Owen Online Newsletter: Owen Family Update

Hello Owen Families,

We hope our families had an opportunity to spend International Family Day this weekend with the beautiful weather. We also hope our students who celebrated Eid enjoyed the special day. We have 6 weeks left of school with about half of it still in remote learning. With the announcement this week of the extension of the shutdown, schools will continue to be online.

We are still in the 3rd wave and we need to keep going! Please make sure if you go to the park , you are keeping a distance and wearing a mask if you are within 6 feet of others outside your household. The stay at home order has been extended to June 2nd.

We continue to check in on the school and are excited to see the flowers and trees grow and the field restoration take place. You will see the spaces fenced off with new sod in place and ready to grow.

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OWEN FAMILY PIZZA AND BINGO NIGHT

We will be providing another fun and eventful evening for Owen families on May 19th at 7 pm with our Pizza and Bingo Night.

To sign up for this exciting event, please register below by clicking on the link:

Bingo Registration

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Assessment and Evaluation During Remote Learning
Over the next few weeks, staff will be accumulating evidence of learning from January for the final report cards in June.  This will comprise assessments and evaluations from a mix of in person and remote learning.  Assessments could be in the form of what the teacher sees in class based on questions asked by the teacher, or some anecdotal notes on general progress of the student. These may not have marks assigned but observational notes or checklists for understanding.   Evaluations may look like quizzes, tests, projects, presentations or writing pieces and typically have a mark assigned and is based on INDEPENDENT WORK.  

We understand that this has been a difficult time and especially for those in which focus has always been difficult.  If there is not enough evidence to demonstrate achievement in an area of the curriculum, students will receive an incomplete mark (I) on the report card. Students on exemptions are required to complete asynchronous work from the google classrooms and submitted to the teacher for evaluation. 

Here are some suggestions to help ensure there is evidence of learning during remote learning:
Keep your child's camera on during class.  It is difficult for the teacher to assess oral communication or whether students are understanding the lessons. 
Parents can assist their child with technical difficulties but not with classwork.  If students are working on an assessment/evaluation and they have a question, have your child advocate for themselves by asking the teacher, not the parent asking the teacher.  Treat this as if they were at school.  
Remove distractions for your child.  If they have other devices that have video games, remove them until the weekend or if they have free time once their work is complete.
Check Google Classroom/Brightspace for assignments, posted work/lessons and calendar events.  Ask your child how to view these.  This will help those students on exemptions to know what they can submit.  If you have technical difficulties, contact TDSB IT Support.
If your child is having difficulties, contact your child's classroom teacher to discuss alternate solutions.  Office hours or modified assignments may help your child complete their work.  If you have any questions about your child's progress or program, please their teacher.

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Yearbook Cover Winners
Congratulations to Matvey (Gr 4 Price) who will have his design on the front cover of the yearbook.  Please see this link for the runner up and other winners per grade. Congratulations to all!


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Purchase Your Yearbook on Cash Online
The Yearbooks are on sale and the deadline is May 25th 2021.  You can purchase a yearbook for $21 through School Cash Online.  If you have any questions about purchases or cash online, please contact erzsebet.balint@tdsb.on.ca. 

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Chicken Soup, Chicken Soup
If you have a family favourite chicken soup, you can submit it to the email below.  Some of the recipes will be chosen to be included in the TDSB recipe book!


Send in your favourite recipes!  For more information check out 
CHICKEN SOUP, CHICKEN SOUP

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OWEN FAMILY PIZZA AND BINGO NIGHT

We will be providing another fun and eventful evening for Owen families on May 19th at 7 pm with our Pizza and Bingo Night.

To sign up for this exciting event, please register below by clicking on the link:

Bingo Registration

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OWEN GRADE 5 GRADUATION- SAVE THE DATE

JUNE 23rd @ 10 am

more details to follow

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IXL Personalized Learning Free Trial

https://ca.ixl.com/membership/teachers/

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Call for June...Italian Heritage Month

There are several contests and opportunities to celebrate Italian Heritage Month. You can share your Italian Heritage in various ways;

An attachment of these are also included in the email.

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Moving out of Owen? (Including Grade 5 Grads)

If your child will be moving schools, please fill out the form below to help us know where to transfer your child's information. Please fill this out by the end of March so we can estimate the enrolment for next year.

This includes Grade 5 graduates who are moving onto Middle School.

http://bit.ly/MovingOutOfOwen