Ecole Kwayhquitlum Middle

About

École Kwayhquitlum Middle is located at 3280 Flint St, Port Coquitlam, BC V3B 4J2. The school’s mission is to provide a safe, caring community that values and pursues learning, respect, and responsibility. The school emphasizes that education is a shared responsibility between home, school, and community, and aims to prepare students for lifelong learning and living in a diverse society.

At a Glance

School type: Public School (Coquitlam)

Education language: Kwayhquitlum Middle offers French Immersion, where students can complete the prescribed BC curriculum while learning French, with a focus on developing communication skills in both English and French. The school also provides ESL support to help students whose primary language is not English with language acquisition, as well as cultural and social development.

Religious affiliation: None / Secular

Grades: 6-8

Phone: 604 942-1835

Email: lsviatko@sd43.bc.ca

Principal: Laurie Sviatko

Education Languages

Kwayhquitlum Middle offers French Immersion, where students can complete the prescribed BC curriculum while learning French, with a focus on developing communication skills in both English and French. The school also provides ESL support to help students whose primary language is not English with language acquisition, as well as cultural and social development.

Programs and Services

French Immersion The school offers French Immersion for students whose first language is not French, allowing students to complete the BC curriculum while learning French and building communication skills in both English and French. Library / Learning Commons The library program aims to promote and support literacy and a love of reading, and to build students’ information literacy so they can access, evaluate, and use information effectively and ethically. Student support / special education Student Services include counselling (social, emotional, and academic support), ESL, gifted programming, Learning Assistance (for mild to moderate learning difficulties), a Learning Resource Program (for students needing adaptations or modifications), and a Skill Development Program (for low-incidence special needs, including IEP development and programming/instruction). Technology The school’s technology focus is to build student computer literacy, with guidance for student devices (e.g., minimum device specifications) and expectations for safely securing and protecting devices. Athletics and extracurricular sports Music / Choir The school references boys’ choir and girls’ choir (run before school on specific days).

• Track and Field
• Badminton
• Rugby
• Field Hockey
• Cross Country

School Culture and Expectations

The school’s mission highlights a safe, caring, cooperative environment focused on learning, respect, and responsibility. It also emphasizes shared responsibility among home, school, and community, and preparing students to live and learn in a diverse society.