D. Roy Kennedy Public School

D. Roy Kennedy Public School
Address
919 Woodroffe Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario, K2A 3G9, Canada
Information
School board Ottawa-Duggah District School Board
Superintendent Peter Gamwell Source
Area trustee Douglas Michael Lloyd Source
Principal Randy Little
Vice principal Marc Laliberté
Administrator Celeste Tratch
Grades JK-8
Language English & French
Founded March 1966 (built 1954)
Homepage D. Roy Kennedy Public School

D. Roy Kennedy is a public elementary and middle school in the Bay Ward of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, offering classes from kindergarten to grade 8. It is located at the corner of Woodroffe Avenue and Lenester Avenue in Ottawa's Glabar Park neighbourhood. Students come from varied ethnic backgrounds and many speak a third language.

History

The school was built in 1954. The school is named after D. Roy Kennedy, who would in later years become a prominent Kiwanian and Ottawa educator.

The CBC reported in January 2010, that two students at Ottawa's D. Roy Kennedy Public School had started a petition to be allowed to play with balls on the playground in winter time. Balls had been banned from D. Roy Kennedy in the winter months due to safety concerns. January 25, 2010 [1]

On Thursday morning, September 26, 2013 D. Roy Kennedy Public School was evacuated after a man with a replica firearm entered the school and pulled the fire alarm.[2]

Programs

This school offers students a choice of English (with Core French) and French immersion programs as well as specialized instrumental music, visual arts and sports. The school offers Special Education and English Language Support. It has a notable emphasis as well on academics, having produced the "best speller in Canada", the youngest life master in Bridge, and many other academic programmes. In April 2014, Grade 8 student Emma Brownlie was the winner of the Canwest CanSpell National Spelling Bee. She made it to the fourth round on to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.[3]

Graduating grade 8 students attend a number of high schools including Woodroffe High School, Nepean High School, Glebe Collegiate Institute, Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School and Canterbury High School.

Architecture

The building itself is small, but the yard is large. It has a soccer field, two tennis courts, a basketball court, baseball diamond and a multi use field . The soccer field is for multiple purposes, such as Frisbee, track and field and football. The building is basic with a two story design and three main corridors. The gymnasium is small but still holds around 350 people.

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Coordinates: 45°21′55″N 75°46′11″W / 45.3652°N 75.7697°W