Ottawa Carleton District School Board

Cannabis will be legal in Canada as of October 17th, 2018. This may lead to questions from your teen. Come join Ottawa Public Health to learn more about cannabis, the new legislation, how to talk to your youth as well as available resources and services.

The province is inviting parents, students, educators and interested individuals or organizations to provide feedback on the education system in Ontario.

The Board of Trustees has appointed Camille Williams-Taylor as the next Director of Education for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. Ms. Williams-Taylor will officially assume the role January 2019.

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is seeking to appoint up to three community representatives, who have an interest in issues related to exceptional children, to sit on the Board’s Special Education Advisory Committee. The Special Education Advisory Committee meets monthly to consider and make recommendations to the Board on special education programs and services to exceptional children.

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.

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?”