Month: February 2020

Great news to report!  In addition to the $400.00 grant received from the York Region Healthy Schools Program, we have received a $1,000.00 Metro Green Apple Grant towards our Healthy School initiatives.  A special thank you to our Catholic School Council Grant Committee members Giovanna Blair and Jennifer Deitrich for successfully completing the grant proposal on behalf of the OLA school community.  The money will ... Continue reading "Healthy Schools Update"

Wednesday, February 25 is Pink Shirt Day and all staff and students are invited to wear a pink shirt or pink ribbon to symbolize that we practice kindness and acceptance towards all.  We all have the capacity to spread kindness and that is the underlying philosophy behind our anti-bullying movement: a movement we hope lives year round beyond Bullying Prevention Week and Pink Shirt Day. ... Continue reading "Pink Shirt Day"

Get your Spring All Stars Spirit Wear Now. Order forms are available under the Parent Letters and Forms Tab above.  All orders are due by February 24th.

Spirit Wear can be worn every day of the week!

Thank you for continuing to do your part in our fight against climate change.  The impact climate change is having on our planet is very real and sadly affecting the habitats for many of our cherished animals. Most recently, the effects of climate change has affected Australia. For Australia, fire season has come one month early. The fires have destroyed 2700 homes and 12 million ... Continue reading "News From the OLA ECO Club"

On Monday, February 10 at 1:00 pm, everyone will gather in the gym for a lively interactive musical performance called All About the Blues. Multiple Maple Blues award winning artists Diana Braithwaite and Chris Whiteley will educate and entertain the audience while taking us on a musical journey back in history to discover the early origins of Blues musicians and the music they performed. The ... Continue reading "Black History Month Presentation "

All boys and girls ages 9 to 17 (age as of Jan 1, 2019) are invited to participate in the Knights of Columbus Oak Ridges Free Throw Championship.

The contest will be held Saturday, February 22, 2020.

9-11 year olds register at 8:30am while 12-17 year olds register at 9:30am) at:

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700 Bloomington ... Continue reading "Knights of Columbus – 2020 Boy’s & Girl’s Free Throw Competition"