Monsignor Paul Baxter Elementary School

What a special day for our grade 6s. 🙏 special thanks to our amazing Gr 6 Team, mpb, Choir, MPB council & Volunteers for all they did to make this such a beautiful and memorable send-off. 🐻 💙 🤍

We welcome MASC artist Makhena Rankin Guérin who is sharing medicinal hoop dancing with our school. We are honoured to have Makena teach us about Indigenous culture & history. “Everyone is supposed to see what they are meant to see”Merci

We look forward to welcoming our families during Catholic Education Week!

Some familiar faces visiting us at MPB yesterday! Thank you for our wonderful transition sessions to help prepare our Gr6s for grade 7 😢 💗 🐻 😃Students had some wonderful questions,Many concerns about getting lost, time between classes and lockers. They are excited about all the clubs and teams and look forward to their visit in May. Did I mention they love their new shirts 🐻

We opened our doors for our MPB Class of ‘34! What a fabulous group of new MPB families! If you were unable to attend, please reach out to our office and we will be happy to welcome you and answer any questions! My favourite quote of the evening: “I love my new school! 🐻 💙 🤍

We welcome and are thankful for the engaging presentations this week! Our students loved learning about the Ottawa River Watershed’s biodiversity. Be sure to ask your child about the importance of clean water in our community! Donations can be submitted online or sent in on Friday for our 2nd Lenten initiative day-Dress like a teacher day! We will continue to deepen our learning and make connections to our school’s journey and commitment to Indigenous Calls to Action. Thank you for your continued support 🙏

We continue to deepen our learning about 💦 water this week as a school for our Lenten Initiative. Our staff began by reflecting on the importance of & their connection to water. We revisited our SAP Indigenous calls to action focus using QUIZZIZ ( 🙏 for some great educator AI sessions!

Our Lenten project has begun! Thank you for contributing to our initiative in support of We will be deepening our learning next week with their presentations and look forward to their visit! Thank you for wearing blue & supporting our “Water Water Everywhere Day!”

Here are a few more highlights!

We are thankful to have had and share their stories with our Grade 5/6s through Courageous Conversations. Standing Against Racism Week. “Be the best team mate you can be” “Learn from one another, and about each other, support one another ”. Thank you to Alonzo Addae & Braylon Addison for sharing your story & the importance of resiliency, discipline & hard work. “At the end of the day we are all human & all connected” How to overcome racism- “lean into the support, share emotions and don’t go at it alone -Love is easier than hate” We appreciate all your advice and reminders about being an inclusive school community. We also loved learning more about your passions outside of football!🏈 Go Rrrrrredblacks! Thank you Marc for organizing such a great session with our educator Ms. McLaurin ! https://www.ottawaredblacks.com/community-program-courageous-conversations/