News & Events

March 20, 2019

New School Rising: Massive teamwork and a 429-day countdown…

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A Daily Hive of Activity….

March 20, 2019 – The evidence is in and it’s unmistakable: one of the largest and most up-to-date learning environments in the province is rising up and out of the ground as the more

March 6, 2019

Next steps for a new Richard McBride elementary school…

Tony Gill, Project Architect for a new Richard McBride elementary school, was on hand with Principal Kathleen Chad to help answer questions during a public consultation session in December.

Public Consultation…

The public will soon more

February 15, 2019

Your thoughts, our inspiration: What we learned from you

Students representatives from our middle schools and high school gathered this month for the district’s first ever student symposium.  They shared their ideas on what is most important for student learning – part of an in-depth more

February 14, 2019

New for 2019: We’re launching a ground-breaking, district-wide school lunch program

Food helps build relationships: “Cooking with Cops”  paired up students and police officers in five teams recently, when they whipped up their creations and served the results to 80 guests –  including the New Westminster more

February 13, 2019

Land purchase for future school expansion…

A step in meeting future priorities…

March 5, 2019 – New Westminster Schools is pleased to announce the acquisition of property on Fader Street in Sapperton as part of a long-range strategy to address projected enrolment more

February 13, 2019

Wind, Rain, Snow, and Cold: Our Crossing Guards make a difference

Recognizing community-minded dedication to student-safety: It’s Crossing Guard Appreciation Day Wednesday!

All-weather protectors…

February 12, 2019 – Wednesday is Crossing Guard Appreciation Day across Canada – more

January 10, 2019

Thank you for Joining the Conversation!

Mark Gifford, Chair of our New Westminster Schools Board of Education invited you to join the conversation between Jan.7 and 14. See some of the top thoughts here.

We asked and you answered: Thank you everyone!

It has been an amazing more

January 3, 2019

A warm welcome back to school!

January 3, 2019 – The heat’s back up at New Westminster Schools thanks to good news about BC’s natural gas supply.

FortisBC has given the green light to customers to resume normal use of natural gas.

That’s more

December 14, 2018

Putting the wonder in winter performances: At QMS, everyone’s in on the Act!

A big tradition at Queensborough Middle School…

Dec.14, 2018 – Students from kindergarten to grade 12 across the district are putting their hearts into winter performances of song, dance, music and drama.

At Queensborough more

December 5, 2018

Let the season begin! A special guest at École Herbert Spencer

Lighting up New Westminster for Winter….

Dec. 4, 2018 ~ A special grouchy guest showed up at École Herbert Spencer elementary school last week as students, families and the community shared the launch of the winter season with a movie, more