Welcome to the 2025-26 School Year in the WRDSB

Posted September 3, 2025

Welcome to the beginning of another school year in the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB). The 194 school days that lie ahead provide us with the opportunity to see WRDSB students thrive, be supported in their learning, and to experience environments where they will encounter success and feel a sense of belonging at school. […]

LHSS Parking & Student Drop-off/Pick-up Info

Posted September 2, 2025

With the start of the new school year, we’d like to remind our students and families about our parking and drop-off/pick-up areas. To ensure the safety of everyone before and after school, please review detailed information posted here.

IMPORTANT HIGHLIGHTS:

The front entrance/lot (Laurelwood Drive) and rear entrance/driveway (Creekside Drive) are for school buses and special transportation only. No student and/or parent/caregiver traffic is permitted in these areas before startup (7:55 – 8:40 am) in the morning and end of school (2:00 – 2:45 pm) in the afternoon.
Laurelwood Drive and Erbsville Road are NOT safe locations to use for drop-off or pick-up as these areas can cause significant traffic issues in front of the school and through the Erbsville intersection.
There is no student parking, drop-off or pick-up in the upper or middle lots as this can create unsafe traffic situations (red areas on map). Students may only park in the lower lot (green area) and are not permitted to use visitor spots in the front lot.
The middle and upper lots/parking spots are reserved for staff vehicles only.
Drivers may use the rear lower lot circle off Creekside Drive (green area), available lower-lot spots or designated neighbouring streets for pick-up and drop-off.
Walking, biking and drop off in the neighbouring streets is recommended over options involving driving to and parking at the site due to high traffic volume, congestion and safety.

2025-2026 School Year Information

Posted August 29, 2025

View a translated version of this page: Amharic አማርኛ Arabic عربي Chinese (Simplified) 中国人 Chinese (Traditional) 繁體字 Farsi (Persian) فارسی French (Canadian) Gujarati ગુજરાતી Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Spanish Española Turkish Türk Ukrainian украї́нська мо́ва Vietnamese Tiếng Việt We’re excited to welcome all Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) students back to school on Wednesday, September 3. […]

Back to School Message from Minister Paul Calandra | Ministry of Education

Posted August 28, 2025

The following message has been shared on behalf of the Ontario Ministry of Education. As we prepare for another school year, Minister of Education Paul Calandra has shared a message for staff, students, families, and caregivers. Read Minister Calandra’s message here: English Version Version française

2025-2026 Course Change Requests – Students Please Read

Posted August 28, 2025

Important update for any students hoping to request changes to your 2025-2026 timetable…

Opening Day Schedule, Final Report Cards & Timetables

Posted August 25, 2025

FINAL 2025 REPORT CARD PICK-UP

Any students who did not pick up their final report cards in June may do so the week of Monday, Aug. 25th to Thursday, Aug. 28th from 8am to 3pm in the LHSS main office. Please enter the school using the front doors. Other areas of the school are not accessible at this time.

2025-2026 STUDENT TIMETABLES

2025-2026 timetables will be sent to students’ WRDSB Gmail on Thursday August 28th (last names A-L) and Friday, August 29th (last names M-Z).

NOTE – 2025-2026 timetables will be sent to students’ WRDSB Gmail over the course of two days on August 28th and 29th. If for some reason these are not received, we will post homerooms and have timetables available for those students. Gmails will come from lhs-attendance@wrdsb.ca – please check junk folders if you don’t receive them.

Students new to WRDSB this fall – your school email accounts will not activate until you have attended in person. If we have contact info (personal or caregiver email), we will send your timetable to that address. Otherwise, to receive your timetable, please come to the main office on Wednesday morning before heading to your homeroom.

Homeroom lists will be posted in the main lobby (all students) and cafeteria (grade 9s) prior to the start of classes on Wednesday morning to help you determine your period A location if you did not receive your emailed schedule. We will provide timetables on opening day to those students who have yet to receive a copy.

OPENING DAY SCHEDULE – WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD

LHSS is running our regular 4 block schedule (week 1) on opening day and all students are expected to attend. Please see details below:

Period A – 8:20-9:35
Period B – 9:40-10:55
LUNCH – 10:55-11:55 (food trucks on back tarmac)
Period C – 11:55-1:10
Period D – 1:15-2:30

GRADE 9 WELCOME ACTIVITIES – RUNNING PERIODS A & B:

8:20-9:00 – grade 9 welcome assembly (cafeteria)
9:00-9:35 – grade 9 homeroom orientation/student leader icebreakers
9:40-10:55 – Chromebook distribution by period B teachers & school tours with student leaders
10:55-11:55 – outdoor games for grade 9s & food trucks for all (back tarmac and main field)
11:55-1:10 – Chromebook distribution/period C class
1:15-2:30 – period D class

LOCKER REQUESTS:

Locker requests are now open. Students can find the QR code to access the Google form at school and in their Google classrooms. Students must be in their WRDSB account to complete the form. The form will close FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th. Assigned lockers will then be emailed to students in their WRDSB email account. Any questions can be directed to the main office.

“CLASS OF” GOOGLE CLASSROOMS:

If you aren’t already in your grade level “CLASS OF” classroom, please use the appropriate code listed below to join (open to current WRDSB students only). Students who are new to the WRDSB this fall will be able to join your Google classroom once your G-Suite account becomes active after opening day (September 3rd).