Category: Education
11-year old Ben Sultan enlightens us with his account of life on a sanctuary farm
(The Sultan children celebrating ‘school is out’. Photo: Jessica Sultan) Life on the farm this past month has been very crazy – which is no different than usual. It feels…
Stittsville’s Heather Desjardins receives award for business people under 40
(The Open Door Educational Services Administrative Team, l to r, Leigha Brigham, Emily Dale, Heather Desjardins, Marla Ruta. Photo: J. Donald Lafontaine) The Ottawa Board of Trade (OBT) and the Ottawa…
MARS chocolate bars handed out at U-Rock’s annual awards night
It was a guaranteed night of entertainment for everyone who attended the annual U-Rock Music School’s awards night. The awards were handed out on June 22nd at The Brass Monkey. To…
59 students graduate from Frederick Banting Alternate School
(Natalie Perry receives the Governor General’s Academic Bronze Medal from Principal Patrick McCarthy for her outstanding academic achievements and highest average from a secondary school. Photo: Stittsville Central) On June…
Tomato seeds from the International Space Station now growing in Stittsville
(Astronaut Chris Hadfield with the tomato seeds in space. Photo: NASA) The ‘Tomatosphere’ is an experiment run by the University of Guelph and the Canadian International Space Agency. Sometimes the tomato…
Local skater turns entrepreneur with ‘eco-friendly’ start-up
Local skater of Disney on Ice fame, Alex Gunther, has entered into a new venture. With three partners, Personal Product Guys (PPG) was initiated from their personal concerns for our…
Jo-Jo’s Community Garden – Stittsville’s hidden gem growing again
Thanks to the donation of land by the Kassis family in 2017, located behind Jo-Jo’s Pizza, the community garden is again flourishing and has increased in size. …
Two Stittsville Reverends receive award for community work at Frederick Banting Alternate School
Recognized by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) for their outstanding partnership and support of the students at Frederick Banting Alternate School — Reverend Grant Dillenbeck, of Stittsville United Church, and Reverend Doug…
Stittsville Public School students ‘pay it forward’ with their huge hearts
Approximately 80 grade 6 students from the French Immersion regular program classes at Stittsville Public School (SPS), have been working diligently since March involving themselves in various ‘Pay it Forward’ projects.…
Frederick Banting Alternate School receives Best Buy Canada School Tech Grant
Best Buy has really been supporting our Stittsville schools this year. Over at Frederick Banting Alternate School, the Best Buy Canada School Tech Grant program awards were handed out to 13…
Geek Squad Academy holds camp with grade 7 and 8’s at A. Lorne Cassidy
Best Buy Canada’s Geek Squad Academy program visited A. Lorne Cassidy Elementary School (ALC) June 18th. During the ‘camp’, more than 110 students aged 11-14 (known as Junior Agents of…
Rainbows always lead to home on the Sultan farm
If a rainbow leading me directly home to where I live is not a sign that I’ve made the right choice, I don’t know what is! Mid-May to mid-June has…
Stittsville Library – get your summer read on
The TD Summer Reading Club (TD SRC) is taking place this summer at the Stittsville Library for kids aged 12 and under. This year’s lively theme is ‘Natural World’. You…
Erica Wiebe wrestled her dream into gold – shares inspiration with kids
The crowd of kids and parents came from across the Ottawa Valley — Renfrew, Barrhaven, Kanata, Ottawa and Stittsville — to meet Erica Wiebe. Erica was in her hometown of Stittsville…
Toyota Canada sponsoring Erica Wiebe – On the road to 2020
As the world prepares to compete at the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, Toyota Canada is welcoming ten inspirational Canadian athletes to ‘Team Toyota’. One of those athletes is…