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Westview Elementary School

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Superintendent
  
John Lewis

Grades
  
K-7

Area trustee
  
Lisa Bayne

Headquarters
  
North Vancouver, Canada

School number
  
N/A

Principal
  
Barbara Leigh

Color
  
White

Number of students
  
223 (19 September 2008)

School type
  
Public, Elementary school

Founded
  
1943 (original), 2007 (current)

Enrollment
  
223 (September 19, 2008)

District
  
School District 44 North Vancouver

School board
  
School District 44 North Vancouver

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Westview Elementary is a public elementary school in North Vancouver, British Columbia part of School District 44 North Vancouver.

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The original school was built on 1660 Bewicke Avenue in 1943. It didn't open however until January 1944. In late 2005, the field was closed to make the new school. Groundbreaking was February 2006, and the new school opened in September 2007. The old school has been demolished, and the remains were cleared for the new field. The local catchment school is Carson Graham Secondary School.

Extra Curricular Activities

  • The school has both basketball and volleyball teams. They compete in matches against local schools.
  • Other activities include indoor hockey, choir, band, drama club, Hip Gym and ski and snowboard lessons at Grouse Mountain.
  • Grade 6's go to Outdoor School every November.
  • Grades 1-3 also attend Outdoor School, but in the spring.

    • Trivia

  • The current website was partly created by the students that are designated as gifted.
  • The school's name in Sḵwxwú7mesh is "Tan na wa nsíiy xnit tl'a Teltíwet", which means "Guardian of the Western Wind".

    • References

    Westview Elementary School Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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