Dr. Charles Best Secondary School is a

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public

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located in

Coquitlam Coquitlam ( ) is a city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Mainly suburban, Coquitlam is the List of cities in British Columbia, sixth-largest city in the province, with a population of 148,625 in 2021, and one of the 21 municipa ...

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. The school is named for Canadian physician Charles Best, one of the researchers responsible for the discovery of

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as a treatment for

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. The school opened on March 22, 1971, as a junior secondary school serving students in Grades 7 through 10, and became a full secondary school (grades 9 through 12) in 2000. In 2006, the school's main sports field was replaced with a new FieldTurf surface. The

Coquitlam Metro-Ford Soccer Club Coquitlam Metro-Ford Soccer Club (''CMFSC''), formerly known as ''FC Xtreme'' and ''Tri-Cities Xtreme'', are a Canadian men's and women's soccer club soccer team, founded in the city of Coquitlam, British Columbia in 2003. The team is a member of ...

of the

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use this as their home ground.

Programs

In 2001, the school added a

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program. Dr. Charles Best Secondary School offers a joinery program that partners with the post-secondary institution

British Columbia Institute of Technology The British Columbia Institute of Technology (also referred to as BCIT), is a public polytechnic institute in Burnaby, British Columbia. The technical institute has five campuses located in the Metro Vancouver region, with its main campus in Burn ...

(BCIT). Grade 12 students are eligible to join the program if they are interested in becoming a Red Seal qualified joiner (

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). The school offers an electrical studies program that is partnered with BCIT for grade 12 students interested in becoming electricians.

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

Dr. Charles Best Secondary school's athletic team name is the Best Blue Devils. The jersey colours are white and blue, and the mascot is a blue devil. The school sports teams are: volleyball (girls and boys), basketball (girls and boys), soccer (girls and boys), field hockey (girls only), rugby (girls and boys), badminton (co-ed) and tennis (co-ed)as well as hockey alongside Centennial Secondary. (girls and boys)

Theatre

The student theatre group, called the Best Players, puts on two sets of plays every year. The performances in the fall are the school's contribution to Metfest, a district-wide theatre festival of one-act plays. The second performance is done in the spring, and it is a full length two-act play, alternating annually between a musical and a traditional play.

References

External links

Charles Best homepage

Charles Best library
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