Something new is 'popping up' at Dr. F. J. McDonald. Every Wednesday, students will have an opportunity to buy a bag of Papa Jack's popcorn, available in a variety of flavours. Bags will be sold at lunch time for $1.00 each. 

This Friday is our first Skate Day! Students from Grades 1-6 will be going to the Belltown Dome to skate in the afternoon. Permission forms were sent home yesterday. Students must have a signed permission form in order to participate. We are looking forward to having some fantastic skating fun! 

We will be celebrating our Advent Mass at Our Lady of Fatima Church at 9:45 tomorrow. All families are welcome to join us.

Our annual Christmas visit to Notre Dame High School is scheduled for this Wednesday, December 11th. This is for students from grades one to six. We will be leaving the school at 9;15 am and returning at approximately 12:30 pm. Please ensure that your child arrives to school on time in order to attend this special activity. 

Our next School Council meeting is scheduled for December 9th at 6:00 pm. All parents/guardians are welcome to attend. If you have any questions, please contact the school at 613-829-3878. 

This week is Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week. Many activities have been planned throughout the week to highlight this important issue. Things kicked off today with primary and junior assemblies. We have challenged ourselves to build a long chain of kindness. Each thoughtful act adds a link to our chain. 

This is a correction to our previous post. The movie that will be showing on November 16th at Notre Dame High School is 'Abominable'. Free tickets are available at the office at Dr. F. J. 

Dear Dr. F. J. families, 

Our first School Council Meeting of the year will take place on Monday, September 30th at 6:30 pm. All parents/guardians are welcome and encouraged to join us. 

This is a reminder that there will be an information evening this Thursday, September 26th at 6:30 pm at the Our Lady of Fatima Church hall.  This is for parents of students in Grades 2 and 6 who are preparing for their First Communion or Confirmation. Please click on the link below for more information.