School_District_43_Coquitlam

School District 43 Coquitlam

School District 43 Coquitlam

School district in British Columbia, Canada

School District No. 43 (Coquitlam) or SD43 is one of the sixty school districts in British Columbia. The district is the third-largest in British Columbia with 45 elementary schools, 14 middle schools, and 11 secondary schools. School District No. 43 (Coquitlam) serves the Tri-Cities, including the cities of Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, and the villages of Anmore and Belcarra. The school district covers an area of 120 square kilometres and serves a total combined population of 210,390 residents.[3] It has over 4,000 full-time and part-time employees. It has one of the highest graduation rates in the province, with 91.9% of students graduating in the 2013/14 school year.[4]

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Administration

As of March 2022, the current superintendent of SD43 is Patricia Gartland.[5] The five municipalities served by SD43 are represented by elected trustees that serve on the Board of Education. There are currently 9 elected trustees in SD43. The chair of the board is Michael Thomas, and the vice-chair is Carol Cahoon.[6]

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District Programs

  • Diverse Student Services
  • Core French
  • Early French Immersion (starting in Kindergarten, or Grade 1)
  • Late French Immersion (starting in Grade 6)
  • Montessori Alternate Program
  • EAL/Multiculturalism
  • International Education
  • MACC (Middle Age Cluster Class|Grades 6 - 8)
  • Continuing Education
  • Community Schools
  • Settlement Workers In School
  • District wide gifted programming
  • Summer Learning
  • Aboriginal Education
  • International Baccalaureate
  • Reggio-influenced Program
  • Variety of Career and Trades[1]

By 2020 it worked with the Confucius Institute with making Chinese cultural and Mandarin language programs in its schools. In 2020 the Globe and Mail stated that the organization "has taken a more expansive role, providing resources for core courses".[7]

French Immersion

The first French Immersion program in SD43 was implemented in 1968 at Alderson Elementary. In 1978, the district implemented a late French Immersion program. Currently there are 5,900 students enrolled in the program. This comprises 10.3% of the total district student population.[8]

Coquitlam Open Learning

SD43 offers online, Learning Centre, and FastTrack courses to eligible British Columbia students through Coquitlam Open Learning (COL). Learning Centre courses are online or paper-based and allow the student to drop in at the Coquitlam Learning Opportunity Centre (CLOC), while FastTrack courses have some regularly schedule classes, with the rest of the course instruction occurring online.[9]

COL also operates Inquiry Hub Secondary School, which is an alternate secondary school focused on a flexible and inquiry-based education. Students learn through online study, group project work, personal inquiry time, and seminars. It opened September 2012 at the former site of Millside Elementary. The school meets Ministry of Education requirements while still allowing students to meet learning outcomes with a more flexible approach.[10][11] Most recently, the school received the 2014-15 Ken Spencer Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning.[12]

Elementary schools

Eagle Ridge Elementary School
Walton Elementary School
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Middle schools

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Secondary schools

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "About the District - School District No. 43 (Coquitlam)". Sd43.bc.ca. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  2. [2]
    "SD43 Board Approves Positive Budget for 2017-2018". Sd43.bc.ca. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  3. [3]
    B.C. Municipal Population Estimates, 1996-2005 Archived 19 July 2012 at archive.today
  4. [4]
    Deutsch, Jeremy. (31 December 2014). "SD43 grad rates among the highest in B.C.". The Tri-Cities Now.
  5. [5]
    School District 43. (21 October 2014) "Announcement: Patricia Gartland New Superintendent of Schools". Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  6. [6]
    "Board Members / Trustee Information". School District 43. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  7. [7]
    Vanderklippe, Nathan (15 October 2020). "Beijing used influence over B.C. schools to push its agenda and keep tabs on Canadian politics, documents show". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  8. [8]
    Warren, Janis (2 October 2014). "French Immersion ranks high in Coquitlam school district". BC Local News. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  9. [9]
    "About COL 10-12". Coquitlam Open Learning. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  10. [10]
    McFee, Jennifer (8 February 2015). "New high school program planned". The Tri-Cities Now. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  11. [11]
    "The School". Inquiry Hub. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  12. [12]
    "Seven Award Winning Programs Rethink Traditional Schooling". Canadian Education Association. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  13. [13]
    School District 43 Coquitlam Retrieved on 22 August 2016
  14. [14]
    "Principal's Message". www.sd43.bc.ca. Archived from the original on 1 November 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
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