The collection consists of records relating to School District No. 43 and schools in Coquitlam. The records include formal class portraits, staff portraits, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, school publications and newspapers, school annuals, and an assortment of crests.

The series consists of records relating to the administration of School District No. 43.

The file consists of a list spanning 1929 to 1972 which details the names of students who attended Mountain View School as well as their current addresses and approximate years of attendance.

The item consists of a bound guestbook with signatures of those attending the 1979 Golden Homecoming. The album also includes two b&w photographs of Mountain View School.

The item consists of a scrapbook containing class photos from 1960-1977 as well as a notebook containing the signatures of visitors to an open house, news clippings and correspondence.

The file consists of a scrapbook documenting the "Student of the Week" for each week of the school year, alongside photographs of the winning students.

The series consists of meeting minutes of the Board of School Trustees meetings held in the Canadian Western Lumber Company's Hall and other information relating to School District No. 43.

The file contains a yearbook from Centennial Secondary School.

The file contains various school achievement certificates.

The file consists of report cards for Shyla Seller from Como Lake Junior Secondary.

The file consists of photographs of teenagers performing in Ancient Greece themed costumes.

The item consists of a scrapbook relating to a trip to the Olympics of the Mind competition in Flagstaff, Arizona.

The fonds consists of several photographs including two class portraits from Our Lady of Fatima School (Grade 4 French from 1959-1960 and Grade 6 French from 1961-1962); a baseball team photograph of the SO Coquitlam Allstars from 1963; and a photograph of Fernand and Julienne Filiatrault with Father Gérard Leduc and Father Denomee Trenomme from Lady of Fatima Church.

The subseries consists of formal class portraits and staff portraits; photographs of student activities; certificates documenting the awards, appreciation and commendation of the school and the success of its programs; and some photographic slides and textual records about the school's potential closure in 1987.

The file contains the contents of a time capsule that was created in 1995 to commemorate Burquitlam Elementary School's 25th Anniversary, and was intended to be opened at the school's 50th anniversary in 2020. However, Burquitlam Elementary School closed in 2003, and the box was never opened.

The file consists of 25th anniversary ephemera, but is largely composed of textual records written by the students in Divisions 2, 4, 5, and 6, recounting their favourite academic and personal moments of 1995. Photographs in the file also depict students learning and playing outdoors, as well as class Halloween photographs.