is a
School District in
British Columbia . This includes the municipalities of
Langley Township ,
Langley City .
The Langley School District is one of the earliest school districts in British Columbia. It was established on ,
1872 .
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.Craig Spence,
The Education Time Machine , Langley School District 35, (February, 1998)
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.
- Langley Fundamental Middle School (Grades 8-10)
