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What’s it Like to Be a Day Student at a Private Boarding School

Posted on 7/12/2016Categories Boarding School

There are many benefits to enrolling your child into a private boarding school. They are able to meet students from all over the world, explore their interests through enriching cocurricular activities, develop independence, give back to their community through volunteer work and receive an unparalleled academic education. Even so, parents often worry that their child may not receive the same benefits if they enroll as a day student within an otherwise predominantly boarding school. They may worry that as a day student, their child will not feel as integrated into the school community, or perhaps have difficulty making friends. They may even worry that their child won’t be able to participate in as many afterschool activities. These are all perfectly reasonable concerns to have. And fortunately, parents of day students can rest assured that their child will feel just as much a part of school and academic life as their…

Students find meaning in innovative cross – collaborative learning project

Posted on 6/12/20166/12/2016Categories LCS Learns

At Lakefield College School, students of history and the performing arts have been participating in a new collaborative learning project that culminated in an authentic and moving Remembrance Day ceremony for an audience of more than 500 students, staff, former LCS alumni ‘Old Boys’ and the Lakefield community. The hour-long ceremony took more than two months of preparation and involved over 70 students from Grades 9 to 12. Part of an experiential learning process, students were involved in every aspect of the service, bringing to life the personal stories of LCS alumni veterans who served in WWI, from researching and writing the scripts and performing theatrical plateaus and poetry based on original letters, photos and other information found in the school’s archives, to creating original videos and interpretive dance pieces choreographed with live musical performances. Students created original videos honouring the contributions of LCS Old Boys and Masters such as…

3 Benefits of Joining the Debate Club at a Private Boarding School in Ontario

Posted on 30/11/2016Categories Boarding School

Among Canada’s top boarding schools, debate is a vibrant and well-respected activity. At Lakefield College School (LCS), our students recognize that it’s great to be smart and motivated! Debates are held on campus every other week, where our debate club members flex their public speaking muscles in front of supportive audiences of their peers. Students in top independent day and boarding schools are certain to encounter debates as either a spectator or a participant. Why not encourage them to stand up and join in? With coaching in debate procedures, strategy and etiquette, every student can take advantage of the many benefits debate club has to offer. 1. Boarding School Debate Helps to Develop the Leaders of Tomorrow Debate clubs provide a forum for the open exchange of ideas. They’re about analyzing real-world issues from diverse perspectives, and tackling some of our society’s toughest topics. Today’s debaters master a variety of…