Madi Matte (Benckhuysen)

@StMatthewOCSB Science Fair is ready to go today!!! Students are so excited to share their findings! 🧪🥼🔬🧬⚗️@TDOttawa @seankellyottawa @DKatOttawa @ErinBerthelot1 @jkflynn @ocsbDL #ScienceRocks

❄️ Today is a #SnowDay. @OttSchoolBus has cancelled all buses & vans. All #ocsb schools remain open. Parents who send their children to school will be responsible for transportation to and from school.

See you in 2025 Tigers! 🐯💛 Enjoy the holidays! Ended the week with Candy Cane Olympics in Pink Athletics, Elf Games in Language Class & Leadership Team decorating for the 7/8 dance! @StMatthewOCSB

HS and 7/8 Winter Arts Night at @StMatthewOCSB 🎶🎨🎭 From 7/8 students: band performance, art gallery and bake sale for the play! From HS: band performances, art gallery and craft sale! Shoutout to all the teachers involved! ✨ —— #ocsbArts @OttCatholicSB

It’s the end of Arts Rotation 1 at @StMatthewOCSB & the grade 8’s last project was to create a “Middle School Scrapbook”. The results were beautiful! 😊🖌️🎨 —— @DKatOttawa @ErinBerthelot1 @OttCatholicSB #ocsbArts

Show students that high expectations are achievable with effort and persistence. Explore the full breakout and 8 strategies for communicating high expectations to learners bit.ly/3OFoy08

Happy moments from this week! 7/8 Tigers attended the 67’s game & were so excited to be in the 100 section. Then, an obstacle course for Pink Athletics. 🩷🏒🏃‍♀️ — @StMatthewOCSB @DKatOttawa @CNyentap

Halloween week at @StMatthewOCSB ! Grade 7 Art Classes worked on Tim Burton portraits, leadership team decorated for the Halloween dance & 8-07 decorated our door! 🎃👻

All feelings are okay, it’s what you do with them that matters ✨ new bulletin board is up in the 7/8 hallway thanks to our leadership team! 🐯 —— @StMatthewOCSB @ErinBerthelot1 @DKatOttawa

✨ Today is #InternationalDayOfTheGirl, a day to celebrate the vision and resilience of girls in our school community and beyond. With the right support, every girl can lead, ensuring their voices are heard and futures bright. 🙏🌟 #ocsbBeCommunity

Tiger Prowl/The Amazing Race! Shoutout to 8-07 for bringing in over 500 cans!🥫🐯💜 —- @StMatthewOCSB

#PinkAthletics @StMatthewOCSB students are heading off to a day of hiking and team building activities today!!! @MadiMatte @CNyentap @DKatOttawa @ErinBerthelot1 @jkflynn

Pink Athletics @StMatthewOCSB annual field trip to Gatineau Park with 100 girls! The theme was “Wellness is a journey, not a destination” focusing on celebrating our progress to our goals & enjoying that journey🩷✨ —— @CNyentap @JenVerrette @DKatOttawa @ErinBerthelot1

Happy #WorldTeachersDay to teachers across #OntEd & around the world! #CatholicTeachers Let's celebrate YOU, the incredible educators nurturing students' minds & curiosities. Your passion, creativity, & resilience make a difference. YOU are the heart of education!💓

Thank you to Leadership Team & @StMatthewOCSB 7/8 Social Studies classes for our Orange Shirt Day bulletin board. Ss completed their puzzle pieces for our letter to Survivors "We Are All One.” This initiative highlights our collective commitment to Reconciliation & unity🧡🐯

Grade 8 Visual Arts is in full swing for the 2024/2025 school year! Unit 1: Pointillism 🐯🎨 —— @StMatthewOCSB

According to a recent Gallup survey, the top 3 attributes of students’ “best teachers” are: 1. Caring about students as people 2. Making teaching easy to understand 3. Trust npr.org/2024/08/29/nx-…

2024 Science Fair 🧬🧪🐯 So proud of my grade 7 science classes! Shoutout to @msmccullagh91 ! @StMatthewOCSB

& that’s a wrap on Pink Athletics for the 2023/2024 school year! We ended off with a scavenger hunt and a potluck. We are so grateful for these girls! 🩷🌸 —— @CNyentap @CapoOttawa @StMatthewOCSB

Making s’mores in our solar ovens to end off our Heat Unit in Grade 7 Science Class! ☀️🔥💛 @StMatthewOCSB