Wishing the Ogden Community a Wonderful Summer!

Dear Ogden Families;

We have had a good year at Ogden and wish those families leaving for other schools in September all the best. For those returning, we have already begun to plan for an exciting 2015/6 academic year.  A Summary of Marks will be sent to your home address in mid-July providing you with grades for students in Grade 1 to 6 and promotion information for our FDK students.  We also have the following teacher changes to announce.

Mr. Quach will be missed by the Ogden community for his classroom practice of experiential learning and supporting families with extra-curricular activities. His donation of skates to the Ogden community is just one example of his giving nature. We wish Mr. Quach all the best at his new school.

Mr. White is leaving us for a central position where he will ensure that our schools are healthy and safe places for students to learn and staff to work. His expertise in reading instruction and ESL will be missed. We wish him well in his new position.  Joining us on the Grade 1 team will be Ms. Liang. She is also a reading specialist and we welcome her warmly to the Ogden teaching team.

Ms. Berry has made our Outdoor Classroom a place of wonder. Her enthusiasm for continually encouraging the curious nature of our youngest learners will absolutely be missed.  Joining us in September to take on the Outdoor Classroom will be Mr. Roberts. He has a great deal of experience growing food in gardens and is looking forward to sharing his experiences and expertise with us.

Ms. Cheung stepped into our ESL program and made sure that students continued to be well supported. She will not be far away next year and we wish her well in her regular teaching assignment at Lord Lansdowne.

Sanaa Soussan will be leaving us for a school closer to home. We congratulate her on the birth of her son, Brock Ayman and wish her well in her new school and role as a new mother. We will miss her ability to make everyone feel welcome at Ogden. Joining us will be Nigel Dance as VP for both Alpha and Ogden.

Our teachers for next year based on our current projected enrollment with room numbers are:

FDK Team:  Ms. Blakeley(6), Ms. Britt(4), Ms. Brown(7) and Mr. Roberts(Outdoor Classroom)

Grade 1: Ms. Liang(8)

Grade 1/2: Ms. Kruger(2)

Grade 2/3 Team: Ms. Farno(11) and Ms. Nelson(16)

Grade 4/5: Ms. Pitushka(15)

Grade 5/6: Ms. Hahn(12)

Homeschool Program and Resource: Ms. Kwan-Kirton (10)

Health and Physical Education: Mr. Shouldice

ESL and Library: Ms. Sykes

Wishing you all a great summer!

Andreas Ghabrial