Lake Trail Community Education Society (LTCES) was founded in 2010 with the goal of empowering residents in developing a vision, strengthening their neighbourhood, and engaging in activities with Lake Trail Middle School at the heart of their neighbourhood.

In 2019, Lake Trail Middle School and LTCES received official community school designation and the school was re-named ‘Lake Trail Community School’. The development of the community school moving forward is a collaborative partnership between the school and our society.

LTCES has the great opportunity of utilizing the school facility and grounds for community use after school hours and weekends. This is especially significant in West Courtenay where there is high community need, yet very little infrastructure for community use. Three areas of focus have emerged over the past decade of community input and action, including after school and youth, healthy communities, and our healthy foods programs.

We work with educators, youth, community members, facilitators, and partner agencies, who play a key role in planning, implementing, and assessing programs and opportunities for community connections. Together, we strive to meet our communities’ needs from the ground up.