Register March 25 at 9:00 am - June 20, 2024 by 5:00 pm. Open to students from ALL school boards. Click here for more information. 

Interested in working with the Ministry of Education Student Achievement Division?

There are several postings for secondment positions ranging from Assessment, Evaluation, and Reporting to Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Pathway, Job Skills Programs. View all postings here.

Deadline to apply is Monday, April 29th, at 11:59 pm.

For adult newcomers, Continuing & Community Education is offering a new 10-week virtual ESL Hairstyling Exam Preparation Course for Internationally Trained Hair Stylists starting April 16th. The course is offered in partnership with the Ontario Hairstyling Professionals Association and the Ottawa Community Loan Fund's Credential Recognition Program, and is funded by Ontario. For more information, call St. Patrick's Adult School, 613-594-5773 or email Patrick.Adult@ocsb.ca . 

For youth aged 5-17 years old, Continuing & Community Education offers summer camp programs for a 7-week period from July 2 - August 16. Camps are located at various OCSB High School sites across the city, and include topics such as physical literacy (multisport), STEM, programming, gaming, culinary arts, the outdoors and the visual arts. For more information and to register, visit Summer Camps 2024. 

Focus on Youth (FOY) is a partnership between the Ontario Government, school boards and local community agencies, which provides summer programming for students in identified high needs urban neighbourhoods. The OCSB has been granted funding from the Ministry of Education to offer the FOY program in 2024. This will offer students employment placements during July and August, while receiving guidance from educators as they progress through the program. Visit Focus On Youth to learn more 

If you are not receiving emails such as the Principal Updates, Parent-Teacher Conferences, OSSLT, Early Dismissal, etc, please be sure to update your SchoolMessenger settings. You want to have the email icon under "General Email" turned green. 

The New to Me Uniform Shop has been well used.  Many students have been able to purchase uniform parts this year, and that is thanks to your donations.  

We are in need of more uniform clothing, so if you have any used uniforms to donate, please send it in to the main office.

Yearbooks are selling fast. Login into your School Cash Online account to purchase one today. Yearbooks are for grade 7-12 students and arrive in June. 

It is very important that all guardians/parents update and verify the following information in the “Parent Portal” ASAP.

• Student Verification

• Responsible Use of Technology

• Consent for Use and Disclosure of Information

• Offsite Permission

Please note that this must be done each school year.  To update your information on the Parent Portal, please follow these instructions. 

On Wednesday, March 27 all students will be dismissed at 1:30.  This is an early dismissal so that high school teachers can prepare for parent/teacher conferences.