Clifford Bowey Public School 
Welcomes You!

1300 Kitchener Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
K1V 6W2
(613) 737-4401

Principal: Laurie Kavanagh
Vice Principal: Cheryl Bauman-Buffone
Office Administrator: Diana Brisson
Chief Custodian: Margarida Vietorisz

Clifford Bowey Public School was opened in 1970 to meet the academic and social needs of students with developmental delays. The school was named in honour of Mr. Clifford Bowey, the first Executive Director of the Ottawa Association for Retarded Children. In 1977 a senior wing was added. A leisure and therapeutic pool, the Deborah Anne Kirwan Pool, was completed in 1983. More recently, a Snoezelen Room, exercise gym, and outdoor Fitness Trail have enhanced the facilities available to our students.

Clifford Bowey School is part of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, but also serves students with developmental disabilities from the Ottawa Catholic School Board. Our Superintendent is Neil Yorke-Slader, who can be reached at 613-596-8211 ext. 8886.

Students residing east of the Rideau River and Bronson Avenue are within "Bowey's" attendance area. Children begin school as early as 3.8 years of age and may remain until June of the calendar year in which they reach their twenty-first birthday. Students are screened through the Special Education department of the OCDSB, where a spectrum of options exists for students with developmental disabilities. Some students attend our school for a period of time and then move on to specialized classes in other sites. Others "graduate" from our program with a Certificate of Achievement at a School-leaving ceremony in June.

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