Quick Facts
- Our school welcomes approximately 390 students from Kindergarten to Grade 6 each year.
- We offer full-day bilingual Kindergarten, English with Core French, and the Early French Immersion program.
Registration
Interested in registering your child at our school? Contact Us or visit the OCDSB registration page for more information.
The Roch Carrier community believes that everyone can be a successful global learner, by creating conditions and empowering learners to promote authentic learning, in order to foster curiosity, connectedness, creativity and kindness.
Our school is a child-centered learning environment. Academic progress, social development, and positive attitude towards self and others are the cornerstones of our philosophy. In our nurturing and inclusive environment, children become problem solvers and responsible citizens. We prepare our students to be curious, creative and confident.
At Roch Carrier Elementary School we look out for one another, creating a caring community of learners with a joie de vivre.
We are a family and we "Roch"!
Roch Carrier Elementary School opened its doors in September 2005 in the Bridlewood South area of Kanata. It was named after Roch Carrier, the author of one of the best-loved modern Canadian stories for young people, The Hockey Sweater. Roch Carrier is passionate about literacy. He had a successful teaching career and is an award-winning author.
Academic Programs
- Full Day Bilingual Kindergarten Program
- English Program: with Core French (40 minutes per day) Grades 1 to 6
- Early French Immersion Program: Grades 1 to 6 with English to Immersion
- Congregated Gifted Program: Primary and Junior
Special Education and ESL Programs
- Integrated student support and educational assessment
- Language Arts and Math support in class using a co-teaching model
- English Language Learner support using both a co-teaching and withdrawal model
Clubs and Activities
- House league and team sports include: volleyball, basketball, cross country running, track and field, bordenball, soccer, and more
- Charitable fundraising: Terry Fox Run, Education Foundation, The Kanata Food Cupboard, Toy Mountain, The United Way, and Free the Children
- Student mentors: Lunch monitors, Reading buddies
- School Spirit days
- Field trips of a varied nature that are linked to the Ontario Curriculum expectations
- Food & Lunch programs: milk, subs, pita, pizza, Lunch Lady
- A beautiful library with a large collection of English and French books
- Four large and bright kindergarten classrooms
- Five portable classrooms
- Well-equipped double gym with a full stage
- Technology in the school; laptops, Smart Boards, ELMO document projectors and media projectors, iPads, tablets, Chromebooks
- Adjacent parkland, basketball court and soccer field, 2 outdoor play structures
A strong commitment to Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility is embedded throughout the OCDSB 2023-2027 Strategic Plan and captured within each area of focus: learning, well-being, and social responsibility. We strive to ensure that our school is a welcoming and safe place for students of all identities to feel valued and respected as they engage, learn, grow, explore, and discover.
For more information, please visit the OCDSB’s Equity and Diversity website.