10750 Chinguacousy Rd, Brampton, ON L7A 2Z7, Canada
- SCHOOL TYPE: Alternative
- WEBSITE: Parkholme School
- SCHOOL LEVEL: High
- GRADES OFFERED: 7 - 12
Parkholme is a school for students 14 to 21 years of age with developmental disabilities, in the Peel District School Board, serving students with special needs in the City of Brampton and the Town of Caledon. We have classes at the main site, located in Fletcher’s Meadow Secondary School. In addition, there are Parkholme (satellite) classes at eight secondary schools. Our goal is to provide an individualized program that assists all of our students to develop communication skills, functional academics and life skills. Opportunities for integration in mainstream secondary classes and into the community are important aspects of our program. Our special education teachers and specially-trained teaching assistants provide the necessary support to help our students move toward independence.
The Fletcher's Meadow neighbourhood is in northwest Brampton. This is a newer development, from the early 2000s, and ongoing. Housing is mainly large, 2-storey single-detached homes and townhomes. The area features schools, a shopping plaza, as well as trails and plenty of green space in its parks and the natural wooded areas along Fletcher Creek. Fletcher's Meadow includes the Mt. Pleasant GO station and Mount Pleasant Village, an “urban transit village,” developed around and based on transit and active transportation, including cycling. The Village is centred around a community centre and library and features a public square framed by a three-storey row of live-work units that are accommodating commercial and service space.