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May 22, 2020

Phase 3 optional return to in-class instruction: what you need to know

On June 1st schools across BC will transition into phase 3 of the Education Restart Plan. Every family will have the option to decide whether they’d like to send their kids for this voluntary, partial return to in-class instruction, or more

May 22, 2020

The plan for phase 3: Superintendent update

May 22, 2020

 

Dear students, parents and staff,

Over the last few months we have been collectively faced with circumstances and choices we each never saw coming. The path we’re walking together shifts often, usually more

May 15, 2020

Update: Optional partial return to school

May 15, 2020

 

Dear students, parents and staff,

Last week we reached out to let you know that the province had announced its BC restart plan, including sharing news of an upcoming shift in the return to school more

May 12, 2020

StrongStart: ideas to engage young learners through COVID

April 6, 2020

Dear families,
We, New Westminster StrongStart Facilitators, miss you very much as we all practice social distancing and family quarantine. As a team, we felt the best way to support our families right now is to send more

May 11, 2020

Partners in supporting everyone in our community

Every person in our community has been affected in some way by the unprecedented challenges the COVID-19 outbreak has presented. And, we have seen collaborations across so many governmental and organizational lines. In that vein, BC Housing has more

May 7, 2020

A phased-in approach for a slow return to classes

May 7, 2020

Dear parents, students and staff,

As you may have heard, in collaboration with recommendations from the Provincial Health Officer, yesterday the Premier announced details of BC’s restart plan. Included in that was a more

May 5, 2020

RCAP return to Columbia Square

Today we share this news: beginning September 2020, the Royal City Alternate Program [RCAP] will be moving back to the school district’s New Westminster Columbia Square location, where it will be co-located with the POWER Alternate Program and more