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School District 43 Coquitlam | |
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Location | |
Coquitlam Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore, Belcarra Canada | |
District information | |
Superintendent | Robert Zambrano |
Chair of the board | Michael Thomas |
Schools | 70 [1] |
Budget | CA$352 million [2] |
Students and staff | |
Students | 35,000 [1] |
Teachers | 2600 |
Staff | 4500 |
Other information | |
Website | www |
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 of over 260,000 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]
As of January 2025, the new superintendent of SD43 is Robert Zambrano. [5]
The five municipalities served by SD43 are represented by elected trustees that serve on the Board of Education. There are currently eight trustees in SD43: [6]
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]
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]
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]
School [13] | Location | Grades | Principal | Address |
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Alderson Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Anita Strang | 825 Gauthier Avenue |
Anmore Elementary School | Anmore | K-5 | Michael Chan | 30 Elementary Road |
Aspenwood Elementary School | Port Moody | K-5 | Janine Close | 2001 Panorama Drive |
Baker Drive Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Jamieson Joe | 885 Baker Drive |
Birchland Elementary School | Port Coquitlam | K-5 | Elspeth Anjos | 1331 Fraser Avenue |
Blakeburn Elementary School | Port Coquitlam | K-5 | Michele Reid | 1040 Riverside Drive |
Bramblewood Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Michael Bird | 2875 Panorama Drive |
Cape Horn Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Kim Cuellar | 155 Finnigan Street |
Castle Park Elementary School | Port Coquitlam | K-5 | Andrew Corbould | 1144 Confederation Drive |
Cedar Drive Elementary School | Port Coquitlam | K-5 | Rick Dhaliwal | 3150 Cedar Drive |
Central Community School | Port Coquitlam | K-5 | Sean Della Vedova | 2260 Central Avenue |
Coquitlam River Elementary School | Port Coquitlam | K-5 | David Mushens | 4250 Shaughnessy Street |
Eagle Ridge Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Don Hutchinson | 1215 Falcon Drive |
Glen Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Nicole Daneault | 3064 Glen Drive |
Glenayre Elementary School | Port Moody | K-5 | Andrew Lloyd | 495 Glencoe Drive |
Hampton Park Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Colleen Castonguay | 1760 Paddock Drive |
Harbour View Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Daren Fridge | 960 Lillian Street |
Hazel Trembath Elementary School | Port Coquitlam | K-5 | Dave Phelan | 1278 Confederation Drive |
Heritage Mountain Elementary School | Port Moody | K-5 | Jonathan Sclater | 125 Ravine Drive |
Irvine Elementary School | Port Coquitlam | K-5 | Dennis Shannon | 3862 Wellington Street |
James Park Elementary School | Port Coquitlam | K-5 | Rob Wright | 1761 Westminster Avenue |
Kilmer Elementary School | Port Coquitlam | K-5 | Theresa Roberts | 1575 Knappen Street |
Leigh Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Bryn Williams | 1230 Soball Road |
Lord Baden-Powell Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Mike Parkins | 450 Joyce Street |
Mary Hill Elementary School | Port Coquitlam | K-5 | Jason Hewlett | 1890 Humber Crescent |
Meadowbrook Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Tara Fisher | 900 Sharpe Street |
Miller Park Community School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Tanya MacDonald | 800 Egmont Avenue |
Moody Elementary School | Port Moody | K-5 | Sheila Rawnsley. | 2717 St. Johns Street |
Mountain Meadows Elementary School | Port Moody | K-5 | Genevieve McMahon | 999 Noons Creek Drive |
Mountain View Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Lisa Salloum | 740 Smith Ave |
Mundy Road Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Leann Buteau | 2200 Austin Avenue |
Nestor Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Chris Hunter | 1266 Nestor Street |
Panorama Heights Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Perry Muxworthy | 1455 Johnson Street |
Parkland Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Chris Hunter | 1563 Regan Avenue |
Pinetree Way Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Cheryl Woods | 1420 Pinetree Way |
Pleasantside Elementary School | Port Moody | K-5 | Ceri Watkins | 195 Barber Street |
Porter Street Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Ashif Jiwa | 728 Porter Street |
R.C. MacDonald Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Martin Bozic | 2550 Leduc Avenue |
Ranch Park Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Kelly Zimmer | 2701 Spuraway Avenue |
Riverview Park Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Shannon Bain | 700 Clearwater Way |
Rochester Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Cheryl Lloyd | 411 Schoolhouse Street |
Roy Stibbs Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Britt Walton | 600 Fairview Street |
Seaview Community School | Port Moody | K-5 | Larry Ryan | 1215 Cecile Drive |
Smiling Creek Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Rob Killawee | 3456 Princeton Ave |
Walton Elementary School | Coquitlam | K-5 | Marco Jankowiak | 2960 Walton Avenue |
Westwood Elementary School | Port Coquitlam | K-5 | Stacey Parmar | 3610 Hastings Street |
School [13] | Location | Grades | Principal | Vice Principal | Address |
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Banting Middle School | Coquitlam | 6-8 | Tristan McCutcheon | Nicole Bourbonnais | 820 Banting Street |
Citadel Middle School | Port Coquitlam | 6-8 | Mark Clay | Rachel French | 1265 Citadel Drive |
Como Lake Middle School | Coquitlam | 6-8 | Devan Ross | Christine Wald | 1121 King Albert Avenue |
Eagle Mountain Middle School | Anmore/ Port Moody | 6-8 | Andrew Graham | Jennifer Penk | 110 Dogwood Drive |
Hillcrest Middle School | Coquitlam | 6-8 | Ross Jacobsen | Jeff Hart | 2161 Regan Avenue |
Kwayhquitlum Middle School | Port Coquitlam | 6-8 | Laurie Sviatko | Frank Lore | 3280 Flint Street |
Maillard Middle School | Coquitlam | 6-8 | Steve Roos | Harpreet Esmail | 1300 Rochester Avenue |
Maple Creek Middle School | Port Coquitlam | 6-8 | Darren Macmillan | Ian Robertson | 3700 Hastings Street |
Minnekhada Middle School | Port Coquitlam | 6-8 | Jill Reid | Kirsten Paterson | 1390 Laurier Avenue |
Montgomery Middle School | Coquitlam | 6-8 | Sarah Husband | Rob Heinrichs | 1900 Edgewood Avenue |
Moody Middle School | Port Moody | 6-8 | Tamara Banks | Jonathan Sclater | 3115 St. Johns Street |
Pitt River Community School | Port Coquitlam | 6-8 | Bryn Williams | Greg Schellenberg | 2070 Tyner Street |
Scott Creek Middle School | Coquitlam | 6-8 | Lisa Rinke | Anthony Veltri | 1240 Lansdowne Drive |
Summit Middle School | Coquitlam | 6-8 | Bill Trask | James Morton | 1450 Parkway Boulevard |
School [13] | Location | Grades | Principal | Address |
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CABE Secondary School | Coquitlam | 10-12 | Sandi Lauzon | 1411 Foster Avenue |
Centennial Secondary School | Coquitlam | 9-12 | Anthony Ciolfitto | 570 Poirier Street |
Dr. Charles Best Secondary School | Coquitlam | 9-12 | Heather Murphy | 2525 Como Lake Avenue |
Gleneagle Secondary School | Coquitlam | 9-12 | Wendy Yu | 1195 Lansdowne Drive |
Heritage Woods Secondary School | Port Moody | 9-12 | Todd Clerkson | 1300 David Avenue |
Inquiry Hub Secondary School | Coquitlam | 9-12 | David Truss | 1432 Brunette Avenue |
Pinetree Secondary School | Coquitlam | 9-12 | Janine Close | 3000 Pinewood Avenue |
Port Moody Secondary School | Port Moody | 9-12 | Glen Conley | 300 Albert Street |
Riverside Secondary School | Port Coquitlam | 9-12 | Jon Bruneau | 2215 Reeve Street |
Terry Fox Secondary School | Port Coquitlam | 9-12 | David Starr | 1260 Riverwood Gate |
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