SCHOOL DISTRICT 35 LANGLEY

'School District 35 Langley' is a school district in British Columbia. This includes the municipalities of Langley Township, Langley City.

Contents

History

Langley Schools Music Project

Elementary Schools

Middle Schools

Secondary Schools

Other

See also

References

External links

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.^[1]
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.^[2]

Langley Schools Music Project

The school district gained some fame in 2001 with the re-release of The Langley Schools Music Project 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 The Beach Boys, David Bowie, and Paul McCartney. The recordings were quickly forgotten until a New Jersey radio DJ 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

★ Alex Hope Elementary School

★ Alice Brown Elementary School

★ Belmont Elementary School

★ Betty Gilbert Elementary School

★ Blacklock Elementary School (Fine Arts)

★ Bradshaw Elementary School

★ Coghlan Elementary School

★ County Line Elementary School

★ Dorothy Peacock Elementary School

★ 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

★ Langley Meadows Elementary School

★ Murrayville Elementary School

★ Lochiel (U-Connect) Elementary School

★ Nicomekl Elementary School

★ Noel Booth Elementary School

★ North Otter Elementary School

★ Parkside Centennial Elementary School

★ Peterson Road Elementary School

★ Shortreed Elementary School

★ Simonds Elementary School

★ South Carvolth Elementary School

★ Topham Elementary School

★ Uplands Elementary School

★ West Langley Elementary School

★ Willoughby Elementary School

★ Wix-Brown Elementary School

Middle Schools

★ Langley Fundamental Middle School (Grades 8-10)

Secondary Schools

★ Aldergrove Community Secondary School

★ Brookswood Secondary School

★ D.W. Poppy Secondary School

★ H.D. Stafford Secondary School

★ Langley Secondary School

★ R.E. Mountain Secondary School

★ Walnut Grove Secondary School

Other

★ Langley Education Centre (Aldergrove)

★ Langley Education Centre (Sundel)

★ Apex Secondary Program

★ Langley Fine Arts School (Grades 1-12)

See also

★ List of school districts in British Columbia

References

1. "First Annual Report of the Superintendent OF Education." ''John Jessop, '' July 31, 1872.
2. Craig Spence, The Education Time Machine, Langley School District 35, (February, 1998)

External links

★ History of Langley School District