Skwo:wech

School facts

Address

331 Richmond St, New Westminster V3L 4B7

City

New Westminster

Type

Public

Phone

604-517-6090

Email

kmillard@sd40.bc.ca

Design capacity

530 students

Website

skwowechschool.ca ↗

Principal

Ken Millard

Level

Elementary

Grades

K–5

School district

SD 40 New Westminster

Programs

Montessori ProgramCore French

Ministry school number

04040003

Provincial riding (MLA)

New Westminster-Coquitlam

School board

SD 40 New Westminster · chair Maya Russell (mrussell@sd40.bc.ca) · office 604-517-6240 · trustees ↗

English language learners

28% of students

Programs

• Core French Language
  French taught as a subject.
• Montessori Program Montessori grades K-5 · by application
  Montessori classes from Kindergarten to Grade 5, entered by January application to the waitlist with catchment priority. Details ↗
• Summer Learning Extended Learning grades K-12 · open to all · offered district-wide
  Summer K-5 sessions, Grade 6-12 non-credit short courses, Grade 10-12 full-credit courses and summer online learning. Details ↗
• Indigenous Education Supports Indigenous grades K-12 · open to all · offered district-wide
  District cultural facilitator, Indigenous support workers and youth workers providing cultural programming, tutoring and after-school support. Details ↗
• International Education International · by application · offered district-wide
  International student program with extended and short-term study, English language learning and homestay. Details ↗
• Home Learners Program Online Learning grades K-8 · by application · offered district-wide
  Provincial online learning program led by BC-certified teachers, entered through a waitlist with sibling priority. Details ↗

From the school district's own pages and the Ministry's school list. Programs change: confirm with the school.

Enrolment over time

Up 41 students since 2020/2021. Ministry of Education headcount, September each year.

Capacity: 460 students in a building designed for 530.

Building, space & safety

Design capacity

530 students

Available seats

70

Seismic safety

Not on the Province's seismic upgrade list (no high-risk rating found)

Seismic risk rating

Seismic upgrade complete

Building condition (FCI)

0.01 · Excellent (2023)

Students as a share of today's design capacity.

Every public school in SD 40: dots above the dashed line have more students than the building was designed for. This school is the large dot.

Seismic status: BC Ministry of Education and Child Care, Seismic Mitigation Program progress report. Building condition: the Facility Condition Index compares the cost of needed repairs with the cost of replacing the building (0 = new, 1 = worn out), from the school district's facility report.

Test results (FSA 2025/2026)

Share of students who wrote the Foundation Skills Assessment and scored on track or extending. Groups under 10 writers are not shown. Some counts here are hidden by the Ministry (fewer than 10 students), so this school's figures are partly estimated. Source: BC Ministry of Education and Child Care.

Catchment

Which homes belong to this school's catchment isn't published as open data.