Wellness Week - May 7 - 11
Next week is Wellness Week at Owen and we have many exciting and engaging events for students. All week our students are encouraged to ride their bikes to school (with helmets!!!). Mr. McArthur will be running a Bicycle Safety workshop Monday afternoon for all those who ride to school!
Through the week our students will participate in art, yoga, music, dancing, drum fit, science experiments and many more activities. Check us out on Twitter @owenpublic for daily events!
Milk will be delivered free to all classes on Monday, thanks Milk Team!
Movie Night
We had a great turnout for our Movie Night on Thursday, we raised $460 that will go towards our school snack program. Thank you to our fantastic volunteer group who ran the evening and all the students and parents who came out to support our school and enjoy the movie!
French Review
With over 90,000 students in Core French and another 28,000 students in French Immersion/Extended French programs come system successes and challenges. We are proud of the Board’s successes in retention rate, inclusion of students with special education needs as well as accessibility and transportation. At the same time, challenges include multiple entry points, equity of access, and transportation.
As part of the Director’s Response to the Enhanced Equity Task Force Report, a review of all French Programs will begin in Spring 2018. In collaboration with the TDSB Research Department, this review will focus on the current status of all French Programs, including the structure, content of the teaching and learning, and policies and procedures related to French. We look forward to receiving feedback about the successes and challenges of the various French Programs through face-to-face consultation with parents/guardians, Trustees, staff, students and community members and an online survey (available soon!).
View last year's report here: Annual Report: Enrolment, Successes, Challenges of French Programs.
You are invited to join any of the consultation meetings available throughout May 2018. All meetings will be led by TDSB staff and held in the school cafeteria from 7 to 9 p.m.
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LOCATION
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Tuesday, May 1
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Danforth CTI (800 Greenwood Avenue)
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Thursday, May 3
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Etobicoke CI (86 Montgomery Road)
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Tuesday, May 15
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Birchmount Park CI (3663 Danforth Avenue)
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Thursday, May 17
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Northview Heights SS (550 Finch Avenue W)
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Thursday, May 24
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Advisory Committees Consultation
(5050 Yonge Street - Committee Room A) |
Wednesday, May 30
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John Polanyi CI (640 Lawrence Avenue W)
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Questions?
For more information, please contact:
SCIENCE RENDEZVOUS IS AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL THAT TAKES SCIENCE OUT OF THE LAB AND ONTO THE STREET!
Science Rendezvous is Full STEAM Ahead! Saturday, May 12, 2018, and you are invited to event sites across the country as we showcase the Art in Science. This FREE kick-off festival for Science Odyssey week will be the most fun your family will have with science all year!
Science Rendezvous takes science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) research and innovation out of the lab and onto the street for you to discover and experience. Stage shows, robotics, virtual reality, INVENTours, large-scales experiments and demonstrations, science buskers and Science Chase races are designed to delight and excite the young and the young at heart. Hands on experiments, make-and-take projects, and demonstrations will allow you and your family to participate, and really get in the action. Slime, liquid nitrogen ice-cream, fire tornados, walking on water, and explosions are some of our favourite activities!
To stay informed with Gerri, please sign up for her e-newsletter at www.tdsb.on.ca/gershon and read her Newsletters - Quick Communicator. Follow her on Twitter @gerrigershon, for all sorts of useful information about education. For system wide news about the TDSB, visit www.tdsb.on.ca/TDSBupdate.
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