Take a look at an article Renette wrote in 2012 to answer: Why BHMS? As School Director I meet with prospective parents. This is a very important part of our admissions process as it provides parents with an opportunity to ask more in-depth questions about our programs, staff, mission and vision. I am often faced […]
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We’re so proud! Nothing will stop these two talented individuals! Pianist Sylvie Cheng and cellist Bryan Cheng are nominated, for Portrait, for best classical album from a small ensemble. Portrait, by the classical-music duo Cheng2 (Sylvie Cheng and Byran Cheng), is nominated as the year’s best classical album from a small ensemble. Check out the
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A Red Oak Student Initiative! Ages 9-12 years. A tradition at BHMS has been to support Operation Christmas Child. This charity supports children at Christmas time all over the world to provide them with items that they do not have. This is an outreach effort that Samaritan’s Purse organizes by delivering shoeboxes filled with items/gifts
Junior High Program hosts annual Canoe Trips for over 10 years. Junior High students experience an annual Odyssey-style journey as a way to build community, resilience and confidence. This year the trip took place over four days covering approximately 20 kilometres each day. “We use different sections of the Rideau Canal waterways as our route
Presenting: BHMS Graduate Nico Werschler. Nico is in year two of an accelerated UBC SBME MASc-PhD program. He is the second student in the SBME Introductions series. Nico is part of the BMEGA leadership team, working in the Penninger lab and adventuring in the B.C. Outback. Nico’s present research: Stem cell bioengineering. Specifically, the generation
Skills that Last a Lifetime The benefits of fundraising Fundraising helps students learn important life skills Students learn fundamental life skills such as teamwork, creativity, customer service and goal setting. All of these and more are incorporated into fundraising efforts and ties in to academics. Asking for donations or selling items helps students learn how
An Elementary and Junior High student initiative. Elementary and Junior High students raise Christmas funds for The Ottawa Food Bank and The Ottawa Mission. Elementary and Junior High students created handmade ornaments, homemade cookies, handmade soaps and hot chocolate bombs and sold them to support our local community. The Ottawa Food Bank Everyday The Ottawa
Children learn from their experiences, so it’s vital that we provide those experiences that help them develop. Resilience is one of the most valuable characteristics a human being can hold. Everyone faces setbacks and challenging times, and building resilience in your kids is a powerful gift that will set them up for greater success and
A Junior High initiative. Our Junior High community worked on a mural outside of the front entrance. The chalk mural consists of the messaging “Every Child Matters” and “Remembering the past to help create a better future.” The hope is that the entire B.H.M.S. community will help by contributing a chalk hand print to the
Junior High adventures “In the soul of the adolescent, great values are hidden. In the minds of these boys and girls there lies all hope of future progress and the judgement of ourselves and our times.” – Maria Montessori An adolescent whose needs
