School type Public, High school Established 1966-1967 Principal B. Nielsen Phone +1 519-452-2840 Number of students 1,114 (January 2016) | Religious affiliation(s) none School number 942162 Enrollment 1114 (January 2016) Mascot Ram | |
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Address 450 Millbank Dr, London, ON N6C 4W7, Canada School board Thames Valley District School Board District Thames Valley District School Board Similar Regina Mundi Catholic, London District Christian, Catholic Central High Sch, John Paul II Catholic Secondar, Huron Heights Public Sc | ||
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School or Laurier is a high school located at 450 Millbank Drive in the south east end of London, Ontario, Canada. The school was built in the school year of 1966-1967 and is in the Thames Valley District School Board. The school has 1,114 students and 80 teachers and is named after Canadian Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier. The school colours are green and blue. It is one of two French immersion high schools in the area.
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Student council
Laurier does offer "Student Council" also known as "The Sir Wilfrid Laurier Student's Parliament" as part of the Constitution amended in 2013 stated in the administration documents. The student council is responsible for school dances, school charity, motivational speakers, pep rallies, the mascot (Wilf) and other in-school related programs. The student council is divided into three sections: The Executives, Full Council, and Project Task Forces. Each year, [at the end of Semester Two] the student body elects fellow students to take over these positions over the course of the following year. Laurier student council also gets an office put aside a room in the school where they can store supplies for events, have small meetings, or do paper work related to an upcoming event. This room is called the "Ram Room".
Executives
The executive positions are of great importance to the council. These positions have more power and have priority over other positions. These positions include The Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Secretary and Student Council Advisors. Aside from normal student council meetings, these members will have an executive meeting every week to discuss the progress of the student council, any problems within student council, or any problems from administration. These positions usually have more responsibilities than any other positions in Council.
Prime Minister
The Prime Minister is the student in charge of student council. They are in charge of organizing student council meetings, talking to administration about shifting school schedule for events, keeping other council members in moderation, and watching over council activities. If there is ever a problem for an event, the council member would go to the Prime Minister to solve the problem or find another way of getting around it. The Prime Minister has the authority to: cancel an event if he/she does not feel it is planned out well enough, call emergency meetings, and call in other members of council to help with events that do not pertain to their position. Certain criteria have to be met before a student can run to become a Prime Minister of Laurier. The Prime Minister must have at least one previous year on council in any position. The Prime Minister must be in Gr. 11 or 12. The Prime Minister must have at least a 70 grade point average when running for Prime Minister and throughout the school year of being the Prime Minister. Every year at the end of second semester, the Prime Minister is required to update the Student Council constitution based on his/her experience throughout the year with council. This is usually coordinated with the Student Council Advisors and the Administration of the school.
Deputy Prime Minister
The Deputy Prime Minister is the second to the Prime Minister. If for some reason the Prime Minister is not able to do his or her job as Prime Minister (absence or otherwise) the Deputy Prime Minister steps in and takes over the responsibilities of the Prime Minister. The Deputy Prime Minister has the same responsibility of assisting council members in events, encouraging good relations with council, and ensuring that members of council are doing their job correctly and efficiently. There are certain requirements in place to become Deputy Prime Minister at Laurier. The student running must have at least a 70% average when running and a 70% average throughout the year. The Prime Minister must have a near perfect attendance throughout their year.
Further Positions and Council Structure
Further Positions and Information on the Council's structure can be found in the Students' Council Constitution, adopted in 2004.
Notable Alumni
Brendan Shanahan - President of the Toronto Maple Leafs and former NHL player.