Congratulations to our amazing Principal, Martine Mitton
@martinemitton
, on receiving her 35 year pin today! Thank you to Tom D'Amico
@TDOttawa
and Nicola Benton
@NicolaBenton2
for presenting Martine with her pin and Certificate!
Congratulations to our Celebrating Excellence Award winner, Emmalynn! She brings much joy to the St. Clare community, always greeting her many friends and educators with cheerful enthusiasm. Her adorable smile brightens everyone’s day! We are so proud!
#ocsbCelebratingExcellence
Happy
#NationalPrincipalDay
to the one and only Mme Mitton! Thank you for all you do for our school community - making everyone feel welcome, safe and included. We appreciate all you do!
Congratulations to Sophie! Her cupcake fundraiser for the Covid Emergency Response Fund raised an amazing $1920! Wow, Sophie! We are so proud of you!
@OttCatholicSB
#ocsbKindness
Congratulations to Mrs. Martinuzzi - a nominee for this year's Director of Education Commendation Award. The St. Clare community is so lucky to have you supporting our students, staff and families.
#ocsbHope
@NicolaBenton2
@stclarecouncil
Thank you to these amazing
@StClareOCSB
Super ✨ Stars ✨ for a wonderful first day of school! Our students are lucky to have such fabulous educators!
#ocsbFirstDay
#ocsbHope
Congratulations to our awesome custodian, Dariusz (Derek) Wysocki, on receiving his 20 year service pin! Presented by our wonderful Superintendent, Manon Seguin. Thank you for all you do for us, Derek!
@manon_seguin
Congratulations to Ellen Van de Loo, winner of the Occasional Teacher of the Year Award for 2020/2021. Thank you to
@oectaottawa
for coming today to present the award to Ellen, and for bringing treats!
Thank you to everyone for their generosity for the Shepherds of Good Hope, and a special thank you to our OA Mrs. Jimmo, who hand-knitted a total of 79 hats, headbands and scarves to donate!
#ocsbAdvent
🎉 Congratulations to our 2024 Director of Education Commendation Awards recipients! We're so blessed to have such dedicated staff. We are pleased to honour you during
#CathEdWeek
. ✨
🔗 Learn more about our amazing recipients:
#ocsbBeCommunity
#CEW2024
Today, our awesome Office Admin Kim Jimmo is mentoring two of our newly hired OAs - Katherine Albert (Convent Glen) and Laurie Woodward (St. Dominic). Congratulations to the new OA's and big thanks to Kim!
Remembrance Day at St Clare - each student made a poppy in remembrance, and they are displayed at the front of the school.
#RemembranceDay
#LestWeForget
Our Cross-Country team is beyond excited to be participating in today's meet! Good luck, St. Clare Stars! Thank you to the wonderful coaches, M Karpinski and Mrs. Moorman, for their hard work in preparing our awesome athletes.
Arriving at school the day before Halloween, with music playing and your Principal dancing - what fun! Even parents were into the costume spirit!
#HappyHalloween
We are looking forward to opening our doors on Tuesday to our new and returning
@StClareOCSB
✨Stars✨. Families, please check your email for important first day information!
#ocsbFirstDay
#ShineBright
✨
Blessings and Congratulations to the Gr. 6 students who received the Gifts of the Spirit through the Sacrament of Confirmation from Fr. Podlasz this morning at Divine Infant Church.
St. Clare is proud to announce Layan as a recipient of this year's Celebrating Excellence Award. Layan is a positive role model to her peers, and a lively participant in school activities. She greets everyone enthusiastically every morning! Congratulations, Layan!
#ocsbExcellence
How lucky were we today to have these two
@OttCatholicSB
staff leading some learning
@StClareOCSB
today!! Thank you Mr Daher and
@MrsDzuba
for sparking some great learning, thinking and innovating among our ✨Stars✨ (both big and little!)
#ocsbBeCommunity
Our
@StClareOCSB
✨Stars✨ loved showing off their outfits today! Thank you Mlle Melissa for organizing the school wide scavenger hunt and hallway dance party!
We had a new family visit our school today. They wanted a tour and are wondering about registering for school. They spent a lot of time checking out spaces for outdoor learning. 😆🦆
#WelcomeSpring
#ocsbOutdoors
#ocsbBeCommunity
Congratulations Elijah, on your award for
#ocsbExcellence
. We’re so proud of you, and the progress you have made in ASK. We know you are on to great things next year! Thank you to
@NicolaBenton2
for being part of our celebration.
@OCSBSpecEd
Our Grade 4s received some special Bibles today! Thank you Fr Michael for supporting our faith development. Thank you
@stclarecouncil
for helping to provide this special gift to our Grade 4 students.
@ocsbRE
#ocsbHope
The students are having so much fun participating in
@JungleSport
this week! Challenging and rewarding, they are having a blast! Thank you
@stclarecouncil
!
Two of our
@StClareOCSB
✨stars✨ showing kindness and compassion. 💕 We’ve been talking about being kind with our words and actions. Our students make a difference everyday! Thank you for capturing this moment
@kstalhines
!
#ocsbHope
First Green Team meeting of the year!! We are so excited to have so many
@StClareOCSB
✨Stars✨ willing to help with our
@ocsbEco
initiatives! 🌎🌳♻️
#ShineBright
✨
Thank you
@StClareOCSB
students, staff and families for a great birthday celebration in support of Toy Mountain! There was lots of fun, games, festive outfits and of course… cake! Smiles all around! Merry Christmas!
#ocsbBeCommunity
#ocsbHope
@stclarecouncil
Congratulations to the Grade 3 students of St. Clare who made their First Holy Communion yesterday at Divine Infant Church. May the joy and peace of Jesus, present in the Holy Eucharist, be with them always.
As we wrap up this unprecedented school year, we would like to wish all of our students, parents and staff a wonderful summer holiday! Stay safe! We'd also like to say goodbye to
@ellengvo
, Mrs. Bourgeois, Ms Strano, and a very happy retirement to Mme Bogaert!
What a beautiful day for our Annual Terry Fox event! Students ran, walked and rolled to raise money for cancer research. At last count, we were over $5500! Way to go, St. Clare Stars! (Check out our sweet cheering section! )
Today our staff had a little
#WatchaWearing
Wednesday fun! Here are just a few of the fun “denim for days” outfits spotted around the school 👖💙
#ocsbHope
Thank you to all the volunteers, students and staff who made our Terry Fox Run a huge success! Together we raised $2,346.35 for this very important cause! "Hand in hand together we can!"
#ocsbBeCommunity
Go Stars!
So much learning happens in Kindergarten everyday. Exploration with sensory materials expands descriptive language, students describe symmetry in art work and a dramatic play “office” fosters literacy skills. Our ✨Stars✨ grow and develop so much each day!
@OCSBelementary
Thank you to our amazing
@stclarecouncil
and our wonderful Social Committee for the yummy treats and encouraging words! We are so lucky, to have everyone thinking of us!
#ocsbthankful
These
@StClareOCSB
✨Stars✨ are just a small snapshot of all the 🟢 and ⚪️ we saw around the school today celebrating la Journée des Franco-Ontariens.
@ocsbBonjour
Congratulations to the recipient of our Director of Education Elementary Student Award, which is given in recognition of a student who best exemplifies the Gospel Values. This year, the award was presented to Kyla Gaudet. Congratulations, Kyla!
Please join us Wednesday, April 11 from 7-9 p.m. in the school gym for this excellent information session by Dr. Maggie Mamen. Resilience is an important life skill - being able to "bounce back" and deal with life's challenges is crucial to our children's mental health.
We stand behind our
@CUPEOntario
members! These
education workers are essential in our schools. We are wearing purple on Wednesdays to show solidarity with our CUPE members.
After months of lockdowns and feeling isolated and sad about the situation with COVID-19, eight-year-old Sophie George wanted to do something, so that everyone’s life could start to get back to normal.
#ottnews
Recognizing the Franco Ontarian flag today at St. Clare.
#ViveleFrancais
! We show love, community, dignity, justice, hope and faith. Hand in Hand, together we can! Main en main, ensemble on peut!
#FrancoOntarianDay
Our school EcoTeam worked hard to build some raised garden beds, with the help of M Karpinski, Miss Amanda and parent volunteers Mr. Mason, Mr. MacDonald, and Mr. Lloyd. These are the garden beds, ready for planting!
#ocsb
👋Meet Meghan, one of our devoted Early Childhood Educators! Inspired by educators in her own family, she found her passion at a young age. On
#ECEappreciation
, we celebrate all early childhood educators, shaping bright futures with kindness and joy.🍎📚
#BeOCSB
@ChildCareON
Happy summer
@StClareOCSB
✨Stars✨!! We’ve made some great memories this year. Enjoy your summer holidays and we will see you in September!
#ShineBright
✨