Grandparents Teach A Lot

There’s an important and unique event taking place at the end of this week at LCC; our annual Grandparents’ Day. This is a special occasion and it’s fantastic to see the grandparents of our Junior School children on campus. Both our youngest students and their grandparents get a lot out of connecting together at school. [...]

Into the Light of Day

Last Saturday morning a bright light pierced through dark rain clouds that hovered over Royal Avenue. It was the light of creativity and innovation beaming from one of LCC’s “lighthouse programs”—applied digital media. We held our first Digital Media Expo, an event for the general public and our own extended community.

In recent years, [...]

Conférence sur le bilinguisme

Voici des commentaires d’élèves qui ont participé à la conférence sur le bilinguisme dans les écoles du QAIS, le 29 avril, 2010.

J’ai aimé la conférence sur le bilinguisme car c’était intéressant d’entendre les histoires des anciens étudiants. Ils ont dit que c’est très important de continuer le français après l’école secondaire car les langues aident [...]

Bilingualism to Multilingualism

Last week, the downtown QAIS schools (Quebec Association of Independent Schools) held a special conference entitled “Le Fait Français,” a celebration the high quality of French taught in our independent school system. It was an impressive collection of speakers: experienced teachers, alumni, community members and the former Premier of Quebec, Pierre-Marc Johnston.

All presenters spoke [...]

Student Exchange SA: Exploring Cape Town

After a short two-hour flight, we arrived in Cape Town where we would spend five days touring the city and its surroundings.

The first day, we took the cable car up Table Mountain and had the chance to see amazing views of the city. From the lookout, we were able to see Robben Island, where [...]