The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, , 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,

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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

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and the

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 Grenville-sur-la-Rouge () is a municipality in the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. It is a predominantly Francophone community situated along the southern border of Quebec between Montreal and ...

Communities in Ward 3: *

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* Grenville *

Lachute Lachute () is a town in southwest Quebec, Canada, northwest of Montreal, on the Rivière du Nord (Laurentides), Rivière du Nord, a tributary of the Ottawa River, and west of Mirabel International Airport, the Mirabel International Airport. It i ...

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

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* Oka * Pointe-Calumet *

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* Saint-Joseph-du-Lac *

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* Saint-Placide *Portions of Deux-Montagnes 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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Mascouche Mascouche (; ) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southern Quebec, Canada. The city is located on the Mascouche River within the Les Moulins Regional County Municipality and has a population of 51,183, ranking 20th among Quebec municipali ...

* Repentigny *Portions of Terrebonne (within areas formerly in the Lachenaie 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 Rosemère High School. The board's Educational Services/Complementary Services Centre is located in Rosemère 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 30

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, 9

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s, 4 adult and vocational centres, in which over 15,000 students are enrolled.

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 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 ...

(formerly used as Laval Catholic High School) *

Laval Liberty High School Laval Liberty High School (LLHS) was an Anglophone senior high school in Laval, Quebec and a part of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB). It was formed in 2005 after Western Laval High School was split into two schools, with lower secondary ...

* Western Laval High School (separated in 2005 into Laval Liberty HS and Laval JHS) Primary: * Holy Rosary - Mascouche (1956) * Lewis King - Mascouche (1950)

The Arundel Nature and Science Centre (ANSC)

* Arundel Natural Science (1964) ** Boys Dormitory (1870) ** Cafeteria & Dormitory (1971) ** Craft Centre (1978) ** Garage (2007) ** Pionner Camp #1 (1975) ** Pionner Camp #2 (1975) ** Student Camp (2007) ** Sugar Camp (1961)

References

External links

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