FIRST NATIONS TERRITORY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board spans 3 regions in Quebec, Canada which include many different Indigenous peoples. We acknowledge and thank the Indigenous people in all regions of our school communities and do so within those communities. 

The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board is on land which is traditional territory of the Kanien’keha:ka or Mohawk nation. The Mohawk Nation is also known as the “Eastern Door Keepers” and are a member of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy which also includes the Seneca, Cayuga, Tuscarora, Onondaga and Oneida Peoples.

LISTEN      -       LEARN      -         DO BETTER

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WELCOME

LEARN    -      WORK    -    GROW

The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board's (SWLSB) mission is to provide engaging and innovative learning where everyone achieves success and well-being; to support student success, to prepare students for the future and to offer equitable and varied educational options. 

Mens Sana In Corpore Sano Ut Prosim Aliis 

Mission

SWLSB ASCEND Leadership (ASL) is a program offered by SWLSB Personal Development Animators aimed at fostering and enhancing student leadership development across schools within our board.

ASL serves as a comprehensive support system for school initiatives, empowering staff to guide programs that cultivate engaged and genuine leadership among youth. 

We collaborate with educational institutions to equip them with essential resources, training, and enriching experiences that promote ongoing success both academically and in personal development, enabling students to build healthy lives and relationships. 

III PILLARS

Student Success & Personal Development

Enhanced, Active & Inclusive School Climate

Community Growth & Engaged Citizenship

TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING

The SWLSB ASCEND Leadership programs cater to a diverse array of age groups, educational institutions, educators, and personnel.

Student leaders embark on a transformative journey that reshapes their thinking, actions, and engagement, promoting significant personal development and accountability for their surroundings.

We aim to provide opportunities that equip students for success in the complexities of modern life and work through a 21st-century educational framework. These skills empower students to effect positive change within their schools and communities. 

BULLY PREVENTION   -   WELL-BEING   -   COMMUNITY CARE   -   RESILIENCY   -   HABITS FOR LIFE-LONG SUCCESSS   -   RESPONSIBILITY   -   TEAM   -   GROW -   MENTAL HEALTH  -

-   SERVICE  -    LEADERSHIP    -

ASCEND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

Grade 5 and 6 students are invited to participate in leadership training and to take on responsibility for younger students in their school yard at recess and lunch times throughout the school year.

Your personal leadership journey...

The SWLSB Secondary Student Leadership Certificate program aims to equip you with the training, skills, coaching, and experiences essential for your development as a competent and successful student leader. 

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." 

- Benjamin Franklin 

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A SWLSB student created charity supporting the breast cancer clinic and patients at the MUHC.

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Annual Student Leadership Recognition Ceremony

"ASCEND Leadership opportunities position students to be successful in a complex life and work environment through the 21st century classroom by facilitating creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration skills through experiential learning."

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LEARN, DISCOVER, SERVE

We have built a student leadership travel and experience program unlike anything else in the country.

All of our adventurous journeys are meant to deepen learning in the classroom as you explore who you are and what you are capable of becoming.  

If you want to be challenged and do things that you never thought possible, then take a look!

Fall Camp, Remembrance Day, Government, Walt Disney World, Alberta, Costa Rica.

STUDENT WELLNESS

Mental Health           -           Physical Health           -         Emotional Health      -      Digital Health

LEADERS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Albert Einstein once said, 

“The leader is one who, 

out of the clutter, brings simplicity… 

out of discord, harmony… 

and out of difficulty, opportunity." 

A natural expression of the leadership competency is engagement in entrepreneurship. ASCEND Leadership has been awarded grants for many different student created and led initiatives impacting the school community.

ASCEND Leaders are acquiring the skills required of the next generation of successful community and business leaders.

PARTNERS IN LEADERSHIP

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. - African Proverb

In my private life, I have been a parent-volunteer to this program while my daughter was attending high school,  and even though my daughter graduated a few years ago, I remained part of the ASCEND Leadership family but now as a Consultant/Mentor. The life experiences that I have been exposed to leadership though my association with the ASL is beyond words.  To be able to be part of a family of so many great individuals with a common thread (developing our youth to become exceptional leaders) has been, and continues to be, an incredible feeling of accomplishment.  I am forever grateful to the ASL family."

George Papathanasopoulos

Parent, Community Leader, Human Resource Manager



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DISCOVER MORE

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." 

Ralph Waldo Emerson

ASCEND LEADERSHIP 

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