New Westminster School District
New Westminster School District
New Westminster, which is also called New West, was founded in 1858 on the bank of the Fraser River in the province of British Columbia. The native language of fifty percent of the population is English, so it’s a perfect place to study the language and obtain school education in the tranquil atmosphere of New Westminster. First New Westminster Schools were founded more than a hundred year ago and grew to the district which encompass twelve schools, including one high school, which offer a number of outstanding education opportunities.
Programs
New Westminster School District provides students with education beginning from kindergarten to the high school and even adult learning programs for foreign citizens, who wish to learn the English language and the ones who didn’t manage to complete their high school studies, but wish to do it with the help of New Westminster School District adult learning centre. Among the courses students can learn is the foundations of English, where students learn speaking, reading, listening and writing skills on the seven levels: from the very beginning to the advanced one. There is also a course on composition and English studies, Social Studies, Math and Science as part of the program towards high school graduation.
New Westminster School District offers various after-school programs for families and youth to spend time in their communities. The programs include a number of classes on sports and physical activities, yoga, and the ones to relax the mind and develop cognitive skills, as well as to sustain mental well-being.
Students of New Westminster School District are offered to continue their studies even during the summer months through participating in summer school programs for middle and high school students. There students will be able to brush up on their knowledge of school subjects, communicate with their peers, do experiments in the labs or go ahead with the curriculum and prepare for the next academic year, on the whole just to spend summer time with as many benefits as possible. Elementary school students can also participate in the summer program, which will be focused specifically on what skill they want to hone during the summer period: writing, numeracy and literacy. There is a program of arts exploration, where students from the grades one to three can start to try drawing with paints and learn different drawing techniques. For the children who only start their education path in New Westminster School District, there is a program of preparation for the grade one where students with plays and fun are getting ready to start their first year in school. New Westminster School District also provides online learning for the students who due to some reasons can’t attend classes offline, to adult learners or the foreign students who want to learn the English language.
As for home learning, New Westminster School District makes it possible for students to study from home if they and their families find it more convenient or more beneficial for health to obtain education in this mode.
Besides the programs described above, New Westminster School District offers another interesting opportunity of French Immersion which can be attended by the students from kindergarten and there is no need for their parents to be French speakers. Nevertheless, it’s highly recommended for parents to help their children with homework and in the process of acquiring the new language as all the school subjects are taught in French, at least in the first years.
High school students of New Westminster School District can do an apprenticeship as the school district collaborates with the Industry Training Authority. During the apprenticeship, students have an opportunity to earn credits and achieve an award in the sum of one thousand dollars for participating in the program. Among the trades students can have practice in are: carpentry, plumbing, auto paint, electrician, metal fab, motorcycle, millwright and painter.
New Westminster School District offers education to international students as well whether they wish to stay in Canada for a short-term program or long-term one, in case international students wish to stay in Canada to continue their education in post-secondary institutions and then start to build a professional career in this country. Long term studies offered by New Westminster School District means that an international student can start to obtain education from kindergarten to the end of high school, having access to all the extracurricular activities, sports, clubs and career programs as the local students have. Short term programs include morning English classes, afternoon activities and spending time with a host family. So short term programs of New Westminster School District encompass lots of different actives which are aimed at student’s fast and effective development of the English language skills and enriching their cultural knowledge in the shortest time possible. One of such short term programs is summer study which introduces foreign students to the Canadian lifestyle, beauty of New Westminster, while their whole travel is permeated with the English language which they strive to learn during the program. Also New Westminster School District made it possible to earn some credits for graduation during the summer program.
International students are to pay fees for their studying in the schools of New Westminster School District, which is around $15000 CAD for an academic year and $1000 CAD for medical insurance. Middle school students pay about $9200 CAD for half a year as well as the elementary school students.
Accommodation
New Westminster School District offers international students to participate in a homestay program, which allows them to instantly immerse into the English language with no harm to the mental health of a foreign student as moving to another country is always stressful. The host family is usually chosen according to the habits and preferences of an international student so that they won’t have difficulties and tension while getting used to living with each other. A host family has to provide a foreign student with all the necessities for their comfortable living and introduce them to the culture of Canada by engaging them in various leisure activities. The cost of the homestay is about $950 CAD per month and a one time application fee, which is $500 CAD for a year and non-refundable. If a student wants their host family to pick them up from the airport, then they will need to pay $75 for this service.
Future Prospects
It’s natural that after achieving the high school diploma from New Westminster School District, international students want to continue their studies on the next level of education and go to universities, colleges or to vocational courses. In order to stay in Canada for long and even have an opportunity to immigrate, students often choose to obtain a diploma, a certificate or a degree on a full-time program offered by a post secondary institution and then apply for a work permit, after successful obtaining of which, foreign citizens have a permission to work in Canada full or part time.
Aiming at staying in Canada, an international student can decide to continue studying in Sprott Shaw College which is also located in the province of British Columbia and open to international students. There students can study administration, business, child, family and community support, trades and design programs. For example, a student may decide to go for the Legal Administrator Program after which a student is awarded with a diploma. The program lasts for thirty three weeks, during which students study how to create legal correspondence including affidavits and wills, how to make invoices and prepare payments and compile statistics data among many other hard and soft skills. The Sprott Shaw College provides international students with modern apartment style residences with shared lounge rooms. Studying the program of Legal Administrator will cost an international student a little more than $14000 and around $18000 for studying on the program of accounting and payroll administrator with practice.
Diploma of Business Administration or Hospitality Management can also be earned in Winston College, together with certificate of bookkeeping, diploma of sport management and accounting diploma. To be eligible for the program of Sport management in Winston College, international students need to provide a high school diploma and have a minimum of five in Academic IELTS together with a number of other requirements. During the program students learn how to manage sports business, will develop skills important for working in the field, moreover students will have a chance to achieve a personal trainer certificate if they successfully pass a special exam outside of the college.
There is another program of Winston College which lasts for two years and leads to the diploma in Hospitality Management, where students learn about planning for food and beverages operations, purchasing food operations, how to manage hospitality human resource and hotel and restaurant accounting and a number of other courses. If a student finishes each term successfully, they achieve additional certificates of specialization. The fees for tuition for the international students is, on average, around $12000 for an academic year.
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