May 19, 2017
Standing for Truth: A Call to Save Residential School Records
Artist Carey Newman was a keynote speaker at New Westminster Schools in February. Here, he stands in front of a projected image of his nationally celebrated art installation project, the Witness Blanket, honoring the children of the Indian… more
May 18, 2017
Heartfelt Sorrow: Lethal street drug takes life of student
May 29, 2017 – New Westminster Schools is devastated after a 16-year-old female high school student died of a drug overdose and a second was hospitalized on Friday. Both were victims of what police described in an urgent warning as a… more
May 18, 2017
Making music with Ukuleles and Friends…
Something for everyone…and fun from day one
Students at École Qayqayt Elementary School are making music with 30 ukuleles and a whole group of after-school friends thanks to a new program supported by local community… more
May 12, 2017
A Question of Survival: NWSS Students Engage in the Darkest Chapter of Modern History
May 11, 2017 – NWSS Students encountered one of Vancouver’s last remaining survivors of the Nazi concentration camps of World War Two this week during the school’s first-ever Symposium on the Holocaust.
Hundreds of grade 11… more
May 12, 2017
Gold Medal Baking with Shoshawna Patel
For Shoshawna Patel, a cake is an artist’s canvas. The New Westminster Secondary School grade 12 student won gold in the baking category at the Skills Canada B.C. competition in Abbotsford last month. Now she’s off to Winnipeg for… more
May 11, 2017
May Day in the Park 2017: You’re Invited!
The 2017 Royal Suite: Samantha Black, Christina Hodges, Kisa Gavac, May Queen Zoe Bishop, Jadyn Gibson, Emma Vanderven, Victoria Reina and Charlotte Johnson
This year will mark the 147th May Day celebration in the City of New… more
May 9, 2017
Join the Action! Hyacks in Motion May 13th!
Fourth Annual Hyacks in Motion Family Run/Walk
Families, classes, teams, individuals! Join the action this Saturday at Queen’s Park in New Westminster for the 4th Annual Hyacks in Motion Family… more
May 1, 2017
NWSS hosts first on-site blood donor clinic
Teacher Kelly Proznick takes a break from giving blood, sweat and tears to the Performing Arts Department – to give a little blood to the Canadian Blood Services instead. This week saw the first blood donor clinic hosted at NWSS –… more