M.E. LaZerte honours diversity through inclusive practices evident in all areas of the high school life. A school-wide assessment plan supports inclusion by ensuring that students are provided with various opportunities to demonstrate their learning. In the Academic Support Centre, students work with an educational assistant in a small group setting to ensure the strategies and accommodations to support student learning are provided. Teachers in the Knowledge and Employability classrooms work in collaboration to support the diverse learning needs of their students using routines, scaffolding lessons and building relationships with their students. The Student Leadership program builds school community and involves all students.

M.E. LaZerte High School is rich in diversity; students speak different languages, come from different cultural backgrounds, devote themselves to different religions and have different stories to tell. There is respect and learning from each other's differences.

• What are some challenges when promoting inclusion at a secondary level?
• How are assessment practices used to support all students?
• What challenges do you face in meeting the diverse needs of students in all areas of the school culture?

• How do the various programs offered meet the needs of the diverse learners?
• What supports are in place to meet the social/emotional/physical/academic needs of all students?
• What strategies does the school promote in assessment practices? What strategies can be applied to all settings?
• The educational assistants at M.E. LaZerte work with many students rather than just one. What impact does this have on student learning? Building relationships with staff?
• What does student leadership mean at M.E. LaZerte?
• What strategies and supports are in place so that all students are successful?