Rosseau Lake College

RLC students shine in University of Waterloo mathematics competitions

By Robert CarreauApril 23, 20180 comments

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New faces at RLC!

By Susie MorphetJanuary 12, 20180 comments

With the start of 2018, we have welcomed some new faces on campus at RLC! Riley Carter joins us as a new Residential Don, she has a background in Physical Education, and has coached and played softball at an international level, most recently in the Czech Republic. Riley ...

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New Year's Polar Dip 2018

By Robert CarreauJanuary 8, 20180 comments

January 1st was a quiet day on campus...until the roar of the chainsaw cutting a hole in the ice at the swim docks echoed across the lake. Next came high-pitched shrieks from myself and my children Angeline, Eve, and Miles as we hit the water to ring in the New Year. The ...

Electronics Free Saturday Afternoons @ Rosseau Lake College

By Eric Daigle (Academic Lead)January 7, 20180 comments

There are many health and well-being reasons why Rosseau Lake College enforces a "digital time-out" from screens for our residential boarding students EVERY Saturday afternoon. During the upcoming exam week, this program will be lifted to encourage the finalization of all Semester ...

Skate and Scooter Jam!

By Jess Sheppard (Co-Curricular Lead)December 21, 20170 comments

To cap off their pre-season training at B3, the snowboard team had a skateboard/scooter jam (competition) on Wednesday, December 20. Any students or staff who were interested were invited to come watch, so the riders had to deal with the pressure of performing in front of a large ...

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Quinzee Building @ RLC

By Outdoor Ed @ RLCDecember 20, 20170 comments

Winter has certainly arrived here at RLC! The snow seems to keep on falling and the Outdoor Ed classes have been making the most of it! This week the grade 10's have been working hard to build quinzees! What is a quinzee you might ask? Great question. ...

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Maker Space Christmas!

By Adeel FarooqDecember 15, 20170 comments

This week we started our first phase in establishing a new Maker Space at Rosseau Lake College. After a few months of research and shopping, we wrapped the new toys and let the grades 7, 8 and 11's open them. The excitement of the students was intoxicating. Between the 3D printer, ...

Welcome to the Board of Directors - Kayla Campagna and3910

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Welcome to the Board of Directors - Kayla Campagna '10

By Robert CarreauDecember 9, 20170 comments

Raised on the shores of Lake Rosseau itself, Kayla knows what it means to live and learn in Muskoka. She joined the Grade 7 class at RLC as a day student in 2004 and never looked back. Six years later brought her graduation from RLC and the beginnings of life as a university student ...

How Might We Discover our Inner Facilitator

By Eric Daigle (Academic Lead)December 7, 20170 comments

FACILITATOR DEVELOPMENT “The goal of education has changed from the transfer of knowledge to the inculcation of wisdom” (Lichtman, 2014). Teachers have recently embraced the notion that direct instruction limits the effectiveness of knowledge transmission, as all students have ...

Discovery Days: A Work in Progress

By Eric Daigle (Academic Lead)December 7, 20170 comments

PROGRESS REPORT EARLY FEEDBACK (Day 6 of 12) The initial six weeks of Rosseau Lake College's DISCOVERY DAYS have had a mixed reception amongst a small percentage of students and parents. Early criticism came from our Grade 12 class who felt this type of “experimental” ...

How my 19-Month Old Inspired Change in Our School's Timetable!

By Eric Daigle (Academic Lead)December 6, 20170 comments

As any parent knows, structure and boundaries with a child are vital, not only for development but also for sanity. My beautiful adopted girl, Aletheia, will soon be 20 months old. This past year and a half have been a blur of carefully organized and sectioned-off "time". Her ...

Why Develop a Personal Brand?

By Eric Daigle (Academic Lead)December 5, 20170 comments

Rosseau Lake College loosely defines a Personal Brand as how someone talks about you when you are not around. An apt social description for peer-pressured teens who may or may not see this commodified label as a marketing notion that comes from the world of public relations: The ...

Discovery Days: Continuing the RLC Vision

By Eric Daigle (Academic Lead)December 1, 20170 comments

HISTORY When Rosseau Lake College was founded in 1967, it was symbolically modelled after two internationally esteemed independent schools: Geelong Grammar School Timbertop Campus in Australia and Gordonstoun in Scotland. Both of these co-educational boarding ...

Coffee House

By Robert CarreauNovember 25, 20170 comments

From an uncertain beginning where organizer and Arts prefect Emma Clendenan almost had to cancel, an inspiring coffee house took place Friday in the music room. Performers included Linda Yao, Zack Conn, Robi Pardo, Zoe Mascarin, Lorenzo Diaz Rivas, William Wang, Chris Johnson, ...

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RLC at OFSAA XC

By Jess Sheppard (Co-Curricular Lead)November 7, 20170 comments

On Saturday, November 4, Angeline Carreau raced at OFSAA XC, the provincial cross country championships. OFSAA XC is one of the largest cross country meets in North America. It features over 1600 of the best high school runners in Ontario, racing in 7 events: midget (grade 9) boys ...

First Snow of the Season at RLC

By JFreeleNovember 1, 20170 comments

October 31st treated RLC students and staff to many wonderful surprises. It was Halloween, so naturally our campus was full of vampires, witches, superheroes, and many other people and creatures. There was a Bake Sale at lunch, where homemade cupcakes and cookies were enjoyed by all. ...