{"id":476,"date":"2016-10-19T18:44:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T22:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/\/?page_id=476"},"modified":"2023-03-31T15:10:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T22:10:44","slug":"about-our-schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/our-schools\/about-our-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"About Our Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-48976 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/HowayEdit2-690-300x147.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/HowayEdit2-690-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/HowayEdit2-690.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"first\">About Our Schools<\/h2>\n<p>New Westminster Schools has been providing a quality public education to our residents since the 1920\u2019s. The New Westminster School District is committed to ensuring that our students become self-assured and self-sufficient adults who are wise, caring, creative and flexible and able to live successfully in an ever changing environment.<\/p>\n<p>New Westminster is a small city and home to a broad mix of ethnic and socio-economic groups, leading to a unique diversity and vibrancy within our schools. From kindergarten through to grade 12, classrooms at New Westminster Schools boast innovative learning and academic excellence, as well as co-curricular opportunities (activities, programs, and learning experiences that complement what students are learning in school) for our learners.<\/p>\n<p>We\u00a0deliver a wide range of programs and services offering Kindergarten to Grade 12 instruction through classroom, <a href=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/programs-services\/programs-of-choice\/home-learners-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">home<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/newwestonlinelearning.ca\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online education<\/a> programs. Our district has one secondary school, eight elementary and three middle schools.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to our 12 schools in the District, we are proud to have three Youth Alternate Programs: Sigma, offering flexible academic programming for students age 16-18; Power Alternate Secondary School with innovative and unique learning opportunities; and Royal City Alternate Program, supporting transition to both regular and alternate high school programs for students aged 13 to 15.\u00a0 We also offer <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newwestadultlearning.ca\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">adult learning education<\/a><\/strong> opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Please visit specific <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/\/our-schools\/elementary-schools\/\">elementary<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/\/our-schools\/middle-schools\/\"> middle school<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/\/our-schools\/new-westminster-secondary-school\/\">high school<\/a><\/strong> informational pages if you have specific questions about our schools.<\/p>\n<p>Please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/registration\/registration-information-forms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Registration <\/strong><\/a>pages for more information about what you need to know if you&#8217;re looking to join our community and its schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Our Schools New Westminster Schools has been providing a quality public education to our residents since the 1920\u2019s. 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