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Category: School News
November 8, 2019
Students remember: No Stone Left Alone
Students place poppies on gravestones for Remembrance Day…
November 4, 2019 – This week, more than 200 students from both Richard McBride and École Herbert Spencer elementary schools knelt at the gravestones of Canadian… more
October 7, 2019
A hair-raising challenge: Lord Tweedsmuir Secretary Paula Bates takes a risk for Terry Fox!
Teacher Danica Jovanovich demonstrates Paula Bates’ fate for a good cause
A hair’s breadth away…
October 7, 2019 – On Friday, there was no sign of panic from Secretary Paula Bates.
She still had a full head of… more
September 28, 2019
School Board endorses climate strike
September: The New Westminster school board voted unanimously to back students participating in an international Climate Strike on Friday, Sept. 27, taking the lead in supporting the student-led climate-action movement.
The Board voted… more
September 27, 2019
Parents’ Night Out! Coming up Oct. 22
New Westminster Students – Their Stories
Each year, school districts in the province provide opportunities
for students to share how they are doing in areas of well-being,
human connections, school experiences and… more
September 27, 2019
New Secretary-Treasurer appointed…
Sept. 25, 2019 – New Westminster Schools is pleased to announce that Bettina Ketcham, a collaborative leader in public education, will assume the role of Secretary-Treasurer at New Westminster Schools effective October 15.
As the… more
September 23, 2019
NWSS students: Talking about BC’s new curriculum
In the news: New Westminster Secondary School grade 12 students Gustavo Magana Campos, Sonia Sarai and Alia Homenuke with social studies teachers Stacey Robinsmith and Stacy Brine. Photo: Jason Payne/Postmedia
September 23, 2019: High… more
September 11, 2019
Lunch launch goes district wide: Parent info nights on now!
We are excited to begin district-wide implementation of our groundbreaking Fuel Up! school nourishment program at all of our elementary and middle schools this fall.
Parent information nights about the rollout start now.
Families… more
September 5, 2019
A shared responsibility…
“For reconciliation to work, and for our relationship to be renewed, there must be awareness, acceptance, apology, atonement and action.”
~ Senator Murray Sinclair, Chair, Truth and Reconciliation Commission
September 4, 2019
Good Things are Happening 2018-2019
We’re Building Momentum at New Westminster Schools!
Check out our 2018-2019 Year End booklet – and see good things happening for yourself! [Click on full screen view icon below].
Looking back – and moving… more
September 3, 2019
Back to School Health and Safety Tips: Check them out!
It’s back to school September 3 – and time for some helpful school zone safety tips from New Westminster Police and New Westminster Parking and Animal Services. See the video below.
School Zone Safety Tips
Healthy… more