Joan of Arc Academy Alumnae

Eve Ostafichuk, a former JOA student visited our school on Friday to place her beautiful work in our school stairwell. This painting was made in memory of her older sister Mara who passed away in January last year.

Mara and Eve both attended JOA from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8 graduating in 2009 and 2011 respectively. We are so grateful to have this tribute to Mara's memory in our school.

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Eve Ostafichuk, une ancienne élève de l'AJA a visité notre école vendredi pour placer sa belle peinture dans notre école. Ce tableau a été réalisé à la mémoire de sa grande sœur Mara décédée en janvier de l'année dernière.

Mara et Eve ont toutes deux fréquenté l'AJA de la maternelle à la 8e année, obtenant leur diplôme en 2009 et 2011 respectivement. Nous sommes tellement reconnaissants d'avoir cet hommage à la mémoire de Mara dans notre école.

A look back at JOA history!

JOA alumnae from the past 10 years shared some of what they are up to now. It is amazing to see our grads pursuing their dreams and passions.

Hello JOA Alumnae,

As some of you may know, Mrs. Bartlett is retiring after 18 years at JOA! Her impact on the school and its students has been immeasurable.

As she moves onto this new phase, I wanted to put together a card to her from her former students. If you would like to participate, please comment your message on this post and it will be added to the card!

Enjoy a great summer ~

Hi JOA Alumnae!

If you are interested in supporting the JOA school fundraiser and winning some cool prizes in the process, visit the following site:
https://www.32auctions.com/JOA

After a challenging year for students, JOA is raising money to provide more activities that students will remember as highlights of their time at our school! These include guest speakers, field trips and in-school activities.

Your participation means more future JOA students can have the same memorable experiences that we did :)

Thank you!!

Joan of Arc Academy's 2021 Silent Auction Silent auction 'Joan of Arc Academy's 2021 Silent Auction' hosted online at 32auctions.

Thank you so much to everyone who has donated so far!

It means so much to see the JOA alumni community coming together to pay tribute to Mara. We will continue to share updates on this page as tribute painting goes up and the "Mara Ostafichuk Award" is awarded to a student.

Wishing everyone a Happy Easter!

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Paying Tribute to Mara at Joan of Arc Academy, organized by Ambika Aggarwal Hello all, We are raising money to honour Mara Ostafichuk, a JOA alumn… Ambika Aggarwal needs your support for Paying Tribute to Mara at Joan of Arc Academy

Dear JOA community,

As you may have heard, on January 13th, we lost Mara Ostafichuk. Her life was cut far too short by an unrelenting and cruel disease which she bore with grace and dignity far beyond her years.

Joan of Arc Academy wants to pay tribute to Mara's memory. In a school like ours, no student's memory is forgotten.

Mara's sister, Eve, is creating a painting that will go up in our stairwell. We are raising money to cover the costs of this project. All additional donations will be used to create the "Mara Ostafichuk Award". This award will be given to a student in the graduating class who has contributed to the well-being of her community, as Mara did all her life.

If you have the opportunity, we would greatly appreciate any donation:

Paying Tribute to Mara at Joan of Arc Academy, organized by Ambika Aggarwal Hello all, We are raising money to honour Mara Ostafichuk, a JOA alumn… Ambika Aggarwal needs your support for Paying Tribute to Mara at Joan of Arc Academy

Joan of Arc wants to wish everyone a safe and happy 2021!

Isabel Shore, Chloe Paradiso, Cieara Shaw and Cassidy Baldock are all JOA alumnae who are making a difference during this global pandemic. Thank you to all our alumnae who are working on the frontlines!

Please message this page if you are a frontline worker who would like to share their experience.

May Lee Birks is this week's feature on We Guessed It!

After graduating from JOA in 2011, May Lee went to Bell High School where she was Co-President in her senior year. She then went to McGill University where she received a BSc in Architecture!

May Lee has followed her dreams of becoming an architect all the way to New York! She is currently a Masters of Architecture student at Cornell University.

Congratulations May Lee!

Chloe Lapenat is a great example of JOA grad who has successfully chased after her dreams!

After JOA, Chloe attended Canterbury High School for Drama followed by Pace University in New York City for Acting.

Since then, she has co-created the production company Velvet Vernacular Productions LLC and has been working in New York City in film and theatre. She is also currently working on creating a children’s animated series for television titles "The Magnificent Marina".

Check out the following links to learn more about what Chloe Lapenat is doing and to support some of her work!

Production Company - Velvet Vernacular:
https://www.velvetvernacular.com/

Personal Website:
https://chloelapenat.com/

Chloe as Audrey Hepburn in Audrey: The New Musical:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/industry/article/The-First-New-York-City-Reading-of-AUDREY-THE-NEW-MUSICAL-to-Take-Place-in-January-20191210

Joyfully Jaded - A mini-series:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11141582/

Our 2nd feature on "We Guessed It!" is Kameela Alibhai. Kameela was a student at JOA from 2002 to 2012. When she gradauted in Grade 8 her classes voted her most likely to be a family doctor.

Kameela is now in her 2nd year of Med School at Ottawa U! Unfortunately the class of 2012 wasn't 100% correct... rather than a family doctor, Kameela is an aspring surgeon!