COSTCO WHOLESALE KANATA Donates Three Hundred Backpacks Filled With School Supplies

September 3, 2010, Ottawa, ON – Three hundred elementary school students will be sporting a new backpack, when school starts on Tuesday, September 7, 2010. The backpacks will be filled with numerous school supplies, including everything from paper, to pens, to erasers. The backpacks and supplies are courtesy of COSTCO KANATA and their local suppliers.

Superintendent Neil Yorke-Slader said, “The backpacks provide students with a sound foundation to begin the new school year. He added that every child deserves an equal opportunity to become successful in life.” Mr. Yorke-Slader said that COSTCO KANATA’s commitment to being a good corporate citizen is commendable. Read More...

Back to School September 7, 2010

From kindergarten to high school, the programs you want are here. Call 613-721-1820, or drop by your local school for more details.

Elementary school offices reopen Friday, August 27, 2010.

Parents of elementary students (kindergarten to grade 3) are asked to provide students with the following supplies:

• pencils and erasers
• glue sticks
• ballpoint pens
• crayons
• rulers
• blunt scissors

In addition to the items listed above, students in grades 4 to 8, will also need:

• three-hole, lined notebooks
• three-hole, lined refill paper

Parents should continue to provide other items that they have purchased in the past such as binders, duotangs, coloured pencils, markers, and geometry sets.

2010-2011 School Bus Route Schedules now available  

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Full Day Kindergarten – REGISTRATION ONGOING!

Starting in September 2010, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board will begin phasing in Full-Day Kindergarten for four and five year old students. Twenty-two of our elementary schools will offer the Full-Day Kindergarten in in the 2010-2011 school year.

Extended Day Program

Some selected Full-Day Kindergarten schools will offer an extended day program before and after school which will be led by registered early childhood educators. These programs are optional and will be available for $23.30 per day. Subsidies will be available for some families, based on financial need. All completed forms should be returned as soon as possible to the home school.

Extended Day programs will operate subject to sufficient enrolment. Click here to see a registration form that must be printed, completed and submitted to your school office as soon as possible.

The four schools that will be offering the program are:

1)      Century Public School
2)      Jockvale Elementary School
3)      Manordale Public School
4)      W. Erskine Johnston Public School

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Top Scholar and Winner of the 2009-2010 D. Aubrey Moodie Award

August 17, 2010 Ottawa, ON –Michael She is the 2009-2010 Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s D. Aubrey Moodie Award winner. The Colonel By Secondary School student graduated with an average of 99.67%. Read More...