary School *Murrayville Elementary School (now closed) *Lochiel (U-Connect) Elementary School – formerly a K–3 French immersion elementary school, closed in June 2001. Now open as a distance learning centre. *Lynn Fripps Elementary School *Nicomekl Elementary School *Noel Booth Elementary School *North Otter Elementary School *Parkside Centennial Elementary School *Peterson Road Elementary School *RC Garnett Elementary School (Demonstration School K–5) *Richard Bulpitt Elementary School *Shortreed Elementary School *Simonds Elementary School *South Carvolth Environmental Elementary School (now closed) – located within the boundaries of

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*Topham Elementary School * Uplands Elementary School / Uplands Montessori *West Langley Elementary School *Willoughby Elementary School *Wix-Brown Elementary School

Middle schools

Langley Fundamental Middle School School District 35 Langley is a school district in British Columbia. This includes the municipalities of Langley Township and Langley City. History The Langley School District is one of the earliest school districts in British Columbia. It was ...

(Grades 6–8, shares a campus with the Secondary School) * H.D. Stafford Middle School (Grades 6–8) * Betty Gilbert Middle School (Grades 6–8) * Yorkson Creek Middle School (Grades 6–8) *

Peter Ewart Middle School School District 35 Langley is a school district in British Columbia. This includes the municipalities of Langley Township and Langley City. History The Langley School District is one of the earliest school districts in British Columbia. It was ...

(Grades 6-8)

Secondary schools

Aldergrove Community Secondary School Aldergrove Community Secondary School is a public High school#Canada, high school in Aldergrove, British Columbia, Canada, and is part of School District 35 Langley. It is the second oldest high school in the Langley School District, first opening ...

Brookswood Secondary School Brookswood Secondary School is located in the community of Brookswood in Langley, British Columbia. Among other resources, the school has an automechanics workshop, two gymnasiums, a theatre, a dark room, and a television studio. The school also ...

* D.W. Poppy Secondary School * Langley Secondary School *

Langley Fundamental Secondary School Langley Fundamental Secondary is a public secondary school in Langley, British Columbia part of School District 35 Langley School District 35 Langley is a school district in British Columbia. This includes the municipalities of Langley Tow ...

(9–12, shares a campus with Langley Fundamental Middle School) * R.E. Mountain Secondary School *

Walnut Grove Secondary School Walnut Grove Secondary School (WGSS) is located in the community of Walnut Grove in Langley, British Columbia. It has an enrollment of over 2,000 students, making it the largest school in Langley and one of the largest schools in the Vancouver ...

Other

* Langley Education Centre * Langley Fine Arts School (Grades 1–12)

References

External links

History of Langley School District
{{School districts in British Columbia 35 Lower Mainland