Friday, April 27, 2018

WANTED!! Science LOVERS!! (Judges for science fair!)

👩‍🔬🔭 WANTED!! Science LOVERS!! ðŸ”­ðŸ‘©‍🔬
We need you to evaluate the science fair projects. If you want to share your enthusiasm for science with our scientists we want you! If you have a knowledge of the scientific method, we want you. We are looking for 12-15 evaluators to hear the presentations and give feedback to our scientists. Adults/Uni Students/Very keen HS Students (9-12) are welcome! May 10th, 6-8:00 PM
Please contact cmpiercey@hotmail.com
Thank you!!

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

A few volunteers needed!

Looking for a few more volunteers for the following jobs for our musical:
1. Costume Creation Workshop on Wednesday, April 25th from 12:05-1: 05 pm: Samples will be ready for each of the 6 fishy groups to follow. We require as many parents as possible (6+) to help each cast and choir member make 1 "headpiece" (elastic/ball cap), 2 "fins" (armbands) and one "tail" (waistband). NO SEWING REQUIRED.
2. A parent to video the musical at the 6pm show on May 16th.
Please email Ann Nielsen <ann.nielsen@ocsb.ca> if you can help out.

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

St. Philip School Gives Back!


Tuesday March 17, 2018
St. Philip School gives back!

Back in October, the CSPA meeting included a very eye opening presentation about fundraising equity across the Ottawa Catholic School Board.  Please check out the link to the presentation below:


This has been a topic that has been brought up at St. Philip School Council meetings in the past and it was voted and decided that this year we would allocate some of our fundraising efforts towards a less fortunate school in our board.  This decision was not taken lightly and we wanted to make sure that our hard earned fundraising dollars were put to the best possible use.  Our principal, Ms. White has helped to match us with two schools that have limited access to fundraising dollars.  These schools are not formally identified as high needs and therefore don’t have access to the additional resources that a high needs school would. As the demographic in communities shift, so to do the needs of the schools.  The schools we have chosen are:

- St. John the Apostle School, 30 Costello Ave, Nepean
- Our Lady of Peace School, 3877 Old Richmond Rd, Nepean

These funds will be allocated towards STEM technology resources similar to those that St. Philip students have access to and have been using to enrich their learning this year.  We will donate $2500 to each school.  We hope to continue this partnership going forward and continue to support the learning opportunities in these schools, if needed, in the future.  This will first be voted and agreed upon by future St. Philip School Councils.

Thank you to the St. Philip community for your amazing support of our fundraising activities without which we would not have been able to make this important donation.

Dana Kean, on behalf of the St. Philip School Council



Thursday, April 12, 2018

WANTED: Scientists for the St. Philip Science Fair

The deadline for our St. Philip scientists to submit their forms for the science fair is today: Thursday April 12. We will extend the deadline to accept forms until end of day tomorrow for late entries.  Please contact cmpiercey@hotmail.com with any questions or concerns.  Don't forget to pencil in your t-shirt size on your form to get your highly coveted St. Philip Scientist t-shirt!!!

Happy exploring!

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Sign up link for Paul Davis presentation: Space is limited!

The School Council is hosting a very special event. As part of our Parent Reaching Out grant we are very happy to have joining us TED speaker Paul Davis presenting on Social Networking Safety. This is a presentation that all parents should attend who have a child who has access to any electronic device. Paul will be sharing information about Snapchat, Instagram, Cyber-Bullying and more and how to protect your children.

Do you understand everything about these apps or what our children can be exposed to on the internet? If not this event is a must see.

When: Monday April 23 at 6:30pm in the school gym.

The evening parent session will run 90 minutes followed by Q&A. 

Please plan to attend this very highly reviewed, informative and important session. 

All parents are welcome even from outside our school. Lets work towards making our community safer for all of our kids. 

Space is limited so order your your free tickets now at: