Features & Resources

February 8, 2017

Now Showing: Legal Fun with Legally Blonde!

It's all here: music, action, hilarity and heart! Running until February 11, the New Westminster Secondary School Musical Theatre Program is staging the international-award-winning Legally Blonde: The Musical. more

February 4, 2017

C’est aujourd’hui! District French public speaking contest today

Today is the day! The local annual French public speaking contest for students grade 6-12 is taking place from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 4 at École Glenbrook Middle School. Student winners will go the next level and more

January 12, 2017

“Football saved my life” – Student Nolan Bellerose’s story goes national

Grade 12 student Nolan Bellerose shared his story on the national CBC radio program The Current this week, highlighting how football was the turning point that saved him from addictions, gangs, and depression. Today, Nolan is a 225-pound offensive lineman with the New Westminster Hyacks Senior football team... more

January 11, 2017

NWSS Student Iveta Demirova a National Scholarship Finalist

New Westminster Secondary Student Iveta Demirova is up for one of country’s most prestigious undergraduate scholarships – the Loran Award. more

December 2, 2016

School Spirit starts here: Qayqayt lights some fireworks!

The whole school was in on it - and the result was Fireworks! École Qayqayt Elementary School launched a school wide “Lip Dub” video of every student singing that is as fun to watch as it clearly was to make... more

November 16, 2016

A Rotary Gift of Literacy for Fraser River Middle School

It is a big help if you are a brand new school starting up a brand new “Learning Commons” to receive a $5,000 gift in support of literacy.... more

Highlights at New Westminster School District 40

Good Things are Happening: 2021-22 in review

An amazing list of projects, achievements and learning opportunities from the 2021-22 school year that's set the foundation we move forward from. more

The beat and birth of a drum

All three of our middle schools collaborated around a power lesson, with additional opportunities for Indigenous students to get hands-on cultural teachings and experiences. more

Understanding and opportunities: the diversity and inclusion review

Key findings and recommendations from our justice, equity, diversity and inclusion consultants. more