An important part of the curriculum is offered through outdoor learning, and field trips to outdoor education centres, provincial destinations and city day trips. STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) is a school-wide focus - Waterloo math contests, STEAM Days, music festivals, ballroom dancing and drama presentations. School teams and clubs include W5H, chess team, math and coding clubs, choir, and a wide range of athletics from cross-country and track-and-field to soccer, volleyball and basketball.