Owen Family Update - Week of June 7th, 2021

 Hello Owen Families,

It was a beautiful weekend and we hope you had some downtime with the family.  Staff are busy working hard doing last minute marking and working on report cards.

In the wake of the tragic discovery of the unmarked graves of 215 Indigenous children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, our hearts are heavy and we stand together with all Indigenous leaders, families, students, and communities and collectively mourn.

In Honour of the Truth and Reconciliation Call For Action, we ask all students, staff and parents  to wear orange or wear an orange ribbon, in respect of these lives lost to show that we are all committed to reconciliation and action.

This Monday June 7, 2021 will be Orange Shirt Day @Owen PS

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Art with Ms Elizabeth and Ms Lupita

Thank you Ms Elizabeth and Ms Lupita for inspiring our students with your artistic talent!

We look forward to having you offer your activities again during our lunch and after school programs next year.

With the busy year ending Ms Elizabeth will busy helping us prepare for next year. Thank you Ms Elizabeth!

Ms Lupita will continue her drawing sessions for the next two weeks. Students in Gr 3-5 are welcome to join as well.

You can find Ms Lupita's session from 3:10 pm - 3:40 pm for Grades 1-5.

Zoom Link: https://tdsb-ca.zoom.us/j/96697728792?pwd=MGRsRUFLaUJKK3pIaUMxdFc2V1F0UT09 Meeting ID: 966 9772 8792 - Passcode: 756359

Students in Grades 3-5 can also join Ms Lupita's zumba from 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm if you'd like

Zoom link: https://tdsb-ca.zoom.us/j/96587676677?pwd=YlgyTDBuSjM4NWI4SmQ0L0RnaFJHUT09  

Meeting ID: 965 8767 6677

Passcode: Fun

Thank you Ms Lupita!

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Front Garden - Hostas Restored!

A big thank you to those who donated Hostas to the front garden.  We are fortunate to have Polina and our alumni helpers restore the hostas.  Thank you everyone for continuing to beautiful our Owen space.

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Prime Minister, Premier and Mayor Recognize
Owen’s Own William Couper

Congratulations William! William (3FI) was presented with an award for having reached the level of grammar, vocabulary and reading 4 ½ years ahead of his grade level based on Kumon standards. Prime Minister Trudeau, Premier Ford, and Mayor Tory have written letters of congratulations. The prestigious award from Kumon, “Elite Reader” G by 4,was achieved by William while in grade 3. William is

passionate about reading as well as speaks English, Farsi, French and is learning Mandarin and Spanish. Attending last Thursday’s ceremony were Cheryl Oliver-

Linton, Executive Director of Owen Community Learning Centre (OCLC), Madame Balaban, William’s teacher, Ms. Rosenbloom and Linh Tran, the owner of the Bayview-York Mills Kumon franchise, who presented the award.

William’s passion for learning began in our OCLC at age 3. His proud parents attribute William’s incredible achievement to his hard work and determination to do his best as well as to the extraordinary teachers of Owen and the comprehensive Kumon program. Congratulations William!

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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 

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Summer Camps

There are many summer programs going on including our lunch and after school provider  Explore It! Be sure to check what is available as some may be online and some may be in person.

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Student News

Gr 2 Ms Goldstein

Mana's art

If you have photos, student work or family activities you would like to share on the Owen Online for next week, please email them to jamie.parkes@tdsb.on.ca.

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