Urban Adventure Trip
The Urban Adventure Trip is an overnight trip that is planned and executed by the Grade 9 and 10 students at the beginning of the school year and takes them to a location outside of Ottawa.
Authentic World of Learning
The AWOL Program provides students with real-world learning opportunities.
Independent Work Period
The weekly schedule balances the delivery of curriculum content with independent work periods.
Odyssey Trip
Each school year begins with a guided ‘odyssey’ trip, a trip that takes the class of Grades 7 and 8 away from the school and out onto the land for about nine days.
Community Meetings
Weekly meetings provide students with the opportunity to review what the group achieved in the previous week.
Entrepreneurship
Each year students work in groups to develop a small business for their group such as baking and selling breads.
Culinary Program
The Cooking Program at The Element nurtures this philosophy— students must try what is being cooked for them.
Community Service
As part of the Ottawa Food Bank’s Community Harvest Program, students help plant, weed and harvest vegetables that then get distributed throughout Food Banks in Ottawa.