Submitted by Karen Monaghan – From June 11 to 15, Students at Connaught Public School in Hintonburg celebrated Pay it Forward Week. ‘Pay it Forward’ means to respond to a person’s kindness by being kind to someone else. During this unique fundraiser, students collected donations and in recognition […]
By Daphne Guerrero – Three hundred and forty bowls. That’s approximately how many bowls Connaught School students will have hand-painted by the end of February in support of their annual Stone Soup fundraiser. The Stone Soup fundraiser has been a popular community event for over ten years, featuring […]
By Bhavana Gopinath – October 7 is International Walk to School day, an annual event to remind parents and children about the benefits of walking or biking to school. Many schools hold week-long or month-long activities to reinforce the benefits of active transportation. We know that active transportation […]
By Caroline O’Neill – There’s something in the air at Connaught Public School, at least, so say the faculty who are planning the elementary school’s centennial celebrations set for early May. “There’s an aura, I don’t know something, when you come in, you don’t want to leave,” says […]
Imagine renovating an entire kitchen in just one day. With the help of a team of Home Depot employees and contractors, parent volunteers and school staff, Connaught Public School did just that on March 31. Used for the Ottawa School Breakfast Program, the Extended Day Program, and for […]
Amy Hannah, the principal of Connaught Public School, is hoping Kitchissippi residents will cast their support behind an initiative that may result in much-needed improvements to the school’s kindergarten play yard, but only if they win. The Aviva Community Fund is an annual competition in which several national […]
Story and photos by Ted Simpson Wayne Current and Sterling Lynch have been working together on theatrical projects as far back as their days at Connaught Public School on Gladstone Avenue. “The first play I was ever involved in was at Connaught,” says Lynch. Current has maintained a […]
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