Inquiring Little Minds (ILM Education Centre, Edith McDermott Elementary site)
On Edith McDermott Elementary grounds.
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Childcare & Daycare
Ages 1-5.
CEFA Early Learning Meadowtown operates out of unit 115 at 19800 Lougheed Highway, in the retail and commercial stretch that gives the Meadowtown neighbourhood its name. CEFA is a Canadian early learning franchise with locations across the Lower Mainland and beyond, and this location follows the same curriculum and classroom model used at other CEFA schools, built around arts-integrated programming for children between one and five years old.
A franchise location like this one gives a Pitt Meadows family a program with a consistent, tested curriculum and facilities built to a company-wide standard, rather than a one-off local operation, which appeals to some parents and matters less to others. What stays local is the day-to-day: the specific teachers, the classroom relationships, and how the centre fits into a family's routine on the Lougheed Highway side of Meadowtown. Meadowtown has grown into one of the busier retail nodes in Pitt Meadows, so an early learning centre in that unit sits within easy reach of parents already running errands or working nearby during drop-off and pickup hours. Enrolment availability by age group and current tuition are worth confirming directly with the Meadowtown location at 604-459-9990 or through cefa.ca, since franchise locations often set their own waitlists independent of the broader CEFA network.
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