Our Grads (Grade 12 students) will be on campus to welcome you and help you find your way to your house where you will meet your new Head of House and Advisor. You’ll have time to unpack (if you’re a boarder), get your class schedule and your laptop (if you have ordered one from the school), and sort out your school uniform. Once all of that is done, you and your parents can enjoy brunch in our dining hall before you say goodbye to each other. Your parents will have the chance to meet with your Head of House and other new parents while you get together with the Grads and other new students in your house to get to know each other and explore your new home. There will be time in the evening to more fully unpack, learn your way around campus, and begin to make new friends. 

Our hope is that by the end of the day, you will begin to feel at home at The Grove. 

Dress expectations: clean casuals, comfortable shoes

You’ll spend the day getting to know more about life and learning at The Grove. Included in this day are opportunities to:

Dress expectations: comfortable clean casuals that you can wear outside AND a swimsuit, towel, change of clothes and shoes that can get wet (for swim tests)

Handy items to have: water bottle, hat, laptop, pen, paper

On Saturday morning, you, along with all of our new students (day and boarding), will be introduced to key concepts of Positive Psychology (read more) as you participate in our Flourish Fiesta down at the waterfront! 

In the afternoon, you will have the chance to connect with the returning students in your house (who will arrive in the morning). After an afternoon of activities as a house, getting to know each other and our first spirit paper house competition of the year, we’ll come together as a school for dinner followed by time to connect with your grade. 

Dress expectations: clean casuals with a sweatshirt or jacket for the evening

Handy items to have: water bottle and hat

 

Dress Expectations: comfortable clean casuals that you can wear outside

Handy items to have: water bottle and hat 

Monday and Tuesday will be an opportunity for you to meet your teachers and classmates in your Mod 1 courses. 

Dress Expectations: school uniform (standard dress) and a change of clothes for co-curriculars

Handy items to have: water bottle, laptop, binders, backpack, pen, etc.

Grade 9 - 11s
While our Grads are in Algonquin Park, Grade 9-11 students will have the chance to participate in experiential learning opportunities with their grade on campus, in the Lakefield and Peterborough communities and further afield.

Grade 9s
The focus of the Grade 9 September Intersession will revolve around discovering the Peterborough region, concluding with a guest speaker and an afternoon of "Camp Lakefield" at the waterfront. Grade 9 students will have ample time to familiarize themselves with both the LCS campuses—the main campus and the Northcote campus—and will also have the chance to experience a day and boarding student sleepover in their respective houses.

Grade 10s
Grade 10 students will engage in a diverse range of team-building endeavours, immersing themselves in a Treetop Trekking adventure and spending the night in the Ganaraska Forest. They will delve into the values of community stewardship by participating in a Bike Quest collaboration with the "Big Brothers Big Sisters Agency of Peterborough". Additionally, they will have the chance to experience a day and boarding student sleepover in their respective houses.

Grade 11s
Grade 11s will spend three days and two nights at Camp Kandalore where they will work to build deeper connections with each other while strengthening skills they will need for the year ahead. Students will participate in outdoor adventure programming and will also experience a global citizenship workshop during their stay at the camp. 
 

On Saturday morning, all grade 9 - 11 students will participate in our annual Terry Fox Run and Community Celebration and then welcome our grads home after their Algonquin Expedition.