(Press release from the OCDSB.) The Ottawa Carleton District School Board has received notice of strike action in the form of a partial withdrawal of service beginning on Thursday, May…
This fundraiser really takes the cake. This year’s annual Cakewalk at Stittsville Public School raised $2,455 and featured 286 cakes. Parents donate the cakes (both home-made and store-bought), and then…
South Carleton High School was briefly under a “Shelter in Place” status this morning after a bear was spotted near the school. “A community member contacted us and Richmond…
Press release from the Ottawa Carleton District School Board. Today, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) received confirmation of the details of planned strike action by the Elementary Teachers Federation of…
(Above: Last year, about 50 Sacred Heart students travelled to a Relay for Life event at Cairine Wilson Secondary School in Orleans.) A group of grade 12 students at Sacred…
(Here’s a letter sent out to parents from the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board on Thursday afternoon.) Dear Parents and Guardians: The OCDSB, like all public school districts in Ontario, is…
Staff at Sacred Heart High School sent a note home to parents today after concerns about water contamination : I would like to inform parents and guardians about a situation that…
(Press release from the Ottawa Catholic School Board.) At this time, the Ottawa Catholic School Board does not have any labour disruptions pending. For your information, there are three different…
(Photo: Sue Blackhall (left) and Judy Starr are two teachers at Stittsville Co-Operative Nursery School who are retiring this year after many years of working at the facility. Photo by…
Pablo Picasso is famous for saying that it took him a lifetime to learn to paint like a four year old. If only he could have seen the works of…
The following is an email sent to parents today from Jennifer Adams, Director of Education for the Ottawa Carleton District School Board.
Students in Mme Reed’s Grade 4 class at Stittsville Public School managed to get away with cutting a teacher’s hair. Students in her class raised $80 for Hair Donation Ottawa, more…
Parents who want a public high school built for Stittsville have launched a new web site and Twitter account, and are planning to ramp up their lobbying efforts in the coming…
Some very chilly parent volunteers collected e-waste on Saturday morning, as part of a fundraiser for Stittsville Public School. Photo by Glen Gower.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following letter was sent to parents in the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board today. In a press release issued on Wednesday, the teachers’ union said that teachers in…
