Ottawa Carleton District School Board

Join us! The OYAP Advisory Board is currently seeking new members looking to get involved in shaping the future for our apprentices.

Best wishes to everyone in the OCDSB community celebrating Yom Kippur. Also known as the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism.

OCDSB students and staff will be participating in Orange Shirt Day on September 30th. Orange Shirt Day is a movement across Canada helping to educate students and communities on the history and legacy of Canadian Residential Schools.

The OCDSB is excited to welcome 17,000 students to our new virtual schools – OCV Elementary and OCV Secondary to their first day of school on Friday, September 18th. Our secondary school will support approximately 4,000 students. OCV Elementary has been divided into six campuses, which allows us to better organize the 13,000 students according to their home school.

"We want children to laugh, to feel at ease, and safe." Starting kindergarten is an exciting and nervous time for students and parents alike. Especially this year.

With so much emphasis on online learning, it is important for students to realize the responsibilities that are associated with the internet.

Today, the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority (OSTA) shared an important update for OCDSB families. Due to severe driver shortages, some yellow bus routes will be cancelled for OCDSB students, starting Sept. 14th. In addition, the agency also noted that some grade 7-12 students have been transitioned to public transit.

Many people have questions about class size and how many students they can expect to see in their child's class this year.

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board would like to extend deepest condolences to the family and friends of Dave Smith, who recently passed away at the age of 87.