My name is nancy,i did my ECE and post basic at VCC Coquitlam. Just enrolled for an immigration…read moreconsultant program. The assistance admission director Donatina that assisted me in my registration was highly skilled, polite and friendly. Even though am not enrolled at the coquitlam campus currently, I still call her for clarity and support, as her door is always open to assisting and supporting all student's of VCC. My overall experience with both staffs and instructors of VCC Coquitlam campus is a FIVE STARS PLUS RATING. I will for sure recommend this campus to friends and family now and in the future.

I 'm currently studying at VCC Coquitlam campus. My expectations were beyond I've expected. The…read morestaff and mainly the director was the only reason I am here today. They are so respectful and also encouraged me to get through my course till the end. Next week is my practicum and the whole class is fully prepared to succeed without any hesitation. I have no doubt that Fabiana and her staff are the reason that I'm about to become a successful professional!

I highly recommend Cefa Willowbrook! I just moved here from Calgary and decided to enrol my son at…read morethis location despite all the negativity surrounding the Cefa name. Mainly because I know the Cefa locations are franchises and this one has gotten best of the best for 5 years. Anyways, I cannot believe how much my 2 and a half have grown and learnt in a week and a half. They teachers are very passionate and caring and they also serve very healthy food with big portions. Lol, I was creeping up on them. Definitely check it out if you are looking for care for your children.

Great location already but the new owners are fantastic. Really care about the place. This is our…read morelast year (moving to grade school) but wish they had been there the whole time. Regular updates on our phones and email, communication on events or disruptions. These owners have started sending pictures of each kid doing an activity to their parents every day's. They email the menu for the week to all the parents. Besides the new owners being great, the place was already stellar. The meals are made on-site by a chef. No chef-boy-r-dee garbage from a can like other places. The food is cooked from scratch and made fresh daily. The kids get great meals everyday. They have the chef come by each classroom once a week and the kids make their own foods as well. This is the meal plan for this Monday as an example Morning snack : rise and shine veggie hash, served with milk and fresh fruit Lunch : beef (or tofu) and broccoli stir fry, served over wild rice Afternoon snack : carrot banana flax muffins, served with veggies and dip The location is right on the highway exit so you can drop off and get directly onto to the highway. Early dropoff @ 7am pickup @5pm no extra charge. They occasionally have date nights so parents can drop off their kids and enjoy a night together (i believe they charge 10 dollars for the evening which is very reasonable) The curriculum is amazing, very focused on the kids learning new things and having a wonder to the process. The teachers all take the time to focus on your child. Teachers know your kid even if they aren't in that teachers class. Learning is very hands on. There is an emphasis on physical activity and the playground is well equipped. We were worried initially but our kid,loved it there and has been there since 1 year old till 4 years old. All the kids are very well mannered and you can see that they are taught to be gracious to each other. Great place, the cost is a bit higher but in line with what you get in return. Teachers that are engaged with your child, fresh nutritious meals, extended hours, daily updates on your phone, web cam to peek I'm on your child in the day, amazing facility, playground and a vested interest in your child's well being. Love this place, hope the rest of my kids schools are even half as good.

Queen Elizabeth School Annex, located on Crown Street across from Chaldecott Park, is a small…read moreschool, only offering classes from kindergarten to grade three. The school also offers a French Immersion program, in which I was enrolled, and I went there for all four years until I went to École Jules Quesnel in grade four, which is where most French Immersion students transferred to. It was a good little school, but the English kids and French Immersion kids never mingled, despite it being a small school, although that may have changed. When I was in grade three, the school got its first portable, and my class was the class placed in the portable. While celebrating my niece's birthday at Chaldecott Park yesterday, I popped over to visit the school, and there was a new wing of the school, made out of portables. The school has a HUGE playground, divided into three parts: the concrete school yard, with hopscotch and the alphabet painted on it; a gravel field where we used to play kickball and catch crickets; and the upper playground, a wooded area with the playground equipment. The playground equipment included a slide, an adventure fort, and some wooden posts you could walk on, all of which were gone when I went to the school yesterday. There was also a hill, going from the playground down to the gravel field, which was perfect for sledding when it snowed. Back in my day, there weren't wood shavings or that bouncy material at the bottom of playground equipment -- there was concrete. The adventure fort had a pole set in concrete that you could slide down, and I remember a kid in my class falling down the pole and breaking his arm. The following year, the concrete was replaced with wood shavings. [Yelp collections: Schools and Education]

Recently we had a representative of VCC come to Centennial Secondary. I was able to ask them…read morequestions about the cooking program the college offers. The representative was very polite, had no problem answering my questions about the community and classes along with the tuition and gave me lots of helpful insight like how long the course takes and what higher level courses they offer once you finish the first and want to progress up. The reason I picked VCC was because of their culinary courses and the representative sold me on my choice with VCC. He was able to exceed my expectations and even offered a personal tour of the entire kitchen from him.

I'm a new student here just trying to get familiar with the place. I wanted to get ahead on my…read morebooks and materials and had been told to come back another time as I was using a gift card to pay for my books and materials. I was told by two employees that neither had been trained to do gift card transactions with the new system. Coming from North Burnaby, this a bit time wasting. When I was able to purchase my materials, I realized I was missing two items from the kit I purchased; everything was originally stuffed into a canvas bag in disarray so you could barely navigate through it to double check everything. Granted, the kit that I bought included 20+ items so I shouldn't be too upset. It's just the fact that I had to trek all the way to the downtown campus to pick up books and materials weighing well over 10lbs and trekking home again just to realize I'm still missing items. But overall I'm not too upset just a little annoyed. The customer service I got from other employees was sincere and friendly. First impressions mean a lot, but it isn't everything.

Probably one of the best schools in Burnaby! They have hot lunch programs, carnivals and lots great…read morestuff. There is a bank program for kids that go to this school done through Van City bank and ever once in a while children can deposit money into there accounts.

My child and I attended the infant toddler sessions at North Star. It's part of a very nice school…read more I don't live in North Van however so we commuted to attend.

North Star is a great school. I was a Montessori kid myself so I am a big fan of the philosophy…read moreand the way that North Star operates is truly authentic. The kids at North Star really do love to learn. If you have child in preschool or elementary school I would definitely consider North Star.

Ms.Smith and Ms.Ineke Are the best !! The councilor (Bailey I think) is really nice! She is really…read morekind and understanding. The principal Ms.Sandhu and the Vice Principal Mr.Hughes are amazing! The school is really fun . I really recommend. The service is amazing.Ms Ineke (Div.5 Grade 6) is the best teacher there, she makes the students go on really affordable but fun field trips and she teaches really well

We made an appointment with Shaun the director for a tour with our son today. Arrived and rang the…read morebell and no one was there. We waiting for fifteen mins before we left very disappointed. While we were there, we called and mailbox is not assign and we email Shaun also. I guess the first RED flag was it took him around a week to even get back to us for this appointment. Definitely not bring my kid here. I'll make sure this is posted everywhere online for other parents to see. Place was not very secure too, someone could have easily came into the premises and took all the toys away.

We've looked at about 14 centres at this point. In that pool, I would say there was 1 5 star, 3 4…read morestar, and the rest were 1-2. Needless to say, they all cost an arm and a leg. This is the 5 star. From the moment we walked in the door, we were hit with a sense of both home and calm. The environment was all about calm, neutral colors, child lead art, plants, animals, and natural materials like wood, branches, leaves, and pinecones. When we walked past the kitchen, it smelled like fresh baking (the children were cooking with one of the teachers). On the rug in the adjacent area, an instructor was leading a group of children in a yoga class. It was almost comically amazing. We were lead through to the main activity room and talked a bit about the philosophy of the centre, where we learned that they follow a 'emergent' curriculum, which is apparently about learning the children's interests and building the curriculum to suit. Naturally. Though I wasn't surprised, I was still very disappointed to learn there are more than 100 families ahead of us on the waitlist. Still, we may get in depending on the circumstances. Here's hoping!