Community Learning Centres (CLC)

Lanaudière-Nord Regional Community Learning Center (CLC)

What are Community Learning Centres?

Quebec’s English School Network embraced the Community School Strategy in 2006 when the Ministry of Education introduced the Community Learning Centre Initiative (CLC). CLC schools are Community Schools that were introduced to support student achievement and contribute to the vitality of Quebec’s English-speaking minority language community.

The CLC plays an important role in creating a positive and inclusive school culture, fostering student success, and strengthening ties between the school and the community it serves.

Through collaboration with school staff, local, and regional organizations, the CLC ensures the school’s activities and services address the needs of students and their families, playing a vital role in the day-to-day operations and student success of the school, helping shape its vision and its alignment with community needs.

The Regional Lanaudière-Nord Community Learning Center includes – Joliette High School, Rawdon Elementary, Joliette Elementary, and Heritage Elementary School. We are an extended model CLC; multiple schools within a region serving the same English-language community.

The CLC organizes and supports the following activities, among many others:

• Educational activities and videoconferences from around the world.

• Mental Health Workshops

• Annual outings to the Centre Culturel Desjardins and the Musée de Joliette

• Transition to High School Program and mentorship activities (Peer Advisors),

• ECO-Club (JES & RES) with recycling, composting, gardening and conservation efforts

• Communication through social media platforms

• Grant writing for various educational initiatives and material needs.

Joliette High School

Joliette Elementary School

Rawdon Elementary School

Heritage Elementary School