We are an elementary private school in Ottawa, Ontario, focused on Excellence and Caring. We’ve been enriching education through small class sizes, dedicated teachers and extra-curricular activities since 1992.
We welcome you to visit and see what makes our learning environment so special.
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Science
Ottawa Regional Science Fair
Canada Wide Science Fair
Physical Education and Athletics
PHE Canada (Diamond Award)
CIRA Ontario (Outstanding Intramural Achievement)
Concert Band
Gold Standard of Performance, Regional MusicFest
Gold Standard of Performance, National MusicFest
Community
Ottawa Hospital Inspiration Award
United Way Community Builder Award
Environmental
Seeds Foundation – Emerald School
Ontario Federation of Independent Schools
PHE Canada
Canadian Intramural Recreation Association, Ontario
OISAA – Ottawa Independent Schools Athletic Association
The Turnbull School Concert Band continued their year of excellent performances at MusicFest Canada 2017 Nationals. The Band students, their director, Sheri Harrington and Principal Clinch traveled to Niagara Falls the week of May 15th where the band followed
up their Regional Gold Award with a National Silver Award.
The ten senior students who represented Turnbull School at the ORSF did an excellent job, enjoyed their experience and earned several awards. Congratulations to all of our students who took part in this exciting event. The following is a list of our results at this year’s ORSF:
Interdisciplinary Award Winners
First Place
Simulated Annealing – Ian Lindsay
Second Place
Healthy Gum? – Hamza Abu Alkhair
Analyzing Alzheimer’s Using Artificial Neural Networks – Noah Bennell
The Power in Your Pipes – Nicholas Davis
Third Place
Thermoelectric Generation – Will It Light Her Up? – Cameron Bastodkar
Honourable Mention
Geothermal Power…for Clean Energy – Vardon Deroché
Garuda: State of the Art System for Early Detection of Child Abduction and Wandering – Raghav Srinivasan
Special Award: RCMP Forensic Science and Identification Services Award
Garuda: State of the Art System for Early Detection of Child Abduction and Wandering – Raghav Srinivasan
The Turnbull School Concert Band, under the direction of Ms. Sheri Harrington, earned the Gold Standard of Performance at the Regional MusicFest here in Ottawa on Saturday, February 25th. For the fourth year in a row, this excellent result was achieved due to the enthusiasm, dedication and talent of all Band members
As a recipient of a 2016 Community Builder of the Year Award, Turnbull School was added to the Wall of Inspiration at Ottawa City Hall. During a ceremony on March 2nd, we were honoured with this acknowledgement.
Congratulations to the two Grade 8 students from Turnbull School who were invited to participate in the Canada Wide Science Fair, Junior Division, held in Montreal, May 16 to 20, 2016.
Sophie Weider earned a Bronze Medal for her project, Plastic Waters, on the environmental impact of plastic microbeads.
Daniel Jeyaraj earned a Gold Medal for his project, Delay in Fruit Ripening: An Approach to Reduce Ethylene Production in Bananas.
