Dr. Charles Best Secondary School is a co-educational public high school located in Coquitlam, British Columbia. The school is named for Canadian physician Charles Best, one of the researchers responsible for the discovery of insulin as a treatment for diabetes. The school opened on March 22, 1971, as a junior secondary school serving students in Grades 8 through 10, and became a full secondary school (grades 9 through 12) in 2000.[3]
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2525 Como Lake Avenue Coquitlam , British Columbia , V3J 3R8 Canada | |
Coordinates | 49°15′50″N 122°49′20″W |
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School type | Co-educational Public Secondary |
Motto | Discover Your Best |
Founded | 1971 |
School board | School District 43 Coquitlam |
School number | 604 461 5581 |
Principal | Mrs. Heather Murphy |
Grades | 9 to 12 |
Enrollment | 1230 (approx)[1] |
Language | English and French Immersion |
Campus | Suburban |
Colour(s) | Blue and Gray |
Mascot | Blue Devil |
Team name | Best Blue Devils |
Website | [2] |
In 2006, the school's main sports field was replaced with a new FieldTurf surface. The Coquitlam Metro-Ford Soccer Club of the Pacific Coast Soccer League use this as their home ground.[4]
In 2001, the school added a French immersion program.
Dr. Charles Best Secondary School offers a joinery program that partners with the post-secondary institution British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). Grade 12 students are eligible to join the program if they are interested in becoming a Red Seal qualified joiner (cabinetmaker).[6]
The school offers an electrical studies program that is partnered with BCIT for grade 12 students interested in becoming electricians.[6]
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)
The student theatre group, called the Best Players,[7] 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.
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