Baseball

Catholic Elementary School: Fitzroy Harbour is home to St. Michael Catholic School at 159 Kedey Street, located at the corner of Fitzroy and Harbour streets. Visit their website at http://www.ottawacatholicschools.ca/mif/.

Public Elementary School: The historic Fitzroy Harbour Public School was closed in 2004. Public school students in the area attend Fitzroy Centennial Public School in Kinburn, or Stonecrest Elementary School http://www.stonecrestes.ocdsb.ca in Woodlawn. As of the winter of 2008, Fitzroy Centennial is currently the subject of an "accommodation review" study and could potentially be closed. For more information visit: http://www.ocdsb.ca/au_hi_accom-reviews_RNW.asp

Secondary School: High school students in Fitzroy Harbour attend schools including West Carleton Secondary School http://www.westcarletonss.ca, Arnprior District High School http://www.renfrew.edu.on.ca/sec/adh and All Saints Catholic High School http://www2.occdsb.on.ca/profile.php?profileID=

FHPS competed against district schools at a Cross Country meet on October 11 at the Terry Fox Facility. Congratulations to the following girls: (8 yrs.) Kristen Campbell and Cassie Campbell; (9 yrs.) Sarah Trainor, Melissa Colwell, Lizzy Elliott, Amy Dean and Sammi Cathcart; (10 yrs.) Hayley Egan and Jessica Beauregard; (11 yrs.) Laura Ellott, Katrina Brunton and Miranda Norton. Congratulations also to the following boys: (8 yrs) Brady Mills and David Mullins; (9 yrs.) Keith Colwell, Kurtis Scott, Galen Picard-Ham and Jonathon Fenton; (10 yrs.) Tyler Mills, Fred Ross and Eric Roesler; (11 yrs.) Dan Smith, Troy Egan, Matt Dolan, Erik Roemmele, Garret Dean, Wes Cathcart, Ben Trainor and Mike Campbell.

As a parent volunteer, I thought the day would drag on, as the 9-year-old group of girls I had were only in one race and it wasn’t until lunch. To my delight, I found we were busy running constantly from start line to finish line, cheering on every one of the above. It didn’t seem to matter, boy or girl. The “Go Fitzroy” cheer was heard loud and clear throughout the day. I was impressed with each and every student for their determination to cross the finish line, and their upstanding team effort even though we didn’t have enough kids in each category to be a contender for school prizes. A big thanks to all the parent volunteers and to Mrs. Jeanette Scott, our grade 5/6 teacher who took the time to work with these kids and saw to it that they participate in this event. Let’s get together next year and get these kids some shirts, we were the only ones out there without team shirts. WAY TO GO FITZROY HARBOUR PUBLIC SCHOOL!!!!!!