 The motto of the school "Hoc Tempus est Tibi" which translates into English as "This Time is for You".In 1962, the Scarborough Board of Education acquired the 14.2 acre site for Guildwood Secondary School at a cost of $303,751.00.A year later, Guildwood was renamed to "Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate Institute", after Canada's seventh prime minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier.