Welcome to Windermere's Leadership Mini-School Program !
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The Leadership Program welcomes students who are motivated, hard-working, and eager to take on new challenges. We look for individuals who lead through action, strive to grow as learners, and are committed to environmental stewardship and social responsibility. Our students cherish opportunities to connect with nature, seeing outdoor experiences as essential to personal growth. They also value community involvement and know that volunteering with local partners helps them feel connected and part of something bigger.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The Windermere Leadership Program is a Grade 8–12, cohort-based mini-school that focuses on environmental stewardship and social responsibility. Rooted in academic learning, community involvement, and outdoor education, this program challenges students to become thoughtful, empathetic, and engaged leaders. The cohort model emphasizes relationship building, supporting meaningful connections with teachers and lasting friendships with peers. Leadership students are provided with a diverse range of experiences as they explore social and environmental topics. Whether it is through camping in natural environments, collaborating on an inquiry project, or working with community partners, students develop a deep, personal connection to the program’s core values.
The Leadership Program gives students the opportunity to benefit from a mini-school setting while still being involved in the full school community. Classes are grouped so that students attend 4 Leadership-focused classes with their Leadership classmates, and 4 mainstream courses (including electives). Under the semester model, 1/2 the day will be Leadership classes and 1/2 the day will be mainstream classes.
APPLICATION
The digital application for Windermere Leadership can be found by clicking below. Please make sure to read all the instructions before starting. Have your personal statement work and report card/s ready to upload and long answer questions ready to answer.
For application information please click HERE.
Note:. Please make sure you have read the instructions carefully before you start.
Find out what our students have to say about the program!
This video was created by Keyan for his Gr 12 capstone project
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We want to take this opportunity to acknowledge that we are on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded Indigenous territories of the Coast Salish peoples – sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) nations.
As guests to this beautiful Land, we are thankful and consider it a privilege to be able to live and do our learning here. We are committed to the process of decolonization and reconciliation with First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and Urban Indigenous communities. We are grateful for Indigenous stewardship and look forward to continued partnership.
This acknowledgment is a reminder of the discriminatory and colonial practices that have had a lasting legacy and continue to create barriers for aboriginal peoples and communities in our city.
We are located at
Windermere Secondary School
3155 E. 27th Ave.,
Vancouver, BC V5R 1P3
Tel: (604) 713-8180