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Our students are thriving in a collaborative and creative environment as they create music for our exciting new record label, Grove Records.  With guidance from award-winning musician, songwriter, and producer Rob Wells as well as LCS teachers Geoff Bemrose and Sam Wilson, our students are getting a real taste of what it’s like to work in the music industry.

The LCS Physics class was assigned a culminating project of designing balloon-powered cars. Students experimented with different materials, calculated potential outcomes, and practiced different assembly techniques to convert potential energy into kinetic energy!

Our Fall Athletics season culminated in a demonstration of skill, perseverance, and grit during Friday Night Lights on Friday, November 6, 2020. Featuring halftime performances through live theatre, the LCS Dance Company, and our Jazz Band, this event was truly a demonstration of how students and staff have safely and creatively found ways to express and pursue their co-curricular passions.

Faculty member, Rory Gilfillan P ’23 presents his perspective on the pandemic and Lakefield’s response to it.

On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, as part of Wellness Wednesday, the whole school came together to run and walk in honour of Canadian hero, Terry Fox. Terry’s message of strength and perseverance was channeled as students completed as many laps as possible around campus.

LCS was thrilled to welcome new and returning students in September 2020! Orientation week is always a fun opportunity for students to explore the campus, meet their peers and teachers, and prepare for the school year.

LCS students and staff collaborate to create a music video offering a reminder that the LCS community weathers challenges and celebrates successes together.

At LCS, our students create lifelong friendships that make saying goodbye to graduates a bittersweet moment. Our Grade 11 students created a send-off message for the graduating class of 2020. Students thanked their graduating peers for being role models, mentors, teammates, and friends.

We look back at the 2019/20 school year to reflect on some of the highlights of the year. Congratulations to all of our students and the graduating Class of 2020!  Until the next time when we meet again.

LCS faculty and staff sing the school's hymn, Jerusalem. One of the long standing traditions at LCS, grounded in our Anglican heritage, Jerusalem has been sung by generations of students and staff since Headmaster Alexander Mackenzie (1895-1940).

On December 17, 2019, LCS Co-Head Students, Santiago Paz and Madia McGowan addressed out school community to share some highlights from the year as well as hopes they had for the new year.

In March, the Lakefield College School 2020 Dance Showcase lit up the Bryan Jones Theatre and featured 30 dance performances, most of which were choreographed by students.

The MOvember Polar Dip is a time when staff and students alike brave the icy waters of Lake Katchewanooka. Movember’s aim from the beginning has been to “change the face of men’s health”. This event reminds us that we’re all in this together, even if it hurts a little.

For intersession, students took part in a Mystery Substance Lab in which they were tasked with using scientific methods to determine what substance they had been given.

On Tuesday, November 5, 2019 more than 130 students participated in the creation of a moving Remembrance Day service, a cross-curricular collaborative project which features Grade 11 drama, Grade 10 history and Grade 10/11 curricular dance students. 

For intersession day, students took part in a Positivity Party! Students circulated through ten stations with exercises designed to bolster and cultivate their capacity to see their life through a more positive lens.

As a part of the first unit of the Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology course, Grade 11 students participated in a simulated archaeological dig. After the dig, students studied the artifacts and connected their findings with teachings from their lesson.

At the beginning of every year, our Grade 12 students challenge themselves while exploring the beautiful wilderness of Ontario on a four-day canoe trip in Algonquin Park.

Look behind the scenes of LCS's Spring Play: “The Heart of Robin Hood". This play tells the untold story of how the legendary patron of the poor found his heart. The Heart of Robin Hood play features more 30 LCS students on and off stage!

The graduating class of 2019 shares where they’re going after completing their studies at LCS. This year’s class is going to over twenty different universities both in Canada and abroad!

One of our students designed a mural for the Wave Skate Park in Lakefield to both represent and inspire the community.

Lakefield College School offers a variety of sporting activities for students to practice and compete in. Some of the Winter sports students can enjoy include Alpine Skiing, Hockey, Nordic skiing, and Snowboard Racing.

Lakefield College School students designed a mural to display in the community garden.

LCS celebrated Pride Week to show their support to the LGBTQ+ community. Students designed and sold Pride t-shirts and donated all proceeds to the LGBTQ+ Shelter for the Youth in Peterborough.

The LCS Rock Choir practiced some classic rock hits with rock and instrumentation.

The LCS Improv Club has fun flexing their comedic muscles. Students learn to think on the spot to respond to their peers and practice performing for an audience.

Ms. Hansler’s Grade 12 Law class participated in a mock crime scene activity where they lifted fingerprints, measured and sketched the crime scene, collected hair and fibre samples, and analyzed their findings to hypothesize what events took place.

Lakefield College School students attended the Conference of Independent Schools of Ontario Athletic Association (CISAA) for Nordic skiing in 2019.

LCS students surprised the Head of School, Anne Marie Kee with a student-powered sleigh ride!

LCS students participate in the 24-hour Performing Arts Project where they have 24 hours to write, direct, act, sing, and perform a dramatic piece. After 24 hours of preparation, students perform their act for the entire school!

The Grade 10 students at LCS planned, designed, and built a float for the Lakefield Santa Claus Parade! Complete with tinsel, jumbo candy canes, and lights, their float was admired by the village!

The LCS debate club has fun collaborating with their peers to examine issues from multiple perspectives.

The LCS open art studio co-curricular offers students the opportunity to experiment with a variety of media - drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, and more - to flex their creative muscles.

Career Day is an annual tradition at The Grove providing students with an opportunity to make a connection between their academic interests and future professional endeavors. In addition to this learning opportunity, Career Day gives students, alumni, parents and friends the occasion to develop meaningful connections for the future.

At our annual Remembrance Day ceremony, The Lorelei Consort sang “This is Me”.

El Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) is an important cultural celebration held on November 1 and 2 in many parts of Mexico and many other Central American countries. It is a day of remembrance for loved ones who have passed away. In keeping with Mexican tradition, the students visited Lakefield's Hillside Cemetery and paid respects to and laid flowers on the graves of important, deceased members of the Grove community.

On November 20, 2018, LCS students attended the second annual Women’s Empowerment Conference. Students from various schools attended the event to identify ways to empower and amplify female voices in their community.

The female students, faculty, and staff of LCS come together to empower each other and amplify each other’s strengths.