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Ministry of Education
Leadership and Learning Environment Division
Inclusive Education Branch
900 Bay Street thMowat Block, 13 floor Queen’s Park Toronto ON M7A 1L2 Facsimile (416) 325-7019
September 2, 2016
Subject: Approval of 2016-17 Parents Reaching Out (PRO) Grants
Dear Jennifer Adams,
I am pleased to inform you that Ottawa-Carleton District School Board has been
awarded $76,735 for the 2016-17 Parents Reaching Out (PRO) Grants. This
funding is to support 64 School Council and 1 Regional/Provincial projects. As
you know, PRO Grants allow parents to identify local strategies to involve more
parents in support of their children’s learning and well-being.
We thank you and your team for encouraging the Parent Involvement Committee and school
councils to participate in the PRO Grants program. The response this year was overwhelmingly
positive, with 2,295 school council applications and 162 regional/provincial applications
received, the highest number of applications received since 2007-08. We appreciate your effort
and commitment to enhancing parent engagement.
Please see details of PRO Grants funding that will be transferred to your school board below.
PRO Grants for School Councils
The total amount of PRO Grants for School Councils for which your school board has
been approved is $61,735. School boards, in turn, are asked to allocate these funds to
individual school accounts. Please find attached the list of schools in your school board
with their respective allocations that have been approved for the 2016-17 school year.
As per the attached 2016-17 Project Guidelines and Terms & Conditions, recipients are required
to provide a report back confirming expenditure of grant funds as well as the outcomes
achieved to enhance parent engagement. Projects must be completed and the funds expended
by June 30, 2017. Please note that any funds not spent by this date cannot be retained by the
school board and must be returned to the ministry, along with the 2016-17 District School
Board Reporting Template (see attached).
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School councils are required to submit a report back for the completed project by July 15, 2017.
The report back is to be completed online at http://education.factorial.ca.
School councils are encouraged to submit their report back as soon as their project is complete.
When the report back has been completed, a copy will be sent by the system to the principal.
School councils must also submit a copy of the report back along with all relevant receipts to
the school board.
PRO Grants for Regional/Provincial Projects
The total amount of PRO Grants for Regional/Provincial Projects for which your school
board has been approved is $15,000. The Transfer Payment Agreement for the project
below will follow shortly.
The following PRO Grant for Regional/Provincial Projects has been approved for your school
board:
•Supporting, Encouraging, and Connecting Parents - $15,000 (Parent Involvement Committee)
As per the attached 2016-17 Project Guidelines and Terms & Conditions, recipients are required
to provide report backs confirming expenditure of grant funds as well as the outcomes achieved
to enhance parent engagement. Projects must be completed and the funds expended by
August 15, 2017.
Interim and final reports must be completed online at https://education.factorial.ca. Interim
reports must be submitted by February 28, 2017, and final reports must be submitted by
August 31, 2017. Recipients are encouraged to submit their report back as soon as their project
is complete.
Please file receipts according to school board policy. As government funded initiatives are
subject to audit, these records must be retained for seven (7) years. As you are aware, all funds
should be spent in accordance with government transfer payment directives. Any changes that
impact on the nature and/or objectives of the PRO Grant must be reported to and approved by
the ministry.
We look forward to working with you this school year to support parent engagement within
your school board. If you have any questions, please contact Raj Cheema, Policy/Program
Analyst, Parent and Community Engagement Office at 416-212-0512 or by email at
PRO@ontario.ca.
Thank you,
Ruth Flynn
Director
Inclusive Education Branch
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Attachments: List of Approved 2016-17 PRO Grants for School Councils
2016-17 Project Guidelines and Terms & Conditions for School Council Projects
2016-17 Project Guidelines and Terms & Conditions for Regional/Provincial
Projects
2016-17 District School Board Reporting Template
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2016-17 Parents Reaching Out (PRO) Grants for School Councils
Ottawa-Carleton DSB
# MIDENT School Name Project Title Amount
1 4626 Agincourt Road PS Bullying Awareness $1,000
2 13986 Alta Vista PS Supporting Mental Health $1,000
3 119207 Avalon PS Social Networking Safety $1,000
4 36862 Bayview PS Family Math & Science
Night
$1,000
5 61077 Briargreen PS Healthy Students –
Healthy Families $985
6 34452 Bridlewood Community E S Family Science Night $1,000
7 896705 Brookfield HS Understanding Well-Being $1,000
8 906514 Cairine Wilson SS Financial Awareness
Strategies for Parents
$1,000
9 76511 Cambridge Street Community
PS Parent Resource Project $1,000
10 84832 Carleton Heights PS Learning To Communicate $1,000
11 86487 Castlefrank E S Family Literacy Night $1,000
12 86452 Castor Valley E S
Castor Connections -
Making Connections for
Parents and School
$1,000
13 90182 Centennial PS Parent Information Nights $1,000
14 107778 Churchill Alternative S Supporting Math Learning $1,000
15 671053 Clifford Bowey PS Enhancing Learning
Opportunities
$1,000
16 902586 Colonel By SS Empowering Parents $1,000
17 121886 Connaught PS Parent Engagement in
'Good Food Machine'
$1,000
Ottawa Regional Office
2016-17 Parents Reaching Out (PRO) Grants for School Councils
Ottawa-Carleton DSB
# MIDENT School Name Project Title Amount
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Ottawa Regional Office
18 131156 D. Aubrey Moodie Intermed S Science Night $970
19 139432 Devonshire Community PS Navigating Balanced Math $1,000
20 170763 Elgin Street PS Parent Engagement
Project $1,000
21 171247 Elizabeth Park PS Parent Engagement
Project
$1,000
22 177008 Elmdale PS Technology and Online
Social Networking
$1,000
23 196266 Fielding Drive PS Social Network Safety $1,000
24 88560 Forest Valley E S Mathematics Event $1,000
25 211583 General Vanier PS Practical Tools for
Supporting Math Learning
$1,000
26 224197 Glen Cairn PS Parent Engagement
Speaker Series
$1,000
27 913472 Gloucester HS Gloucester Community
Outreach
$1,000
28 223930 Goulbourn Middle S Grade 7 and 8 Math Night $288
29 424919 Greely E S Mental Health Awareness $1,000
30 229555 Greenbank Md S Parent Engagement
Project
$1,000
31 154 Half Moon Bay Elementary
School
Knowledge Makes Cents
Workshop
$1,000
32 419222 Henry Larsen E S Safe, Inclusive and
Accepting Schools
$1,000
33 916854 Hillcrest HS Concussions: Information
Presentation
$1,000
34 279960 J.H. Putman PS Getting Parents Involved $1,000
35 286168 Jockvale E S Family Math Night $1,000
2016-17 Parents Reaching Out (PRO) Grants for School Councils
Ottawa-Carleton DSB
# MIDENT School Name Project Title Amount
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Ottawa Regional Office
36 287156 Katimavik E S Healthy Active Living $1,000
37 37699 Le Phare E S Learning Strategies and
Literacy with Parents $1,000
38 311758 Leslie Park PS Art and Science! $815
39 332356 Manor Park PS Math Night $1,000
40 332488 Manordale PS Connecting Arts To The
Curriculum
$1,000
41 129690 Maple Ridge E S Family Math Evening $1,000
42 356409 Meadowlands PS Diversity Project $1,000
43 925691 Merivale HS Community Engagement $1,000
44 928291 Nepean HS The Nepean High School
Parent Brochure $1,000
45 579722 New Kanata North Elementary
School Building Connections $1,000
46 407232 North Gower/Marlborough PS Family Science Night $1,000
47 419389 Orleans Wood E S
Parent Engagement in
Digital Literacy: Keeping
Kids Safe
$1,000
48 448834 Pleasant Park PS Family Science Night $500
49 463523 Queen Elizabeth PS Parent Engagement
Through Numeracy
$1,000
50 483150 Richmond PS
Supporting Differentiated
Learning At Home: A
Speaker Series
$1,000
51 938432 Rideau HS Parent Reaching Out $1,000
2016-17 Parents Reaching Out (PRO) Grants for School Councils
Ottawa-Carleton DSB
# MIDENT School Name Project Title Amount
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Ottawa Regional Office
52 489360 Roland Michener PS Learning to Experience an
Active Lifestyle
$1,000
53 506168 Severn Avenue PS Web Safety $977
54 516694 Sir Winston Churchill PS Parent Workshops To
Enhance Student Success
$1,000
55 942855 South Carleton HS Concussions: Returning to
Play and Learn
$1,000
56 204901 South March PS Active Families $1,000
57 565750 Steve MacLean PS Parents + Students =
Understanding Core Math
$1,000
58 595012 Stonecrest E S Parent Resource Library,
Phase 3
$1,000
59 554910 Terry Fox E S Coffee Talk for Student
Well-Being $700
60 579351 W.E. Gowling PS Math and Science
Workshops
$1,000
61 624500 Westwind Public School Healthy Bodies, Healthy
Minds
$1,000
62 619523 Woodroffe Avenue PS Learning Styles and
Technology Supports
$1,000
63 954420 Woodroffe HS Community Engagement $500
64 624330 York Street PS The Fun Side of Math $1,000
Ottawa-Carleton DSB 64 $61,735