Starting Monday, our Spirit Council is running a Food Drive until Friday, November 23rd. Our goal is to have each student bring in two food items to donate to the Daily Bread Food Bank. The following is a list of food items we can donate, no peanut butter at school please!
Hey Owen! This is a message from the Eco Club. The city wants you to help reduce single-use & takeaway items. Tell the city what you think by taking this survey. All surveys must be completed by October 28th, 2018. Make your voice count and remember to always be eco- friendly! Reducing Single-Use & Takeaway Items Survey
Dear Owen families,
It is that time of year again...Fall l’Affaire 2018!
Owen’s adult only evening of fun, food and friendship.
This fundraiser event includes hors d’oeuvres, silent auction, live art auction (art made by Owens’ students), sweet table and cash bar.
It will be held on Thursday November 8th, 7 to 11pm at McLean House - Estates of Sunnybrook,135 Armistice Dr, North York M4N 1J8
You can support Owen in a number of ways:
- Come out and enjoy the evening with other Owen families. Tickets are $50/person and can be purchased at: https://www.owenpublicschool.ca/fall/
- Make a cash sponsorship to the school. Please refer to the 2018 Fall l’Affaire Sponsorship Form for the various sponsorship levels (see attachment).
- Donate items for the Silent Auction, such as sporting event tickets, golf gift certificates, theatre tickets, restaurant gift certificates, music, sports or art lessons, gift Baskets, electronics, and so on. Your company name and logo will appear on the bid sheet along with a minimum bid value to start the ball rolling (see attachment).
We hope to see you all at this great fundraising event! If you have any questions regarding the event or how to make your contribution, please contact me directly at: helenmsgeorgiou@gmail.com
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NEW BOOKS WANTED FOR OUR LIBRARY!
Hello Owen families! Below you will find a link to our Owen Public School book donation registry. Please consider purchasing a new book to help enrich our school library. Thank you for your support! You can also find our registry by visiting the Indigo website, clicking on registry and search for registry Owen Public School.
Early French Immersion Program:
The application process for the Early French Immersion program opens on Oct. 29 and the deadline is Nov. 26. Applications are made the year a child is in Junior Kindergarten (or is of Junior Kindergarten age) for entry in Senior Kindergarten. It is an entirely online process.
Information Nights have been scheduled and can be viewed here
Information Nights have been scheduled and can be viewed here
Extra curricular activities are offered by teachers outside instructional time to enhance students' learning and to create opportunities for leadership and community building. Student clubs and committees are offered throughout the year. This chart will be kept up to date of any new clubs/committees added throughout the year.
Name of Club
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Teachers Involved
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Student Grade/Division Applicable
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Location
(Rm number)
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Day of the Week
&
Time of Day
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FLL Club
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Ms Smyth
Ms Antoniou
Mme Vezina
Mme Hammond
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Grades 4-5
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TBD
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(Fall 2018)
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FLL Jr. Club
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Ms Smyth
Ms Antoniou
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Grade 3
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TBD
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(Spring 2019)
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Eco Club
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M. McArthur, Ms. Lam & Ms. Payne
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Grades 1-5
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111
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Tuesdays - 12:00 PM all year.
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Maths Club
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Mme Balaban
Mme Ching
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Grades 3-5
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110
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Thursday -12 pm, October-April
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French Choir
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Mme Bourassa- Wilson
Mme Ching
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FI grades 1-5
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108-109
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Wednesdays
October - March
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Chess Club
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Ms Coutts
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Grades 2-5
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Upstairs room
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Nov - March, Mondays
Tournament is in March
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Graffiti Club
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M. Price
Ms. Montemurro
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Grades 2-5
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116
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Thursdays at lunch
October-June
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Poetry Club
(for submission to Urban Voices)
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Ms. Burchell
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Grades 3-5
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113
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December-January
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Dance Club
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Mme. Hammond
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Grades 1-5
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TBD
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January - April
Thursdays @ Lunch
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Recorder Club
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Ms. Jagger
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Grades 3-5
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E.S.L. room
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(October 11, 2018) Thursdays @ Lunch
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Spirit Council
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Mr. Miles
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Gr. 4/5
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Library
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TBA
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Read & Write Gold @ Home
Read and Write Gold is designed to provide literacy support for students. It supports a Universal Design of Learning model which aids students in accessing the curriculum and completing reading, writing and research assignments. When used in conjunction with other applications, Read & Write allows students to experience greater independence and promotes inclusive classroom practices. This software incorporates the functionality of many pieces of software. As a result, it eliminates the need for students to train on multiple technologies. Some features of Read & Write Gold include;
- Speech Feedback
- Research Tools and Graphic Organizer
- Word Prediction / Phonetic Spell Checker
- Talking Dictionary / Homonym Support
- Audio File Creation
- French Translator
- Calculator: Standard and Scientific
- Scanning Capabilities
To access it at home, instructions can be found here: https://sites.google.com/tdsb.on.ca/tdsbat/read-write/read-and-write-installs-at-home-for-ios-mac-and-windows-machines
Lunch Milk Program
Did you know that your student can get milk at lunch? The milk program is going to start on Tuesday, September 18th. You can purchase tickets for milk at http://www.schoolcashonline.ca The tickets will be available for sale on a monthly basis.
- November tickets – on sale Oct 26 – Nov 1, delivered Nov 5th
- December tickets – on sale Nov 23 – 29, delivered Dec 3rd
Would you consider helping with the milk program? We need two more adult volunteers to share the supervisory duties. We are looking for adults to fill the following spots:
- alternating Tuesdays 11:20-12:00 or
- alternating Thursdays 11:20-12:00
If you have any questions or concerns, please send an email to owenmilkprogram@outlook.com and please include your child's name, grade and teacher.
Thank you,
The milk team
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