One of the goals of BPS School Council is to foster a sense of community. The Community Engagement Committee works together with staff, students, and parent volunteers to build awareness, connection and engagement between our BPS families and students and the wider Ottawa community. This aligns with two of the three key objectives of the OCDSB’s Strategic Plan (Building Brighter Futures Together, 2019-2023) – Creating a Culture of Caring, and a Culture of Social Responsibility.

Specifically, the Community Engagement Committee helps to organize and support activities and events that bring awareness to and collect donations/ raise funds for community charitable organizations as well as our sister school, York Street Public School, a K-8 school in lowertown with limited capacity for fundraising. Funds are also allocated to Broadview students/families in need.

Community Engagement Activities include:

• Scare Hunger Food Drive (Halloween) - Organized and run entirely by an intermediate teacher/class who collect donations of canned/non-perishable goods for the  Lowertown Good Neighbors Community House. This is a center that supports many Ottawa families in the Lowertown community and close to several local schools, including our sister school, York Street Public School.

• Winter Clothing/Snowsuit Drive (November) - Led by one of our classes who creates awareness throughout the school (via posters and announcements) and helps to sort through and organize snowsuits and winter accessories along with parent volunteers.  Donations are given to York Street Public School and Caldwell Family Resource Centre.  

• Bringing awareness to our community of the inequities that exist in our public school system.

Did you know?

$4,000 of total funds raised this year will go towards Broadview Cares, an initiative created to assist and enhance the educational experience of the students at our partner school, York Street Public School.

If you are interested in connecting with this committee, please contact our Community Engagement Representatives - Kelly Remfry at [email protected] and Ali Feeney at [email protected].