By Glen Herbert

I was asked recently what families might find surprising about our school. There's a lot, perhaps, but one thing that families don't expect when they visit is that we're located in a typical Muskoka village.

Truly, a first experience of Rosseau can be a pinch-me moment. It's the very definition of idyllic. There’s a bakery, a post office, a bookstore; there’s a farmer’s market, people walking their dogs at dusk, children jumping off the municipal dock on a late spring day. The Rosseau General Store has been operating here since incorporation, and the creaking, worn wooden floors are a charming reminder of its age.

In history, feel, and that sense of community and safety, the village of Rosseau is a unique and delightful aspect of where we are and who we are. True, the village may not be an important factor of our academic program, but it's an important aspect of the student experience. Ask alumni about their time at RLC, and you'll invariably hear about how wonderful it was to spend those years in a charming village, by a lake, in Muskoka.