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2019/20 has been an unprecedented year at The Grove

Thank you to all of our students and their families, our faculty and staff for another great year at The Grove! This year we hosted our inaugural Cross Country Invitational, received "best of the year" accolades for the fall musical production of CHICAGO: High School Edition, won CISAA and OFSAA medals, held our first annual Slam Poetry Coffee House, and rallied as a community to support our students and their learning as we shifted to Learning with Lakefield - Remotely and launched new academic and networking opportunities.

Highlights of the Year

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  • Our 2020 Graduates Realize a World of Opportunities Our 2020 Graduates Realize a World of Opportunities
    Congratulations to the Class of 2020 on their tremendous success with post-secondary destinations! This year's class secured post-secondary placements across North America and Europe, while also receiving offers totalling $1.98 million in scholarships and other funding!
  • Learning with Lakefield - Remotely Learning with Lakefield - Remotely
    Though the LCS campus temporarily closed, learning at The Grove continued with Learning with Lakefield - Remotely along with the launch of our Learning with Lakefield Certificate, which had over 450 registrations within the first week, and our summer programs.
  • 2020 In a Grove Integrated Arts Journal 2020 In a Grove Integrated Arts Journal
    Containing the work of over 55 student writers and artists, the annual In a Grove Integrated Arts Journal features the winners of LCS Writes!, sponsored by The Grove Society.
  • LCS Launches New Summer Programs LCS Launches New Summer Programs
    Lakefield College School has provided online summer courses for years, and we deepened our understanding of best practices in remote learning even more during the spring. We packaged credit courses and enrichment programming together to provide students with opportunities to have fun and enjoy the company of peers while they complete their course work.
  • 2020 Peter Dalglish Art Award Recipient 2020 Peter Dalglish Art Award Recipient
    Chelsea Yue '21 has been nominated as this year's Peter Dalglish Art Award recipient. The purpose of the Peter Dalglish Art Award is to inspire, encourage and recognize artistic talent at Lakefield College School by promoting promising young artists and their future contributions to art in Canada and beyond. In recognition of their father's affection for Lakefield College School, his love of the arts and his commitment to nurturing and supporting young artists, Geordie Dalglish ’89, and Kim Dalglish Abell, have established the Peter Dalglish Art Award funded by an endowed gift made in 2014.
  • LCS Students Receive Literary Awards LCS Students Receive Literary Awards
    The Lakefield Literary Festival Young Writers' Contest received 120 submissions, with Lakefield College School topping the list with the most submissions: a total of 41!
  • LCS Small Business Network LCS Small Business Network
    To support our business owners, we launched the LCS Small Business Network to connect businesses owned by LCS alumni and parents.
  • Creative Collaboration Creative Collaboration
    Students and staff found ways to collaborate in creative and unique ways through Learning with Lakefield - Remotely such as a performance of Toccata Fugue in D Minor by Syd Birrell and Ethan Webster '20, a staff performance of our school hymn, Jerusalem, and the Remote School of Rock production of All In This Together.
  • Perseverance and Grit with Adam Shoalts Perseverance and Grit with Adam Shoalts
    Over 85 students and staff enjoyed hearing from renowned Canadian adventurer and author Adam Shoalts, who remotely visited our Outdoor Education class and shared tales of his adventures and wildlife and nature photography.
  • Nicole '21 Inspires Young Women in Computer Science Nicole '21 Inspires Young Women in Computer Science
    Nicole Liu '21 is an ambassador for the Hackergal Organization and provided the closing words to the 2020 Spring Hackergal Day webinar for young girls (Grades 7-9) who are interested in coding. Nicole contributes to our broader community by actively working to encourage young women to study computer science.
  • LEAF Team Finishes 2nd at 2020 Ontario Envirothon LEAF Team Finishes 2nd at 2020 Ontario Envirothon
    The LEAF Team created a compelling 15-minute video to address Waste Diversion for the 2020 Ontario Envirothon Competition, placing 2nd overall.
  • Jonty '22 Makes Top 25 in Spark Photo Festival Jonty '22 Makes Top 25 in Spark Photo Festival
    Jonty Harris '22 made it into the Top 25 for consideration in the Juried Exhibit (theme: Motion) for the SPARK Photo Festival. This was originally planned to be on display and have the winners determined in April but has been postponed until a later date.
  • Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
    Students in the LEAF Club organized and launched Earth Week with daily challenges and themes dedicated to environmental stewardship, recognizing the importance of making positive impacts in our global community.
  • Camryn ’23 Makes Top 50 in International Song Contest Camryn ’23 Makes Top 50 in International Song Contest
    Camryn Eatmon '23 placed in the top 50 in the Young Songwriter 2020 competition in the international category with her song "Is This Love". The competition attracted over 700 entries from songwriters aged 8-18 across the world.
  • IGNITE Dance Showcase Lights up the Stage IGNITE Dance Showcase Lights up the Stage
    View photos from this year's dance showcase which featured over 65 student dancers and choreographers.
  • First Place Finish at the 2020 Engineering Week Challenge First Place Finish at the 2020 Engineering Week Challenge
    Eric Xia '20, Eric Zang '20, Matt Zhang '20 and Wulfric Harris-Stoertz '20 finished in first place at the 2020 Engineering Week Challenge in Peterborough!
  • Connecting Globally Through Art Connecting Globally Through Art
    Grade 11 Visual Arts students created postcards which were submitted to Surface Gallery's annual International Postcard Show in Nottingham, UK. Catie Dobson '21, Fritz Fischer-Appelt '22, Luciana Tommasi '21 and Santiago Ramirez '21 each sold artwork at the show, which received over 350 postcards from around the world!
  • Antonia ’23 Wins Double Silver at the OFSAA Alpine Championship Antonia ’23 Wins Double Silver at the OFSAA Alpine Championship
    Antonia von Achten '23 achieved two silver medals at the OFSAA Alpine Championship in Slalom and Giant Slalom.
  • First Annual Slam Poetry Coffee House First Annual Slam Poetry Coffee House
    LCS students were invited to express their creativity and share their voice through spoken word poems at the first annual Seb Jones '13 Memorial Poetry Slam on February 22.
  • Alpine Ski Team Achieves CISAA gold Alpine Ski Team Achieves CISAA gold
    The Alpine Ski team competed in the CISAA Championship race where the School Trained Female team achieved gold and the overall CISAA Championship!
  • Annual Nordic Ski Invitational Annual Nordic Ski Invitational
    We held our annual LCS Invitational Nordic Skiing Race with over 100 athletes participating from 7 schools, racing on our new ski trails for the first time.
  • Inspired to Encourage Inspired to Encourage
    Grade 10 students were inspired to spread encouragement and think about their global community as part of a student-led initiative to create postcards to send to volunteer firefighters in Australia.
  • Speaking Up for Mental Health Speaking Up for Mental Health
    Students shared their voice and gave back to the community in recognition of Bell Let's Talk Day and raising awareness about Canada's mental health.
  • 3rd Annual Chinese Food and Culture Festival 3rd Annual Chinese Food and Culture Festival
    This important annual tradition continues to grow and evolve. With humble beginnings, in 2018 we celebrated with 100 students in the Head of School’s residence, and in just three short years we have grown to feed 300+ in Hadden Hall. 
  • Ted Pope Day 2020 Ted Pope Day 2020
    When a school values the concepts of Outdoors Every Day and Community First, what do they do? The entire school community goes skiing and snowboarding for the day!
     
  • Chelsea ’21 Wins Third in the International Space Art Competition Chelsea ’21 Wins Third in the International Space Art Competition
    Chelsea Yue '21 won third place in the 10th Annual International Space Art Competition in the 17-18 age category. Chelsea received a prize pack from the Space Foundation and her artwork can be viewed on the International Space Foundation’s website for the year.
  • A Timeless Co-Head Student Address A Timeless Co-Head Student Address
    Our 2019/20 Co-Head Students, Madia McGowan '20 and Santiago Paz '20, gave an inspiring address during our Christmas Chapel service. "That is what's special about Lakefield. It's not the buildings or the academics. It is the ability that this place has to bring people together."
  • LCS Winter Concert LCS Winter Concert
    Our Winter Concert featured over 80 instrumentalists and vocalists with outstanding performances to celebrate the season.
  • Rob Wells Records Music with LCS Students Rob Wells Records Music with LCS Students
    12 students worked with Rob Wells, an award-winning songwriter and producer, to write an original song and record it in our Chapel which were produced into four professional-quality tracks.
  • CHICAGO: High School Edition Razzle Dazzles CHICAGO: High School Edition Razzle Dazzles
    Our fall musical production, CHICAGO: High School Edition, received rave reviews from our community and was named the Best Musical of 2019 in Peterborough and the Kawarthas by kawarthaNOW.
  • Student-Developed Chicago @ LCS App Student-Developed Chicago @ LCS App
    The fall production of CHICAGO: High School Edition was enhanced by a student-developed initiative to provide a digital program to audiences. Mr. Gordon's Computer Science class developed the Chicago @ LCS app, available as a free download on the Apple Store, which included the program and biographies of the cast and crew.
  • LCS Hosts CIS Ontario’s Fall Curriculum Leader’s Meeting LCS Hosts CIS Ontario’s Fall Curriculum Leader’s Meeting
    50 school leaders from 25 different schools across Ontario gathered on campus for CIS Ontario's Fall Curriculum Leader's Meeting, discussing current challenges facing school leaders.
  • Inaugural LCS Cross Country Invitational Inaugural LCS Cross Country Invitational
    We welcomed close to 250 athletes from both public and independent schools as far away as Kingston and Haliburton for our inaugural cross-country invitational.
  • Fall Fair/Home to The Grove Fall Fair/Home to The Grove
    Over 650 parents, students, alumni and guests came to campus to celebrate our annual Fall Fair/Home to The Grove Reunion Weekend!
  • Student-Led Initiatives for Global Climate Change Student-Led Initiatives for Global Climate Change
    Inspired by Greta Thunberg and her global influence, the student leadership class, along with the LEAF environmental club, participated in a Climate Action Rally and set initiatives to work towards during the year.
  • Opening Week 2019/20 Opening Week 2019/20
    The Class of 2020 welcomed new and returning students to The Grove in September for the 2019/20 year!

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Lakefield College School is a private, coeducational boarding and day school for students in grades 9 through 12, located in Lakefield, Ontario, Canada.

We respectfully acknowledge that Lakefield College School is located on the Treaty 20 Michi Saagiig territory and in the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig and Chippewa Nations, collectively known as the Williams Treaties First Nations, which include: Curve Lake, Hiawatha, Alderville, Scugog Island, Rama, Beausoleil, and Georgina Island First Nations. Lakefield College School respectfully acknowledges that the Williams Treaties First Nations are the stewards and caretakers of these lands and waters in perpetuity and that they continue to maintain this responsibility to ensure their health and integrity for generations to come.


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