Welcome to Spencer Middle School
...a great place for learning.
Spencer is a warm, inviting and exciting school. We have over 750 students in Grades 7, 8 and 9 who we encourage to strive for personal excellence. The school motto is “Spencer, a great place for learning.” Those who work at Spencer or attend the school can attest to the fact that we value student success.
We have many exciting programs for our students. One is the AVID program. AVID means Advancement Via Individual Determination. The AVID program is intended to support students “in the middle” who probably have the ability to go on to post secondary education (college, university, poly tech or apprenticeships) but who lack some of the pre-requisite skills. The AVID program provides rigorous academic coursework, as well as an elective where skills and strategies for success in the classroom are taught. AVID is a grade 9 program.
 + AVID =  We also offer Pre Advanced Placement in Social Studies, Mathematics, English and French at the Grade 9 level. Advanced Placement, if followed until Grade 12, and completed successfully gives the student a credit at the university level in that course.
Spencer’s Hockey Academy is well known in British Columbia. It is a Skills Canada program taught by a qualified coach/teacher. The goal of the program is to offer students, interested in hockey, an opportunity to pursue this passion while striving for academic success.
Our Student Support Program offers assistance to students designated as needing extra assistance. The program features Behaviour Support, Academic Support, Numeracy/Literacy classes, Integration Support and Learning Assistance.
PACE/Leadership is an elective class that allows students the opportunity to improve their creative and leadership skills. These students are the ones that plan school activities such as dances, the Remembrance Day assembly, the Terry Fox Run, the hamper drive, to name only a few of the events.
Our exploratory classes (Grade 7) and our elective classes (Grade 8 and 9) are exceptional. We offer woodwork, metalwork, cooking, sewing, drama, art, a second language, music, computer science, photojournalism and so on. We listen to the interests of the students, and try to develop these classes to reflect this.
Come to Spencer! It is a great school. You will be happy you joined us.
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