Quick Facts
- Our school welcomes approximately 315 students from Kindergarten to Grade 5 each year.
- We offer full-day Bilingual Kindergarten, and the English Program with core French.
- Once our students complete grade 5, the majority of our students attend Henry Munro Middle School for grade 6, and later, many attend Gloucester High School.
Registration
Interested in registering your child at our school? Contact us or visit the OCDSB Registration page.
Our School
Carson Grove Elementary School is located in the east end of Ottawa, north of Ogilvie Road. Our school is the hub of the Carson Grove area. Established in 1973, this school serves students from the Cyrville, Pineview and Donald Street/Cummings neighbourhoods. The majority of our students are bussed to school. Carson Grove is an open, welcoming community which celebrates diversity and learning. Together we inspire continuous learning.
Academic Programs
We provide English programs with daily Core French instruction. Core French is taught for 20 minutes daily to our Junior and Senior kindergarten students and 40 minutes daily to students in grades 1 through 5. The AIM (Accelerative Integrated Methodology) program has been implemented as our Core French program.
Special Education and ESL Programs
At Carson Grove there is a complement of the following support staff. There are 2.75 Learning Resource Teachers, 2.50 English as a Second Language Teachers as well as 1.0 Learning Support Teacher. All support staff provide in-class assistance to students in their homeroom classes. Every homeroom class has been allocated additional resource teachers to assist students during the Literacy period. Many homerooms have additional support during other subject areas. The Empowered Reading Program is also being continued this year. Many of our students benefit from the use of Intellitools, a form of Assistive Technology.
Carson Grove is a large open-concept school with 4 small mezzanine offices and a gym. Our library is located in the centre of the school and houses the computer lab. The Kindergarten play yard has been expanded to better serve the all-day kindergarten program. There is a city park adjacent to our school. We have the benefit of using the city ice skating rink in the winter. The baseball diamond, basketball court and climber are used during the spring and fall months. There is a hill located at the rear of the school which is used for tobogganing in the winter.