New Westminster Secondary School

Last updated

New Westminster Secondary School
New Westminster Secondary School 04.jpg
Address
New Westminster Secondary School
820 Sixth Street

New Westminster
,
British Columbia
,
V3M 3S9

Canada
Coordinates 49°13′00″N122°55′37″W / 49.216550°N 122.926879°W / 49.216550; -122.926879
Information
School type Public, Secondary School
MottoFor Leadership and Work
Founded1960
School board School District 40 New Westminster
SuperintendentKarim Hachlaf
School number10099001
PrincipalMurray McLeod
Staff~195
Key people [1]
Grades 9 to 12
Enrollment2066< [2]  (2014/15)
LanguageEnglish and French
Area Lower Mainland Metro Vancouver
Colour(s)  
Team nameNew Westminster Hyacks
Website www.nwss.ca
Last updated: September 28, 2015

New Westminster Secondary School (NWSS) is a secondary school in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. It is one of the largest high schools in British Columbia. [3] Enrollment of students is open to those within grades 9 through 12. The school is home to programs such as the International Baccalaureate program and a 1 year apprenticeship program. In 2007, the Fraser Institute ranked the school well within the top 50 secondary schools in British Columbia. This was out of the 279 public and private secondary schools operating in the province. [4] The School is located in Metro Vancouver in BC's Lower Mainland region while the campus is centrally located within the region on the north side of the city of New Westminster. It encompasses an area of three city blocks by two city blocks.

Contents

History

Prior to the 1860s the site of the present school was a public cemetery where many of the prominent citizens of New Westminster were interred. Many of the citizens who were buried in this public cemetery were part of the Chinese community and as well as Sikhs and Indigenous. [5] After development in the 1870s the remains of those buried were transferred to the Fraser Cemetery, located elsewhere in the city. During the Second World War the corner of 10th Avenue and 8th, where the present school is located, was leased to the Federal Government. The site served as a soldiers' barracks, used for training and housing the Royal Westminster Regiment. After World War II, the barracks were moved to the University of British Columbia and the rest of the cemetery was demolished. Finally, in 1948 The public works yard was moved and the site was transferred to the New Westminster School Board for the construction of offices and a new high school.

In September 1949 Vincent Massey Junior High was unofficially opened by Premier Bryan I. Johnson. On December 16, 1949, the school was officially opened. The school was named after the Right Honourable Vincent Massey, the eighteenth Governor General of Canada. The adjoining Pearson wing, named after the Right Honourable Lester Pearson, former Canadian Prime Minister, was home to the Senior High School prior to the two becoming amalgamated into the present New Westminster Secondary School.

Academics

The NWSS International Baccalaureate (IB) program is a pre-university course of studies, offered at NWSS since 2000. [6] The school offers the Diploma Program (DP), the Certificate Program (CP), and an unofficial Pre-IB Programme. All of the programs require an exam entry, although exam entry into the Diploma and Certificate programs is not required if moving on from the Pre-IB Program. At NWSS, the Pre-IB Program prepares students for the rigors of the global IB Program by increasing the difficulty and workloads of the students. The Pre-IB Programme contains a course called RIM, or Research in Motion. This course is meant to give students a basis in discussion of ethics and technology useful in the diploma programme. It includes a research paper known as the Long Term Project (LTP), imitable of the 3000 word Extended Essay completed by Diploma candidates.

The school has an ESL program for students whose second language is English. This program is offered to many International Students. A French Immersion program includes classes purely taught in French. This is the continuation of the Glenbrook Middle School late French immersion program. In this program, students are expected to speak French in most classes and upon finishing it, have almost native fluency.

School facilities and resources

Sports teams

New Westminster Secondary School has more than 13 sports teams including:

Future development

The New Westminster School District announced plans for the replacement of the New Westminster Secondary School (NWSS). NWSS will continue to be the biggest school in the Province of British Columbia with this largest and most complex construction project in the history of the province.

Minister of Education Mike Bernier came to New Westminster on Tuesday, June 7, 2016, to announce the long-awaited funding approval for the New Westminster Secondary School replacement project. The $106.5 million replacement of New Westminster Secondary School was completed near the end of the summer of 2020. This $106.5 million budget for the new school is the largest budget in BC history to be allocated to a school. [7] The new school is now home for over 2100 grade 9 to 12 students. The new school has been designed to meet today's standards for safety, accessibility and modern learning. [8]

Notable alumni

Filming location

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Burnaby</span> City in British Columbia, Canada

Burnaby is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the centre of the Burrard Peninsula, it neighbours the City of Vancouver to the west, the District of North Vancouver across the confluence of the Burrard Inlet with its Indian Arm to the north, Port Moody and Coquitlam to the east, New Westminster and Surrey across the Fraser River to the southeast, and Richmond on the Lulu Island to the southwest.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New Westminster</span> City in British Columbia, Canada

New Westminster is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It was founded by Major-General Richard Moody as the capital of the Colony of British Columbia in 1858 and continued in that role until the Mainland and Island colonies were merged in 1866. It was the British Columbia Mainland's largest city from that year until it was passed in population by Vancouver during the first decade of the 20th century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (Vancouver)</span> Secondary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School is a public secondary school located in Vancouver, British Columbia. Churchill Secondary is one of three International Baccalaureate schools and one of three French Immersion secondary schools in Vancouver. It is named after the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill. Churchill has the largest student body population in district 39 with about 2000 students in the campus.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eric Hamber Secondary School</span> Secondary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Eric Hamber Secondary School is a public secondary school located in the South Cambie neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Eric Hamber is a comprehensive secondary school with approximately 1400 students. Each year, approximately 70% of the senior class graduate with honours standing. The school is named after Eric Hamber, former Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. The school colours, maroon and light blue, were the colours used by Eric Hamber's race horses. The school's mascot is a Griffin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Prince of Wales Secondary School</span> Secondary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Prince of Wales Secondary School is a public secondary school located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Glenlyon Norfolk School</span> Independent, co-ed, day school in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Glenlyon Norfolk School (GNS) is an independent, co-ed, university preparatory day school in Victoria and Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada. It was formed in 1986 with the amalgamation of Glenlyon School and Norfolk House. The school offers instruction from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12. The school offers the International Baccalaureate at all three levels: the Primary Years Programme, Middle Years Programme and, at the high school level, offers the IB Diploma Programme. Of the 2,124 schools that participate in the IB programme in North America and the Caribbean, Glenlyon Norfolk School is one of only 25 schools to offer the programme at all three levels.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hugh Boyd Secondary School</span> Public, secondary school in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Hugh Boyd Secondary School, commonly known as Hugh Boyd or Boyd is a public, co-educational secondary school part of School District 38 Richmond (SD38), serving and educating 599 (2022-2023) students from grades 8 to 12. Hugh Boyd Secondary is the only school in Richmond that offers the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme. The school is located on the western side of Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, at 9200 No. 1 Road, stretching as far north to Francis Road and as far south to Pendleton Road. Hugh Boyd consists of the main school building, along with 3 parking lots, 2 soccer fields and an artificial turf field with 4 sections. Boyd also has 2 small extra buildings to the northwest with them being its Scout Hall and the Boyd Oval Field House. To the east, the school is conjoined with the West Richmond Community Centre with the West Richmond Pitch & Putt Golf Course being located just further east. Hugh Boyd Secondary was named after Hugh Boyd, the first reeve of the Township of Richmond.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Seycove Secondary School</span> High school in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Seycove Secondary School is a Canadian high school in the Deep Cove neighbourhood of the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia. Located just east of Dollarton Highway, the school has a student population of approximately 500 students in grades 8 through 12. Seycove is part of the SD44 program called a family of schools (FOS). Seycove acts as the family school for the Elementary schools considered the feeder schools including Dorothy Lynas, Cove Cliff, and Sherwood Park.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richmond Secondary School</span> High school in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Richmond Secondary School, is a public, co-educational secondary school located in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, that educates approximately 1200 students from grades 8 to 12. Richmond Secondary is the only school in Richmond that offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme and is a magnet school in the region.

Lord Byng Secondary School is a public secondary school located in the West Point Grey neighbourhood on the west side of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It opened in 1925 and was named in honour of the then Governor General of Canada, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy. In 2003, the school expanded with the addition of a library, a gymnasium, and multiple studios and classrooms.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">École des Pionniers (British Columbia)</span> School in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

École des Pionniers de Maillardville is a French first language school located in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. It serves the French speaking population of the Metro Vancouver area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Garibaldi Secondary School</span> High school in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada

Garibaldi Secondary School is a grade 8–12 school located in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. The school presently has about 1,040 students, and 62 teachers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Port Moody Secondary School</span> Coeducational public secondary school in Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada

Port Moody Secondary School is a public coeducational high school located in Port Moody, British Columbia. The school offers the International Baccalaureate Program and the Career Preparation Program to its students. There are approximately 400 students in the pre-International Baccalaureate Diploma programme and the International Baccalaureate diploma programme tracks. Port Moody serves grades nine through twelve and has an enrollment of about 1,500 students as of January 2019. The school is respected for its academics, visual arts, musical arts and athletic programs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Britannia Secondary School</span> High school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Britannia Community Secondary School is a public community secondary school located in the Grandview–Woodland neighbourhood on the east-side of Vancouver, British Columbia. The school educates its students using a district-wide block schedule program that alternates four blocks every two days. Students are subject to eight different blocks in total.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School</span> Public high school in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary is a public high school in the city of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada and is part of School District 36 Surrey. In September 1993, staff and students from Cloverdale Junior Secondary and Lord Tweedsmuir Senior Secondary joined together to form Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary, and moved into the new building. Lord Tweedsmuir's name has been attached to a school in the Cloverdale area since 1940 when Canada's Governor General, John Buchan, Lord Tweedsmuir of Elsfield died.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert Cecil Palmer Secondary School</span> Secondary school in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Robert Cecil Palmer Secondary School, is a public, co-educational secondary school situated in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada which educates students in grades 8-12. Palmer Secondary School is one of the many schools under the Richmond School District. It is the only school in Richmond to offer the Pre-AP Incentive Program, the ACE-IT plumbing program and, previously, the Palmer Hockey Academy. The Richmond Virtual School is also hosted in the Palmer building.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. John's School (Vancouver)</span> Independent school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

St. John's School (SJS), in Vancouver, British Columbia, is an independent, co-educational, non-religious, IB World School for junior kindergarten to grade 12 students.

Meadowridge School, located in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, is a coeducational, independent school teaching Junior Kindergarten through to Grade 12.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">École secondaire Jules-Verne</span> Secondary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

École secondaire Jules-Verne is a public francophone secondary school located in the South Cambie neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Named after the French author, it is part of School District 93. The school is one of the many schools in Vancouver that provide the IB Diploma Program.

A high school diploma is a diploma awarded upon graduation of high school. A high school diploma is awarded after completion of courses of studies lasting four years, typically from grade 9 to grade 12. It is the school leaving qualification in the United States and Canada.

References

  1. ↑ New Westminster Secondary School sd40.bc.ca [ dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Student Statistics - 2016/17- New Westminster Secondary" (PDF). gov.bc.ca. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  3. ↑ Lockdown at NWSS - CTV: 14 year old arrested. on YouTube
  4. ↑ "Economic Freedom of the World" (PDF). December 22, 2016.
  5. ↑ Dobie, Cayley (May 4, 2016). "Cemetery back to haunt new school?". New West Record. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  6. ↑ "New Westminster Secondary School".
  7. ↑ "NWSS Replacement Project - About the Project | School District 40 – New Westminster" . Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Annual Service Plan Reports 2004/05 -- Ministry of Education - Major Capital Projects". www.bcbudget.gov.bc.ca.
  9. ↑ "Josh Byrne PLL profile" . Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Peter Julian". www.facebook.com.
  11. ↑ "Justin Morneau Stats, Fantasy & News". Major League Baseball.
  12. ↑ "Bill Ranford". www.hockeygoalies.org.
  13. ↑ "First African-Canadian dramedy in history filmed in Vancouver | Curated". dailyhive.com. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  14. ↑ "New VIFF documentary uncovers Vancouver's destroyed Black community | Curated". dailyhive.com. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  15. ↑ "In Conversaton With Electronic Producer Felix Cartal". RANGE. June 24, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  16. ↑ ""Bloom" from BC director Kasey Lum lands at the Toronto International Film Festival". The Georgia Straight. August 11, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  17. ↑ "21 Jump Street" (1987) at IMDb OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  18. ↑ "- YouTube". ca.youtube.com.
  19. ↑ "Filming Location Matching "New Westminster Secondary School, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)". IMDb. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.