Hello Owen Families,

On Friday, your child came home with these beautiful fanny packs donated by Barry Cohen. A big thank you to Barry and his team. It's a generous gift that will be very useful for our students! We wanted parents to see the fanny packs students will be using at school to keep their extra masks and other items during recess and throughout the day. Please add a few extra clean masks in their fanny packs and have them return them back to school on Monday. With the wet weather, the extra masks are very helpful.

Thank you again Barry Cohen and to Mike Youssef and family for organizing this for the school. The little helpers did a fantastic job!

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Superintendent Chasty's Retirement:

We would like to thank Superintendent Chasty for all his support and work he has done in our Learning Network, and in particular with Owen PS. We wish him well as he explores a new part of his life after TDSB. Mr. Chasty, you will be missed!

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Holiday Hampers:

Thank you to those who donated through School Cash-Online. Unfortunately we are not allowed to do our fundraising collection in this way. Elizabeth has refunded everyone who has donated.

We are permitted to collect gift cards.

Every year Owen has put together Holiday Hampers for St. Vincent de Paul to support some of our Owen families and families within the community. During this pandemic holiday season, we will continue to support these families with gift cards to various retailers to help them through the holiday season.

If you’d like, you can donate gift cards from any of the following places. You can donate in denominations of: $10, $25 or $50. You can also donate multiple denominations. Fundraising will end Monday December 14th, 2020.

Thank you for sharing the holiday spirit and lending a helping hand!

~ Owen Office Staff

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Hour of Code

This year we've learned that Computer Science is more important than ever to build the future we want, and creating that future takes all of us! Join us for Hour of Code 2020 this year, Dec. 7-13. Learn more about our Hour of Code.

We have been sharing these Creativity Videos with our students during our morning announcements to inspire them to be creative. You can try the Activities by Grade at home with your child and see how they can expand their own thinking.

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Neighbourhood Break-Ins

There had been few unfortunate break-in cases in our neighborhood. Most recently, on Munro, Gordon Road and Upper Canada had been the victims of these crimes.

These are pictures captured by the security camera. If you have any information (license plate number or etc), please contact the police. Watch out for Ford F-150 Blue Truck.

Thank you parents for looking out for one another!

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What's Up Walk In Clinics: Free Virtual Mental Health Counselling

Thanks Catherine Lyall (Owen School Social Worker) for providing this resource.

Need to talk?

Free Virtual Mental Health Counselling

To be connected to a counsellor for a telephone or video session please call MHTO at 1-866-585-6486 Monday to Friday 9AM – 7PM.

Immediate mental health counselling for children, youth, young adults and their families, and families with infants is available at the What’s Up Walk-In® Clinic.

No issue is too small or too big. We can help.

For contact information, hours and language preferences visit,

https://www.whatsupwalkin.ca/service-providers/

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Grade 5 Parent Grad Committee:

The parent grad committee has started to gather ideas for ways to celebrate our grads. Please add your name to the link below so they can collect information and connect with the parents of the graduating class.

https://forms.gle/qgzb3c4KqZtwgyLW9

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