École des Pionniers de Maillardville is a

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school located in

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. It serves the French speaking population of the

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area. The school was founded in 2000 and is located on the former

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grounds. It incorporates classes formerly held at Millside Elementary, Como Lake Middle and Centennial Secondary School in Coquitlam. The school now has the

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in French for grade 11 and 12 students, and has the MYP IB Programme for grade 7 to 10 students. Not directly affiliated with École des Pionniers, but located within it and often a stepping stone to attending the school, is an independent non-profit francophone preschool called Prématernelle Les p'tits lutins.

New school construction

In 2013 the provincial government announced plans to build a new facility for the school, which has since been completed during the winter of 2018. The 32.7 million dollar project received joint funding from the

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($27.3 million contributed for the replacement), the

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($3.7 million contributed for community and child-care spaces within the school), and the

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($1.7 million contributed for generalities and additional classrooms). Since the old school's demolition, the space has since been turned into a playing field and parking area.

References

External links

*http://pionniers.csf.bc.ca/ *http://www.achievebc.ca/spt/school.aspx?id=9343092 *http://www.lesptitslutins.ca/ *https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016EDUC0143-001973 *http://www.journalofcommerce.com/article/id54924/--new-ecole-des-pionniers-school-planned-for-coquitlam *https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016EDUC0143-001973 Elementary schools in British Columbia French-language schools in British Columbia High schools in British Columbia International Baccalaureate schools in British Columbia Port Coquitlam Educational institutions established in 1998 1998 establishments in British Columbia {{BritishColumbia-school-stub, Pionniers