08/19/2026
✏️The countdown is on Knights!
In just a few weeks, our school year will begin.🤩
The staff of OICS is looking forward to welcoming our new and returning students for a fun filled learning year.💚
⭐️Important dates and information about this school year (2026-2027):
✅ Students 1st day of school is Tuesday, September 1st
✅ Our school day starts @8:45 -recommended arrival time is 8:30
✅ Assembly in the gymnasium: introductions & homeroom assignments
✅ School Year calendar (on our page and on the board website www.ncdsb.on.ca)
✅ The office will be open the week before we start school.
Required items: ⬇️
➡️ Indoor running shoes 👟👍🏼
➡️ Backpack🎒and lunch tote
➡️ Reusable water bottle *we have filling stations💧
➡️ 🎧👍🏼Headphones (highly recommended in todays classroom)
➡️ School material: teachers will specify items that would complement their learning and organizational skills such as binders, dividers, pencils crayons, markers, etc…
*provided: notebooks, pencils, lined paper, etc…
⭐️Other important information:
➡️ communication platforms: Facebook, email and telephone
➡️ Homework at the Junior/Intermediate level (studying for tests and quizzes, independent projects, reading, finishing assignments, practice tasks)
