Quick Facts
- Our school welcomes approximately 550 students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 6 each year.
- We offer full-day bilingual Kindergarten, the English program with Core French, and Early French Immersion.
- When our students leave Mary Honeywell ES, they go to Cedarview Middle School. Once they have completed grade 8, students move on to John McCrae Secondary School.
Registration
Interested in registering your child at our school? Contact us or visit the OCDSB Registration page for more information.
Our School
Mary Honeywell Elementary School opened in 1989 and was was named after the first teacher in Nepean, whose log cabin served as the District’s first school. Our school colours, green and white, reflect those of the former city of Nepean.
Academic Programs
- Dual‐track with regular English and Early French Immersion, Kindergarten to grade 6
- We encourage all our students to benefit from the diversity of the curriculum and program events.
- OCDSB Specialized System Classes: Autism Program.
Clubs and Activities
The sports program offers students a roster of activities, including soccer, volleyball, basketball, cross‐country running, and primary/junior track and field. Arts groups and speakers visit the school to provide students with the opportunity to see and hear dynamic productions and presentations. Noteworthy individuals in curriculum‐related fields are also invited to speak. A number of clubs operate to extend children’s learning and these include a Primary and Junior choir, Friends Group, Scrabble club, dance, and ski club.
Facilities include a double gymnasium with a stage, a smaller gym/community room, a well‐stocked library, and access to technology for students.
Large and well‐equipped kindergarten rooms face out onto fenced kindergarten play areas, each with its own play structure. Our main play yard features two play structures, one dedicated to our grade 1 students and one shared by our grade 2 and 3 students.Our junior students have a large area in which to play soccer, basketball and other yard games.
Our school property is adjacent to Weybridge Park, which is City of Ottawa parkland, and includes a soccer field and baseball diamond.
The school has an adjoining childcare centre, Barrhaven Childcare Centre. Like most OCDSB schools, MHES offers an Extended Day Program (EDP)which provides MHES students with before and after school care. Our EDP program is operated by BCCC.
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.