Ottawa Carleton District School Board

We are pleased to announce that tomorrow, Wednesday, September 26th, West Carleton Secondary School will reopen our doors to staff and students. While the closure of our school was disruptive to students, we are immensely proud of the role the school has and will continue to play in support of the community.

We are pleased to let you know that power has been restored to Knoxdale Public School. However, due to the extent of the cleanup required, both in the school and on the schoolyard, the school will remain closed to students Wednesday and Thursday and will reopen Friday, September 28th.

The Minister of Education has released a new elementary curriculum for Health and Physical Education, Grades 1-8 (2018) . This curriculum includes content for all strands and topics except the Growth and Development component of the Healthy Living strand, which is taken from the 1998 curriculum . The Board of Trustees wrote to the Minister of Education to reiterate the importance of ensuring learning opportunities for students about healthy relationships, consent, online safety and mental health.

This free information session will be led by Dr. Michael Vassilyadi and Gordon & Kathleen Stringer.

Many schools at the District have shown amazing leadership in Environmental Stewardship over the course of the 2017-2018 school year. This year we have 7 additional schools certified under the Ontario EcoSchools program. Bringing us to a total of 51 schools certified! The results are outstanding with 8 schools certifying at the Bronze level, 25 at the Silver level, 15 at the Gold level, and 2 schools at the Platinum level.

It’s time to register your child for Kindergarten 2018. Check out this segment on CTV Morning Live to answer the question …….. “Is your child ready for school?”