OCDSB

_ (press release) _ Ottawa, ON – On Friday, June 3rd, 2016, the Ottawa Network for Education (ONFE) and the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) will host the 7th annual Give Back to School Day. This event offers an opportunity for OttawaReads corporate teams and others to work together improving the appearance of the economically disadvantaged schools to foster school pride. ...

Here’s a memo that went out to senior staff at local schools from the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority (OSTA). OSTA’s web site went down on Wednesday morning, when school buses were cancelled due to freezing rain. ** OCDSB Memo - Bus Service Cancellation Communication ** from ** stittsvillecentral **

Ottawa’s, 2015 Capital Pride Parade takes place on Sunday, August 23 rd beginning at 1 p.m. This is the fourth year that the District will be participating in the annual event. It is anticipated that over 75,000 festival goers including hundreds of OCDSB representatives will be in attendance. ...

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board has been advised that a tentative agreement has been reached at the central bargaining table between secondary teachers (OSSTF) and the school boards (OPSBA) and province. The agreement is tentative and requires ratification by the parties; the ratification process is expected to begin this week. ...

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board has approved an $856.0 million budget for school year 2015-2016.  The 2015-2016 budget represents the first year of a three year plan to more closely align spending with Ministry of Education funding levels. The largest component of the budget is $630 million, allocated to instruction, followed by $90. ...

Information about The preparation of report cards for elementary students is a task that is normally shared between 3,000 elementary teachers and approximately 160 principals and vice principals. An elementary report card has up to 28 data fields for mark entry per student. ...

** _ Celebrating Outstanding Student Leadership Tenth Annual Student Recognition Awards _ ** ** _ Thursday June 4, 2015 _ ** ** _ _ ** ** _ 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. _ ** ** _ Centurion Conference and Event Centre _ ** ** _ 170 Colonnade Road South _ ** Positive role model, lasting influence, remarkable input, and global citizen –are just a few of the things being said about the thirty-two young men and women who will receive Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Student Recognition Awards on Thursday, June 4, 2015. ...

They were told it was un-salvageable – they were told it was destined for the garbage bin but some creative and crafty musicians at Hillcrest High School diverted the old instruments from the dump and made art deco furniture – that is now up for auction. ...

** Hillcrest ** ** ** ** High School ** ** Impact Club Makes a $5,000 Impact ** ** ** ** Thursday, May 28, 2015 ** ** 11:40 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. ** ** Hillcrest ** ** ** ** High School ** ** ** ** 1900 Dauphin Road ** Hillcrest High School students just keep on giving. ...

** Third Annual Aboriginal Lecture Series ** ** ** ** Thursday, May 21, 2015 ** ** 6:00 p.m. ** ** ** ** Rideau ** ** ** ** High School ** ** 815 St Laurent Blvd ** It is written that coming together is a beginning and working together is success. ...