Owen Family Update- Week of June 20th, 2022

 Dear Owen Parents/Guardians,

This is the penultimate week of the 2021-22 school year!  We have an outdoor "playday" on Monday, and all parents are reminded that their kids need a hat, sunscreen, a water bottle, and a change of clothes (as they may get wet!)

Our highly successful Pizza Lunch program has finished for the year.  There are no more scheduled lunches for this year, but look for them to begin again in September.  A monumental thank you to the organizers of the pizza lunch program, and all of the parent and student volunteers who made it an outstanding (and lucrative) success. 

Popcorn day returns this week on Friday.  

*** As a reminder, you need to email the office and your child's classroom teacher PRIOR to the start of the school day of any early pick-ups or appointments.  This also shouldn't be done during the last period of the day.   Please help our office staff out with this, as sometimes, they are at work in other areas and unavailable to help.  

*** This also applies to those who ride the bus.  If you plan on picking your child up, and not have them ride, the teacher and the office needs to know before the start of the day.   Calls that come in at the last minute may be missed.  We had 2 incidents last week where kids got on the bus, but parents arrived to pick them up.  This delays the bus for everyone, and other schools as well (depending on the route). 

- Sima and Jamie 

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Toronto Public Library Summer Programs:   TD Summer Reading Club

 The Summer Reading Club is Canada’s biggest, bilingual summer reading program for kids of all ages, interests, and abilities. This free Club is offered at all of our Toronto Public Library branches. The Club celebrates Canadian authors, illustrators and stories, and inspires kids to explore the fun of reading their way, with the goal of building a lifelong love of reading.  Kids can visit a Toronto Public Library branch to pick up their free reading kit to track their reading.    The TD Summer Reading Club kids’ website will go live on June 13 attdsummerreadingclub.ca 

Toronto Public Library Summer Wonder 

From June 13 to September 3, kids can participate in arts and STEM based programs in both English and French at Toronto Public Library branches and online. Programs and workshops are designed to keep kids ages 6-12 years engaged in reading and learning year round. Families can find all of these program listings online at tpl.ca/summerwonder  

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 Family and Caregiver Early Literacy Website

As part of our commitment to early reading, Early Years has developed a family and caregiver website to encourage families and caregivers to explore early literacy in their home and community.  This website supplements the Family and Caregiver Guide that was released last week that outlines the vision of early reading in the TDSB in partnership with families and communities.  Both the website and the Guide are led by our vision of families and provide an overview of foundational early reading skills and essential instructional approaches.  Suggestions of strategies for families and caregivers are shared in both resources that  extend, respond and honour children’s competencies in early literacy behaviours.

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 Student News

PIZZA ROBOT PROJECT

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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