Category: Boarding

Kate Lane It’s hard to believe another month has flown by – capped off by our final quarantine student finally joining the rest of the Ashbury community. We are thrilled! It has been a whirlwind of a start and I continue to be impressed with how resilient and accommodating our students have been. While covid...

Brian Storosko The blustery weather has arrived which means more indoor activities or warmer outdoor clothing. In this weeks photos you will see a number of indoor activities that the boys tend to participate in – sports night, group gaming, pool, and hanging out in the common room. In our Wing meetings this week we spoke to the boys about how...

Kate Lane The beautiful fall weather continues to inspire our boarders to be active and outdoors. We love seeing their involvement in many after-school activities and interest in taking advantage of all that Ottawa has to offer. Please enjoy the pictures of our cross-country runners and zip-liners from their grade 11 phys ed class.   Over the long weekend...

Brian Storosko Last Thursday it was lovely afternoon to experience the fall colours for the House Run. Attached is a great picture of the colours in our courtyard at residence.   It has been great to see so much cocurricular involvement from our students in Matthews House. After academic classes, most of the boys are involved with 3 afternoons of cocurricular...

Audrey Wang Last Saturday, many of our boarders participated and volunteered at the International Walk held by the school; it was a wonderful experience that allows students to visit 17 embassies and talk to the ambassadors themselves. Following was the Gillin & Maple meeting on Sunday, where our lovely Boarding Council held an amazing small...

Brian Storosko We have had a busy week of helping others. Several of the grade 12 students were involved in running the Junior School activity day. As more students have been released from quarantine, we have had students helping each other move rooms and find their way around campus. There are some great photos of...

Mr. Brian Storosko Greetings All. This was a busy week at the school as there were many events related to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation including a formal ceremony with guests and elders from our local Indigenous community (Anishaabe) . Although we cannot yet have any visitors into Matthews’ House, the boys have...

Kate Lane Gillin and Maple Residences are beginning to feel back to their usual, energetic spaces over the past week – it has been so wonderful to see our students out and enjoying one another’s company, baking snacks, and embracing the slightly cooler weather to eat outside around the picnic tables. The two food trucks...