85.5%
Graduates attending post-secondary or leadership training.
1275
K-12 students enrolled in 2024
70
Years since LCS first opened its doors in 1955
21.1
Average class size K-5
OUR VISION & CORE VALUES
A thriving Christian learning community serving together to empower students to have impact in a changing world.
We foster strong community and Christian relationships built on connection with dedicated, collaborative faculty, where every student is known and supported by a caring adult.
We provide faith-forming experiences to encourage the values and attributes that promote wholeness and help students flourish as unique, confident individuals made in the image of God.
We strive for excellence in teaching and learning to provide every student opportunities for growth, and to develop the skills, knowledge and identity in Christ to live a life of purpose and impact.
OUR CORE PROGRAM PILLARS
Our core programs support the mission of LCS through providing opportunities for all students to seek their calling and discover their gifts.
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
We believe every student can achieve success as a learner.
Our K-12 Instructional Guidelines are our guarantee that in every classroom, every day, our students are learning evidence-based teaching practices aligned with what we know about how God designed us all to be curious learners.
The LCS Bible Curriculum is designed to foster 6 critical learning attributes captured in our Learner Profile.
Our teaching practices reflect our values and the core beliefs of our school.
We focus on research-proven competencies youth need to thrive as learners – literacy, numeracy, creativity, thinking skills and social-emotional wholeness.
We offer Advanced Placement courses in high school, and outstanding arts programming and electives taught by highly qualified staff. Explore our high school course guide to see the full range of options from trades technology, to robotics, to high performance P.E.
Our school action plans focus our professional development and collaboration on ensuring all students are supported in their learning and development.
STEM & VOCATIONAL LEARNING
STEM ELECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES PROVIDE HANDS-ON, MINDS-ON LEARNING
LCS offers a range of STEM learning experiences in sciences; trades, technology and computing; engineering; creative arts; media; mathematics. Our program has something engaging for the full range of learners at LCS.
- auto mechanics
- wood working
- metal fabrication
- drones
- robotics
- graphic arts and design
- photography and media arts
We offer Advanced Placement courses (mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics) in high school, and outstanding arts programming and electives taught by highly qualified staff. Explore our high school course guide to see the full range of options from trades technology, to robotics, to high performance P.E.
LIGHTNING ATHLETICS
EQUIPPING STUDENT ATHLETES TO BECOME CHAMPIONS IN ALL AREAS OF LIFE AND SERVICE
Our Lightning Athletics program is supported by grassroots athletics and recreational opportunities in K-7, and aims to form faith and flourishing in all students. Well over 50% of our students participate in athletics.
- Volleyball (grades 3-12)
- Basketball (grades 3-12)
- Track & Field (grades 4-12)
- Cross-Country (grades 4-12)
- Soccer (grades 8-12)
- Golf (grades 9-12)
Our physical education program in elementary and middle school provides physical literacy and recreational opportunities for all students, and is supported by an engaging intramural sports program.
PERFORMING & VISUAL ARTS
DISCOVERING OUR GIFTS THROUGH PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS
We encourage students to develop holistically through opportunities to explore the arts and develop their creative gifts.
- visual arts
- graphic arts & printing
- concert band
- musical theatre
- drama
- jazz band
- choir
- ukelele
- worship band & chapel singing
SERVICE LEARNING EXPERIENCES
our promise to equip students for impact in a changing world
We are a K-12 school with the mission of integrating an authentic Christian faith into learning. Everything we do points us to the life and model of service to others that we see in Jesus. Service Learning is one of the ways we are delivering on our vision for an educational experience that results in an eternal impact on ourselves and others.
Find out more about Service Learning.
Know God.
Love Others.
Live Purposefully.
THE LCS K-12 CURRICULUM
- PRE-K / ECE PROGRAM
- ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUS
- MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS
- HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS
- LEARNING SUPPORT SERVICES
- OUR K-12 CURRICULUM
Inspired & Valued Faculty
The foundation of our school is an inspired faculty of qualified educators who are valued and compensated equitably. We invest significantly in wellness, professional development, training and learning opportunities to ensure we can put outstanding staff in front of kids.
Engaged & faithful culture
An essential goal of LCS is to enhance our posture as an engaged and faithful Christian learning community that welcomes everyone, cares for the marginalized and vulnerable, and is committed to ensuring all learners thrive here, no matter what unique learning needs or differences they may have.
Innovative & Impactful Practices
An LCS education will be an innovative, impactful and distinctively Christian education. We use evidence-based practices which ensure that all students experience achievement and have opportunities to engage in rich 21st century learning that develops their creativity, Biblical discernment and skills necessary for future success as confident, independent life-long learners.
INCreased funding & accessibility
We are continuing to reach out and build partnerships with donors, alumni, parents & caregivers and our community to create more opportunities for K-12 Christian education, and to ensure it remains accessible to families in our region.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE that we are blessed to steward, learn and share stories of God’s faithfulness through the generations on the traditional and unceded territories of the Kwantlen, Katzie, Matsqui and Semiahmoo people.