Students choose boarding at BCS because they want to be challenged academically, athletically, creatively, and personally in our unique bilingual and multicultural environment.
Our structured boarding program helps students develop independence and personal responsibility, preparing them for the university environment. Approximately 85% of our students are in our seven-day boarding program. Boarding houseparents are supported by assistant houseparents and residence assistants.
Houses feature common rooms, internet access, TVs, and kitchens stocked with healthy snacks and students can cook and bake at night or on weekends. Each house also runs its own tuck shop, where students can purchase treats and the proceeds go into the house’s activities fund.
With the high boarding population, boarding life is a big part of the BCS experience, and the social hub lives at BCS throughout the weekend. Our 250-acre campus and its location in the heart of the Eastern Townships features a beautiful blend of both urban and rural. Within walking distance of campus, students have access to hiking, biking, running, and cross-country skiing trails and a river to go fishing. In addition, students are able to sign out of campus with their houseparents and walk into Lennoxville to visit local coffee shops, restaurants, pharmacies, and grocery stores. Students can also use Uber Eats to order food from their favorite restaurants.
Our housesplay a large role in the programming for our seven-day boarding experience. Each house is supervised by full-time houseparents—adult staff members who live in the house and whose primary responsibility at BCS is to ensure a safe, inclusive, and fun environment. Houseparents become cherished mentors whose impact lasts long after graduation.
Students are paired with a roommate whichallows students to have their own quiet space and privacy on campus and feel at home. Each house features a common space where students can gather to watch movies, a full kitchen available for the students to use, and a Tuck Shop, where students can buy some of their favourite snacks. BCS provides laundry service for all students and our Housekeeping staff cleans the common spaces in the residence throughout the week.
With safety and supervision in mind to foster a supportive environment, houses are closed during the school day to ensure that there is always an adult present to supervise. In addition, BCS has a full-time security team, key cards to allow access only to the students living in the residence, and there is an administrator and nurse available on duty at all times. Houseparents check-in students for Prep time and make sure the students adhere to lights-out time. As the houseparents are in contact with each student daily, they are one of the main contact points for families should any questions arise.
Throughout the year, our residence teams bring the house together by organizing birthday celebrations, brunches, barbecues, creative workshops, video game tournaments, pick-up street hockey and basketball games, cook-offs, and so much more! Special events are also organized throughout the year to inspire house pride as students don their house colours in friendly competition including Carnival and our Inter-House Track and Field event.
The lifelong friendships built at BCS are at the core of every student’s experience and our welcoming houses make it all possible. From inter-house competitions such as Carnival to house BBQs and outings, housemates support one another through thick and thin, growing and learning from each other along the way.
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