Launching the School Food Blog!
Take a look at the Ottawa school food blog for ideas on how to incorporate good food into your school!
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Outdoor Gardening with Cairine Wilson Secondary School
Cairine Wilson was one of the first high schools in Ottawa to work with Growing Up Organic. Before this, Growing Up Organic had focused only on building gardens and giving workshops at Ottawa elementary schools but teacher Malia Robin thought installing a school garden would be a great contribution towards this Orleans school’s Platinum Ecoschool…
Working Together To Make Good Food For All at Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School
Students at Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School are lining up to volunteer to serve breakfast to 80-100 kids every day. According to Rachel Sheffield and Kristine Coates, Educational Assistants who run the program for the Grade 7-12 school, students often continue to volunteer to serve breakfast long after they have finished their required community…
Feeding Students’ Bodies and Minds at École élémentaire publique Mauril-Bélanger
In 2016, school life for Mauril-Bélanger’s 200 elementary students began to change with the arrival of their new principal. When Caroline Johnston took over the helm, she brought with her ambitions to provide nourishment for the students’ minds and bodies. At the heart of her plan, was an increase in the connection between the school…
A Healthy Start at St. George School
Breakfast club coordinator Siobhan Stewart and her team of committed volunteers start every day feeding 50-80 hungry students at St. George School in Westboro. Breakfast runs from 8:50 -9:15 and is open to anyone in the school. According to Siobhan, what makes breakfast such a success is that it is self-serve. Students can choose what…
Cooking up a Good Start at Carson Grove Elementary School
In April of 2016, 110 new students, most of them Syrian refugees, started at Carson Grove, a small elementary school in the East end of Ottawa. This new influx of students bumped the school’s population from under 200 to over 300. Most of the new students were new arrivals to Canada and had high levels…
Norman Johnston: From Field to Table
Norman Johnston Secondary Alternate Program is the poster child for high impact school food programs. With Mark Frankish as the Foods Program teacher, Laura Cardiff as the Garden Program teacher and all round healthy food advocate teacher Sally Collins leading the charge, Norman Johnston has changed the way their students feel about coming to school….
