Welcome to Windermere's Leadership Mini-School Program!
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The Leadership Program looks for individuals who lead through action, seek new challenges, and strive for growth. Our students are committed to environmental stewardship, community involvement, and social responsibility. Our students also cherish opportunities to connect with nature, seeing outdoor experiences as essential to personal growth.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The Windermere Leadership Program is a Grade 8–12, cohort-based mini-school that focuses on environmental stewardship, community involvement, and social responsibility. Rooted in academic learning 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.
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.
We are located at
Windermere Secondary School
3155 E. 27th Ave.,
Vancouver, BC V5R 1P3
Tel: (604) 713-8180