Jack Donohue Public School

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Jack Donohue Public School is a public elementary and middle school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the neighbourhood of Morgan's Grant in the district of Kanata. It is named after Jack Donohue, coach of the Canadian national men's basketball team for seventeen years.RenovationsThe school was extended to add 6 new classrooms due to the continuing population growth in Morgan's Grant. It was finished at the end of March 2010. A ramp was also added to the school.ClubsJack Donohue PS has a variety of clubs ranging from student council to sewing club to digital media club and many more. The Student Council is the student body head of the school, planning many of the fundraisers, dances and activities at the school. It is made of representatives from each grade 6 and 8 class, and the executive council which is made up of 2 students from each grade 7 class. The grade 7 students are the ones that take the lead, for example the chairs, vice chairs, secretary, treasury and publicist. Mrs. Purchase supervises the Student Council.Another club is the Student Ambassadors, made up of students in grades 6, 7 and 8 who apply at the beginning of the year, to demonstrate that they are able to lead activities and be good role models throughout our school. Mrs. Manchen is the teacher who supervises the Ambassadors. They host many activities for primary students, such as Let's Play, Let's Read and tutoring. At assemblies they are in usher the classes to their assigned seating areas and create presentations, such as the Remembrance Day assembly presentation.