Settlement Workers in Schools Program

Settlement Workers
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Attention: All newcomer immigrant and refugee families.
Settlement workers in Schools program is here to support you.

What is the role of the Settlement Workers in Schools (SWIS)?

To provide settlement support to all newcomer school aged children, and their families as they adjust to their new life in Canada

To connect newly arrived families to services and resources in the school and the community in order to promote settlement and foster student achievement

To provide information to students and their families about schooling and community services and to provide referral to other services as required

	To bridge home-school communication
	To assist the newcomer students and their parents to adapt to the local school system

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Contacts:

Monday-Friday between: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
However, if you need services after school hours, this can be arranged with the settlement worker.

District Manager of Multicultural Services & SWIS Services Coordinator:

Chinu Das
Tel. 604-517-6227
Tel. 604-230-3282
cdas@sd40.bc.ca

Settlement Workers:

For services at Lord Kelvin, Lord Tweedsmuir, Connaught Heights and New Westminster Secondary schools, call:

Santino Kuac
Tel. 604-240-2311
skuac@sd40.bc.ca

For services at Glenbrook Middle, Herbert Spencer, Richard McBride, F.W. Howay and Hume Park schools, Call:

Helen Cuthbert
Tel. 604-290-8602
hcuthbert@sd40.bc.ca

For services at Queen Elizabeth, Queensborough Middle, and John Robson schools, call:

Hargurjeet Sekhon
Tel. 604-250-1216
hsekhon@sd40.bc.ca