Category: Weekly

Kate Lane The Gillin and Maple residents enjoyed evening “wing activities” – a chance to bond and get to know one another better. Our student-leaders did an excellent job initiating conversations about where everyone is from, family background, special passions and interests, and ideas for future careers and the types of lives everyone would like...

Eric Lavergne It’s another busy week in our Ashbury boarding community. Tonight, 25 boarders will burn some energy at a local trampoline park called Flying Squirrel. They offer Neon Lights on Friday nights. Look out for photos on our Instagram page. On Saturday morning, 20 boarders will go grocery shopping at T&T Asian Food Market....

Brian Storosko So much great involvement this week. We saw our boys in activities such as the Business and Investment Club that runs every Wednesday. Here the boys are learning about managing portfolios and investing in hot companies such as Tesla, Amazon, etc. We also have some photos from some of our students w2ho participated...

Brian Storosko Attached are some great photos of the boys in classes as well as in the kitchen participating in the pumpkin carving contest that was lead by Miss F. We are always encouraging the boys to come out of their rooms to join the many events that are offered. This week we loaded many...

Eva He Last Saturday, the boarding community went to the Tagwàgi autumn festival. It is a traditionnal indigenous gathering in autumn to celebrate the harvest season. The Tagwàgi autumn festival located at the Mādahòkì (to share land) Farm. There were many small businesses owned by the indigenous community selling a variety of things, from organic...

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...