Norgate Xwemélch’stn Community Elementary

Norgate Xwemélch'stn Community Elementary is a public elementary school at 1295 Sowden Street in the Capilano neighbourhood of North Vancouver, run under a community school model. Its dual name reflects a partnership with the Squamish Nation, and Indigenous language and cultural teachings are worked into classroom instruction alongside the standard curriculum.

As a community school, the campus coordinates before and after school care and connects families with other local resources beyond the classroom, and the grounds include play structures and outdoor space for recreation and nature-based activities. The combination of Indigenous partnership, arts programming, and community-school services gives it a somewhat different profile than a standard North Vancouver elementary school. Adding a Squamish Nation name alongside an existing English school name is part of a broader pattern across BC public schools in recent years, as districts work with local First Nations on how a school's name and programming reflect the community immediately around it, rather than treating a building's name as fixed once it is built.