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Our Lady of Fatima School celebrates
and practices the bilingual heritage of Canada and reflects, in the
makeup of our student body, our country’s rich multicultural diversity.
The commonality for every part of our school community is the tradition
and practices of the Roman Catholic faith.
Our Lady of Fatima School is a dual track, K-7, English and French
Immersion school. Conveniently located near the intersection of the
Lougheed Hwy. and Blue Mountain Hwy. in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Our
Lady of Fatima School provides Catholic education for Catholic families
living in the tri-city area of Burnaby, Coquitlam and New Westminster
and neighbouring communities. The school is one of forty elementary
schools that form the Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver
Archdiocese (CISVA).
In this 2004-2005 school year, 388 students attend Our Lady of Fatima
School. Our staff numbers 33 and is made up of teachers, para-educators
and secretarial personnel. The school is governed by the policies of the
CISVA and a locally elected Parish Education Committee (PEC). Some years
ago the PEC passed a policy that designated Our Lady of Fatima School as
an inclusive school. We now have several special needs students enrolled
in both the primary and intermediate programs. Our Lady of Fatima School
is a Class1 Independent School and is regulated provincially by the
Independent Schools Branch of the Ministry of Education. Cyclical
evaluations of the school are carried out by the Superintendent’s Office
of the CISVA and the Office of Inspector of Independent School, BC
Ministry of Education.
In addition to the provincial curriculum in French and English, Our Lady
of Fatima School teaches a religion curriculum developed by the
archdiocese. School masses take place twice a month at Our Lady of
Fatima Church and are celebrated by the school’s pastor, Fr. P.
Tepoorten. The masses are conducted in French and English. As well, a
teacher para-liturgy committee organizes devotional activities and
services for special feast days and the cyclical events of the
liturgical calendar. Students are the main presenters at these events.
Grade two and grade seven are sacramental years in the school. Grade two
is the year of first confession and first communion. Grade seven is the
year of confirmation. Catholic faith in the school is the underpinning
for all other studies and activities. The parents, staff, students and
the parish work and worship together as a faith community.
The school employs a music specialist, a physical education specialist
and a core French specialist for students in the English program.
Concerts, sports (See sports program.) and a variety of clubs provide
the students and their families with enrichment activities beyond the
classroom programs.
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