Meadowbrook Elementary

About

Meadowbrook Elementary is located at 900 Sharpe St, Coquitlam, BC V3C 3M3. The school describes itself as a “Reggio Influenced Community of Learners” focused on providing the best possible learning environment for students. Meadowbrook emphasizes that education is a shared responsibility among home, school, and community, and aims to support lifelong learning in a caring, cooperative, and safe environment within a diverse society.

At a Glance

School type: Public School (Coquitlam)

Education language: English

Religious affiliation: None / Secular

Grades: K-5

Phone: 604 464-5813

Email: tfisher@sd43.bc.ca

Principal: Tara Fisher

Programs and Services

Student support / counselling Meadowbrook has a school counsellor (Ms. Shannon Macalister) on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, and she facilitates many programs in the school. Library / literacy support The school library offers an extensive collection for borrowing (students are encouraged to sign out two books weekly). The library promotes literacy, a love of reading, and information literacy skills to help students become independent lifelong learners. Clubs and activities A basketball club is offered for Grade 4 and 5 students, organized into house teams and played over lunch on Thursdays and Fridays. Parent volunteers are welcomed to help supervise and referee. Early learning (StrongStart) StrongStart is a free, drop-in early learning program for children from birth to age five, led by qualified early childhood educators. It provides play-based activities (including stories, music, and art) designed to support early development and help prepare children for Kindergarten.

School Culture and Expectations

The school emphasizes a caring, cooperative, and safe environment and highlights “Concentric Rings of Care,” encouraging students to show care for self; family and friends; strangers and distant others; animals, plants and the Earth; the human-made world; and ideas. Meadowbrook also frames education as a shared responsibility among families, the school, and the community.