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Student Entrepreneurship & Good Eats: Meeting the Needs of Our Community

Posted on 11/02/202112/02/2021Categories LCS Learns

Contributors: Jack Freeman '21 and Osman Yousufi '21 At LCS, our vision is to inspire teenagers to become leaders who care, connect, and contribute. When students have a passion for a particular issue, we encourage them to learn more and pursue their interests. It’s no surprise that when LCS students Jack Freeman '21 and Osman Yousufi '21 started LCS Eats in December 2020, their community of students supported them wholeheartedly. Jack and Osman along with Owen Leung '21, Matt Northey '21, Scott Doggett '21, Christian Levec '21, and Aidan Maltman '21 created LCS Eats - a (very) localized version of UberEats to deliver food to their peers on campus. Students in the leadership class realized that the winter blues were starting to strike and with covid restrictions in place, they and their friends were unable to leave campus to enjoy a meal at a local restaurant. This is when the…

A Learning Schedule Designed For Student Well-Being and Engagement

Posted on 29/01/202130/01/2021Categories Uncategorized

By Dean VanDoleweerd, Assistant Head: Academics and Jen Frickey, Director of Learning Success Experience and science continue to show us that our daily rhythm has a dramatic effect on our mood, our learning, and our outcomes. Our experience and research into the very best educational models reveals that the daily schedule our students live by has a huge impact on their learning and well-being. This year has been very exciting for Lakefield College School. We were able to merge brain-based science about learning with other measures to ensure we could meet our Safety First COVID protocols while providing our students with a dynamic and flexible schedule to accommodate current needs. As we look ahead to September 2021, we are even more excited to offer an enhanced year-long modular schedule that is designed to maximize opportunities for creating the transformative learning experiences our students deserve. Following two years of consultation with Independent School Management, we have developed…

LCS Students Strive for Success | The Duke of Edinburgh Award Canada

Posted on 29/01/2021Categories Uncategorized

Lakefield College School is proud to have been one of the first institutions in Canada to offer students the opportunity to earn the prestigious Duke of Edinburgh's Award, an international program that operates in more than 45 countries. Since the 1960s, more Lakefield students than any other high school in Canada have been awarded the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award. The Duke of Edinburgh's Award fosters self-discipline, enterprise, and perseverance. Any young person between the ages of 14 and 25 can participate in the award program. The Award celebrates comprehensive individual development, self-training and personal achievement, and is based upon individual effort and growth. In alignment with Lakefield College School’s holistic approach to education, this award compels students to build these four areas into the way they choose to engage everyday both in the classroom and beyond. How does the Duke of Edinburgh Award work? There are three levels to…