The Yard Improvement and Greening Committee works with staff and the school board to enhance the yard in a way that boosts enjoyment and utility of the yard.

The Committee has already completed a number of initiatives for this school year:

 2019/2020 School Year To Date:

• 41 Recess Equipment Bags to Homerooms

• Purchased and Filled 2 new DPA bins for Junior and Intermediate Doors

• Aeration of all fields by the Board

• 16 Tree Gator Bags, Compost & Mulch

• 150 "Liberation75" Tulips Planted

• Kinder Outdoor Exploratory Wagons and Materials

• Kinder Sandboxes Fixed and Filled by the Board

• Primary/Junior 3 Hoop Basketball Net

Coming Soon:

• New Basketball Netting for Intermediate Court

• Outdoor Chalkboard on Kinder Shed

• 2 More Boulders

• Winter Shovels for Recess Use

• 7 New Trees to be planted in the Spring through the City of Ottawa Tree Grant

Initiatives completed in 2018/2019 School Year:

• 2 Kinder Mud Kitchens & Workbench

• 4 Boulders and Mulch in Kinder yard

• Replenished Primary/Junior DPA Bin, 4 Recess Bags, and Kinder Shed with Balls, Skipping Ropes, Chalk

• 21 Pavement Painted Games/Educational Tools

• Two 21-foot benches installed along fence

• 2 Broadview Logos on Pavement

• Painted Track distances

• Buckets, Tools, Seeds, Mulch for Eco Club