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Bowey bulletin
June 2011
FROM THE PRINCIPAL AND VICE-PRINCIPAL
It seems like it was September just a few days ago but we already find ourselves at
the end of another school year.
We would like congratulate our graduates, Jonathan, Michael, Zacharie, Bruce, Erin,
Rebecca, Shawn, Brittany, Sharef and Stuart. We wish them every success in the
future. Clifford Bowey will miss their smiling faces!
Thank you for returning the Determination Record (IPRC) forms promptly to the
classroom teachers. We appreciate getting them back so that we can complete the
planning process for next year.
Since January 2010, Clifford Bowey has been working hard to raise funds and
pursue grants to provide our primary yard with a much needed facelift. We are
absolutely thrilled to announce that this facelift will occur in August. The generosity
of Ottawa Carleton Education Network (OCENET) has allowed us to complete our
fundraising efforts. Many thanks to OCENET for making this possible.
1300 Kitchener Ave,
Ottawa, Ontario,
K1V 6W2
Phone: 613 737-4401
Fax; 613 737-7548
Principal : Laurie Kavanagh
Vice-Principal: Cheryl Bauman-Buffone
Buffone
Office Administrator: Diana Roque
Office Assistant: Jill Williams
Chief Custodian: Alex Leduc (Acting)
Superintendent of Instruction:
Stephen Sliwa
Area Trustee:
(Zone 11) Shirley Seward
This playground project coming to fruition is the result of tremendous support from
the community, School Council, and your fundraising efforts. Thank you again to
OCENET, the Community Foundation of Ottawa, the City of Ottawa, the Telus
Foundation, School Council, the Clifford Bowey 40 th Anniversary Committee, the
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, and you, for making this playground a reality
for our students.
This is the time of year when staffing changes occur. We would like to say farewell
to the following staff who are embarking on new adventures and welcome the
following staff who will be joining the Clifford Bowey Team.
We would like to extend our sincere thanks and congratulations to Janice Erikson
who will be retiring. Her years of dedication and hard work have helped many of
our students reach new milestones. We will miss Janice and we wish her all the best
in her well deserved retirement.
A very special good-bye and a very big thank you to staff who are leaving Clifford
Bowey. Hanna Dragan, Nancy Hogan, Luc Lanigan, and Kacey George are moving
on to different assignments in other schools. We wish you much success and
happiness in your new endeavors.
IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS:
Clifford Bowey Office
(613) 737- 4401
OCDSB automated Info. Line
(613) 596- 8222
OCDSB administration
(613) 721-1820
First Line Bus Company
(613) 841-8600
Blondeau Bus Company
(613) 749-3581
Stock Transportation
(613) 749-3777

In addition, we would like to thank all of the staff who have filled term positions this year – Marion Wonnacott,
Carolyn Fornataro, Holly Orr, Teena Ash, and Patti Wight, with hopes that we will see them again in the fall.
We are welcoming new staff members to our Clifford Bowey Community. Lesley Norrie is joining our teaching
staff and will be in Room 206. We are also welcoming the following Educational Assistants who have recently
accepted contract positions with the Board: Ken Johns, Laura Dunn, Nathalie Belanger, Jamie Michaud, Kyla
Gariepy, Erin Flynn and Jessica Dunbar-McInnes. We would also like to welcome the following Educational
Assistants who have accepted term positions: Roxanne Fobert, Nikki Griffin and Trevor Steynor.
Another special good-bye to Vice-Principal Cheryl Bauman-Buffone. Cheryl will be off on leave next year
completing her doctorate. We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Cheryl for all of her work at Clifford
Bowey over the last two years. Best of luck to her, in her studies.
We welcome our new Acting Vice-Principal, Louise de March who will be joining our staff in September. Louise
comes to us with a wealth of experience in special education. We look forward to Louise bringing her enthusiasm
and energy to Bowey.
We would like to thank our staff, parents, and School Council for their tremendous support throughout the
year. Your collective efforts have made Clifford Bowey the school it is today. A special thank you to our Chair,
Don Andersen, for all of his organization and leadership this year.
We would also like to acknowledge and thank the following:
A wonderful group of bus drivers transport many of our students to and from school throughout the year.
Thank you to all of our drivers!
Our custodial staff is the best! Thank you for all of your work. You make Clifford Bowey smile and shine!
And finally a great big thank-you to Diana and Jill for keeping the whole place running!
On behalf of the students and staff, we wish you a wonderfully relaxing summer and we look forward to
working with you again in the fall.
Laurie & Cheryl
Thank You to our Job Coach, Lorrie Conley - from the desk of Sharon Ting
After many years as the Work Experience job coach, Lorrie Conley has decided to pass the
proverbial torch and move into a classroom full time. Lorrie has been taking our students
into the community to participate in the work experience programs . Lorrie has the unique
quality of inspiring the students that she works with. With her gentle approach, she can
turn an upset child into a cooperative child. Lorrie has the patience of a saint. Lorrie has
established a great relationship with the people in our community e.g., the staff at the
Ottawa Food Bank, Pizza Hut, and Zellers. Thank you so very much, Lorrie, for all of your
dedication and work with our young adults all these years.
DATES TO REMEMBER
Thursday, June 30 — Last day of school for students
Tuesday, September 6 — Welcome back! School starts today
Thursday, September 22— Meet the teacher

Clifford Bowey – A Healthy Active School
Clifford Bowey has been a very active and healthy place to work, learn and
play this year. The WonderCares Fitness Challenge has just come to a close. We didn’t win any
official prizes, but participating classes all came out winners by meeting Health Canada’s
recommended 60 minutes of daily exercise during the school day for the eight weeks of the
Challenge. A good portion of our programming involves physical activities, for example,
swimming 2-3 times a week, gym classes 2-3 times a week, Movement and Music 2-3 times a
week, community outings such as fitness trail and park walks, and various work experience
activities. We also had our annual Wet & Wild Fun Day on June 15 with lots of active soaking,
squirting, and splashing festivities, and even a special visit by the fire truck. No one is ever idle for
long at Clifford Bowey! We are a busy and active crew. Congratulations to all for encouraging an
active and healthy lifestyle for all of our students. To see the national results of the WonderCares
Fitness Challenge, visit the website at:
http://www.wonderfitness.ca/
Clifford Bowey staff members have also been working on developing healthier lifestyles. Several
staff have taken up fitness training together after school, and a team of 22 Bowey women
competed in the Tim Horton’s Dragon Boat Festival on June 18. Jackie Kleinherenbrink brought
the Circling Dragons team together and Katherine Fownes rallied team spirit with her strong
leadership and the steady pace of her drum. Theresa Fournier kept the team on course with her
steering rudder and advice from the stern. Again, we didn’t win any medals, but what a team
spirit! Teamwork is so empowering just by working together toward a common goal. To see the
Citizen’s coverage of the Clifford Bowey Circling Dragons team, go to:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Building+team+making+splash/4929525/story.html
Ecoschools
Here we are in June and it is a great time to think of the growth we
have experienced over the year. The EcoSchool program has a lot to be proud of. We had
an inspection from the larger EcoSchools organization and they awarded Clifford Bowey
School a silver standing on our first year in the program! Way to go Clifford Bowey.
We are now down one less garbage pick-up a week!! That is amazing at how fast we have
seen the positive results of boomerang lunches and green bins in school.
The whole EcoSchools team looks forward to fine tuning our initiatives from this year and
beginning new ones in the 2011-2012 school year. We wish everyone a green summer.
The EcoSchool Team.

Transportation Route Schedules:
All 2011-2012 Transportation Route Schedules will be posted on the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority
website at www.ottawaschoolbus.ca by mid-August.
In addition to the bus route schedules being posted, please note that there is also a “Stop Locator” feature on
our website. This feature will allow parents to access bus stop information for their children starting in
mid-August when it will be updated with the 2011-2012 bus route schedules.
The “Stop Locator” feature returns bus stop and route information for eligible students who are assigned to
regular “yellow school bus” service or for eligible students who are assigned to OC Transpo Service.
OC Transpo route schedules will also be made available through the OSTA website or can be found directly
through the OC Transpo website at www.octranspo.com.
School Bus Safety Awareness Day (First Time Rider Program):
This year’s School Bus Safety Awareness Day is scheduled for Sunday, August 28, 2011 and will run at six sites
across the city in 45 minute sessions from 9:00am to 1:00pm. This important safety program is geared primarily
for parents and children new to school bus transportation and for all elementary school-aged children who ride
a school bus. Families and students can register to attend at one of the following sites:
School Address Contact for Registration
Holy Trinity Catholic High 180 Katimavik Road, Kanata 613.836.7725
School
**École élémentaire catholique 6664 rue Carriere, Orléans 613.721.5500
Saint-Joseph d’Orléans
Sir Wilfred Laurier Secondary 1515 Tenth Line Road, Orléans 613.835.2488
School
St. Francis Xavier High School 3740 Spratt Road, Ottawa 613.749.3777
** École élémentaire publique 2093 prom. Belair, Ottawa 613.721.5500
Charlotte Lemieux
Woodroffe High School 2410 Georgina Drive, Ottawa 613.749.3777
** French presentation sites
Parents/Guardians can find more information on School Bus Safety Awareness Day on our website at
www.ottawaschoolbus.ca.

Sensory Mural
Thank You Nortel Community Volunteers
Many thanks to the Nortel Community Volunteers for our new sensory mural. This has been
an incredible addition to Clifford Bowey. This mural appeals to the visual and tactile senses of
our students and provides them with the opportunity to explore and learn through their
physical senses.
This new mural was a collaborative effort between Clifford Bowey and the community – teamwork
at its finest! Resident artist Jay Turner-Laviolette, in collaboration with Occupational
Therapist, Sarah Hudson, designed and presented the plan to our friends at Nortel Community
Volunteers. Roy Murrant and Harm Romback used their creative energy to open up a new
world of play and discovery for Clifford Bowey students.
School Council is Looking for New Faces in 2011 - 2012
Its hard to believe that another school year is come and gone. The school council had another
busy year in 2010 - 2011, and we are looking forward to next year. Some of the parents on
school council have children who will be graduating in the next couple of years. So we would
like to bring some new faces, and new ideas to the school council. If you have considered
volunteering at Clifford Bowey, joining the school council is a great way to participate in the
school's broader community. You don't need to make a large commitment.
There are typically 4 -5 meetings per year. Feel free to call me if you would like to know more
about the school council.
Please mark Thursday, October 6th (7:30 pm) on your calender, and come out to Clifford
Bowey, and join us for the council's first meeting of the 2011 - 2012 school year. That meeting
will also be the Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the Clifford Bowey School Foundation.
Have a great Summer
Don

Medical Information
New forms for administering medication must be completed by your child/young adults
doctor for each school year. Forms will be mailed home in July. Please drop off medications
and completed forms the week of 29 August to ensure that medication can be
administered on the first day of school.
Many Thanks
We once again wish to thank the Ottawa South Lions Club, and in particular Norm
Edwards, for making extra shelves for the shelving units that the Lions Club built for us two
years ago when they renovated the Vision Room. The room is used regularly by our
students and staff and by Susan Timmins, Itinerant Teacher for the Blind and Low Vision
Students, who has helped to organize our materials on these shelves as well as add to
them. It is now a well supplied, efficient and comfortable room in which to work with our
students.
Community News:
From time to time the school is asked to distribute information about activities in the community that may be of interest to some parents/students;
for example, camps, sports groups, etc. This information is provided for your consideration only and should not be viewed as
an endorsement of any particular organization or activity by the school or its staff.
SUMMER DAY CAMP 2011 for
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER CHILDREN
Camp Dates: July 18-22, July 25-29, 29, August 2-5 2
& August 8-12
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Location: John Paul II Elementary School, 1500 Beaverpond Drive, Ottawa
Brenda Reisch, Executive Director, Children at Risk, Ottawa, 613-741-8255,
car@childrenatrisk.ca
Please contact us to complete and submit an application to register interest – intake meeting
will be necessary.