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The Surrey School District continues to grow and two new elementary schools opening this school year have features that set them apart from any other school in the district.
Hazelgrove elementary school welcomes students for the first time on opening day, September 8. The two-story school, at 7057 – 191 Street in the Clayton area, has capacity for 80 kindergarten and 400 Grade 1 to 7 students.
Hazelgrove features a unique school design. Other schools in the district built in the last 20 years or so share their design with one or more other schools. The same building design is used, but modified to some degree for site considerations.
However, Hazelgrove has an all-new design. Among other features, it has a modern look and extensive natural lighting. An official opening ceremony is being planned for later in the school year.
Also opening this school year—likely in March—is Woodward Hill Elementary at 6082-142 Street. This single-story school is unique in the district for a special environmental initiative.
Woodward Hill employs a geothermal heating system. This system takes advantage of temperatures deep in the ground to keep the building warm in the fall and winter, and cool in the spring and summer.
For Woodward Hill, this means drilling 120 holes to a depth of 150 feet underneath the school playfield and parking areas. Liquid is pumped through pipes installed in the holes and into the school in a circuit.
The advantages of this system include lower annual heating and cooling costs, the ability to control the temperature independently within each classroom, less maintenance costs and, the system is environmentally friendly. In fact, Woodward Hill will be the first school in the district built to the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold standard. LEED is an internationally recognized rating system for a building’s environmental impact.
Last Updated: August 24, 2009
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