The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, french: Commission scolaire Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier, CSSWL) is a school board headquartered in Rosemère, Quebec in

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. It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language schools from eight former school boards were amalgamated. Laurenval School Board, Laurentian School Board and Laurentienne School Trustees were merged, and the English sector of the other school boards of the Laval, Laurentides and

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administrative regions joined to form the new administrative entity. The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board is the third largest Anglophone

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in the

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, Canada.

Service area

The service area, over large, includes the City of Laval and the Laurentides and

regions. Wards 11-19 serve portions of Laval. Communities in Ward 1: Communities in Ward 2: * Estérel * Mille-Isles *

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* Saint-Sauveur * Sainte-Adèle * Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson * Wentworth * Wentworth-Nord *Portions of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge Communities in Ward 3: *

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* Grenville *

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*Portions of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge Communities in Ward 4: Communities in Ward 5: * Kanesatake * Oka *

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* Saint-André-d'Argenteuil *

Saint-Joseph-du-Lac Saint-Joseph-du-Lac is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality. History The territory of the municipality of Saint-Joseph-du-Lac was part of the Lac des Deux-Montagnes S ...

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* Saint-Placide *Portions of

Deux-Montagnes Deux-Montagnes is a suburban municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles where it flows out of Lake of Two Mountains (''Lac des Deux Montagnes''). It is part of the Deux-Montagnes Regional Coun ...

Communities in Ward 6: * Saint-Eustache * Portions of Deux-Montagnes * Portions of Mirabel Communities in Ward 7: * Blainville *

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* Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines * Sainte-Thérèse * Portions of Terrebonne (in areas formerly in La Plaine) Communities in Ward 8: * Bois-des-Filion *

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* Rosemère Communities in Ward 9: *

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* Repentigny *Portions of Terrebonne (within areas formerly in the

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and old Terrebonne municipalities) Communities in Ward 10:

Administrative facilities

The board's head office is in the Administrative Centre on Montée Lesage in Rosemère, next to Rosemere High School. The board's Educational Services/Complementary Services Centre is located in Rosemere High School near the gymnasiums, adjacent to the administrative building. The district previously had its headquarters in the Duvernay area of Laval.

Schools

This school board oversees 26

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, 10

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s, 5 adult and vocational centres, in which over 15,000 students are enrolled.

Elementary schools

* Arundel -

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* Crestview - Laval * Franklin Hill - Repentigny * Genesis - Laval * Grenville - Grenville-sur-la-Rouge * Hillcrest Academy - Laval * John F. Kennedy - Laval * Joliette - Saint-Charles-Borromée * Jules Verne - Laval * Laurentia - St-Jérôme * Laurentian -

* McCaig McCaig
/ref> - Rosemère * Morin Heights -

* Mountainview -

Our Lady of Peace
- Laval * Pierre Elliott Trudeau - Blainville * Pinewood -

:Pinewood Elementary School, which is part of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, is located in

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. The school admits kindergarten through sixth grade students. Prior to merging with Lewis King Elementary School, the institution used to be named Holy Rosary School, as it is next to Holy Rosary Catholic Church on Chemin des Anglais. * Rawdon - Rawdon * Souvenir - Laval * St-Jude -

* St-Paul/St-Paul Annex - Laval * St-Vincent - Laval * Ste-Adèle - Ste-Adèle * Ste-Agathe Academy - Ste-Agathe-des-Monts * Terry Fox - Laval * Twin Oaks - Laval

High schools

* Joliette High -

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Lake of Two Mountains Lake of Two Mountains (French: ''Lac des Deux Montagnes'') is part of the river delta widening of the Ottawa River in Quebec, Canada, at its confluence with the St. Lawrence River. Lake of Two Mountains has four outflows: Rivière des Mille Îl ...

* Laurentian Regional -

* Laval Junior Academy - Laval * Laval Senior Academy - Laval * Phoenix Alternative - Laval * Rosemere High School - Rosemère * Ste-Agathe Academy - Ste-Agathe-des-Monts * Mountainview (Batshaw) - Prévost

Adult Education

* CDC Laurier Boisbriand -

* CDC Laurier Lachute -

* CDC Laurier Pont-Viau - Laval * CDC Laurier Repentigny - Repentigny * CDC Laurier Vimont - Laval

Former schools

Secondary: * Mother Teresa Junior High School (French: Mère-Teresa) - Laval * Laval Junior High School * Sacred Heart Middle School - Laval * Batshaw High School ( Prévost) * Laurier Senior High School (formerly used as

Laval Catholic High School Laurier Senior High School (LSHS), originally Laval Catholic High School (LCHS), was an Anglophone senior high school in Laval, Quebec. A part of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB), it operated the last three secondary grades. In order to ...

) * Laval Liberty High School * Western Laval High School (separated in 2005 into Laval Liberty HS and Laval JHS) Primary: * Holy Rosary -

* Lewis King - Mascouche

References

External links

SWLSB website
(French - English)
CDC Laurier website
(French - English)
List of SWLSB school web sites
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