NEQWEYQWELSTEN SCHOOL : - Part time Principal - Primary Teacher - Elementary Teacher - Part time Elementary Teacher - Three Teacher’s Aides - Bus Driver - One Elder as Shuswap Language Teacher - Shuswap Language Teacher aide - Head Start Supervisor - Head Start Aide
Neqweyqwelsten School started out as a group of parents, with children, who started up a morning program in 1982 taking up a corner of the community gym. It grew into a band operated Nursery/Kindergarten Program working out of two trailers.
In 1993 the school moved into it present location within the band community centre.
Neqweyqwelsten School went to year round education (1997), for the children and their families to benefit from summertime cultural activities. Starting school in August reduced the time the kids were out of school which reduced the re-learning time of the students. The teachers were able to get students back in regular programs quicker.
The kids receive the same School District curriculum with the added bonus of Language and Culture. Today Neqweyqwelsten school is a community operated school with an active Shuswap language & culture program. In 2004 the school was Certified through the First Nations Schools Association. An active Parents Authority governs the schools and oversees all aspects of the program.
The School provides support to the Head Start program operated in the building located next to school. The program is in fifth year of operation.
The Head Start program takes in children at age three. The day after the child turns four years they are eligible to enter into Neqweyqwelsten School.
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