Dear Parents/Guardians,
We've had a very busy week with our school reorganization. Students will be going through a transitional period and will receive lots of support from their peers, staff and parents. We will not be making any changes to classes to allow the time for adjustment for the entire class. Teachers will be doing activities to ensure all students feel like they belong.
Here are a few things you can do to support your child during this time:
- Keep the conversations positive - Ask, "What was great about your day today?".
- Arrange playdates with kids in the class.
- Ask your child how they can help a new student feel like they belong in the classroom
- Keep communication open between your child and your teacher. Your teacher sees your child a lot throughout the day and the interactions within the classroom.
~ Your Friendly Neighbourhood Admin Team
6:45 pm - 7:10 pm - Classroom Session 2 (repeat)
7:15 pm - 7:45 pm - Admin Session (Library)
Calling all parents, guardians, grandparents and caregivers. We need your help please! Tuesday morning at 9:30 is our annual Terry Fox Run. We need adults along the route to help cheer our students and direct traffic. Please email Ericka.Goldstein@tdsb.on.ca if you are able to help us out that morning.
Every year, schools across Canada hold a Terry Fox event to raise money for cancer research. We are pleased to announce that Owen's Terry Fox Run/Walk is here! Parents need to be sure to fill in the on-line Walking Excursion form on "Permission Click" in order for your child to participate on the neighbourhood walk. (see instructions below)
We appreciate parents' generosity over the years and this year we will continue with past tradition in asking for parents and students to collect pledges from family and friends. This year, our goal is $1000 and you can donate in support of cancer research while building fantastic school spirit! Thank you for supporting our school in the fight against cancer and showing your no-quit attitude in honour of Terry!
Terry never quit on his dream of a world without cancer, and neither will we. To date, Owen has collected approximately $690.00 the Terry Fox foundation! Let's exceed our goal!
Early Entry
Please note that we have an early entry bell at 9:04 am to give time to settle and prepare for Period 1 at 9:10 am. Students arriving after 9:10 am will be considered late.
Please note that early dismals are a big disruption to the instructional time in the classroom. As the end of the day is extremely busy with busses, pick ups at the door, daycare pick ups and after school programs, we ask that parents do not disrupt the end of the day and are to pick up children by 3:00 pm if they have to leave early. If students are leaving on a regular basis, please send a note stating the reason so we may record it in our attendance.
We had our first hybrid Parent Council meeting on September 28th. Thank you for those who joined us online and those who came out for our very first in person meeting in two years!
We would like to introduce our new Parent Council Exec.
Treasurer: Jessica Adedire (jessicakande@gmail.com)
We will continue with the hybrid model for future meetings. Here are the dates for the remaining meetings. We hope you can join us!
All meetings are from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm - Oct 19, Nov 16, Feb 8, Apr 26, May 17
Days of Significance
October is:
- Hispanic Heritage Month (City of Toronto)
- International Walk to School Month
- Islamic Heritage Month
- Somalian Heritage Month
- Women’s History Month
Some Days of Significance in the coming week are:
Saturday October 1st is International Day for Older Persons (United Nations)
Saturday October 1st - Wednesday October 5th is Durga Puja (Hinduism)
Sunday October 2 is Megregan (Zoroastrian)
Tuesday October 4th is Sisters in Spirit Day (Status of Women Canada)
Wednesday October 5th is Yom Kippur (Judaism), TDSB Walk to School Day and World Teachers' Day
Saturday October 8th is Mawlid-al-Nabi (Prophet's Birthday - Islam)
The list of Days of Significance that the TDSB recognizes can be found by clicking the link.
Thanks to those who have already completed the Start of Year Online Permission Forms. These were sent in an email to the parent/guardian who is the primary or secondary contact (Priority 1 or 2). The email included a link to complete these forms for each of your children. The sender was “TDSB Online Form (noreply@tdsb.on.ca)” and the subject line contained the School Name, Student Name, Date and name of the form (eg. TDSB School - John Doe - Sept 25: Start of Year Form 2021/2022).
Here is a tutorial for the Start of the Year forms that will help guide parents through this process.
The forms/procedures that have been provided in digital format are:
- PR088 - Acceptable Use of Information Technology Resources
- PR511H - Walking Excursion - Immediate Community
- PR511E - Medical Information for Excursions
- PR511K - Physical Education Information and Intramural Information/Permission
- PR519A - Severe Weather Conditions: Permission to Leave School
- PR529B - Student Media Consent Release Form
- PR563 - Anaphylaxis
- PR571 - Code of On-line Conduct
- PR585 - Board Code of Conduct
- PR607 - Diabetes Management
- PR714 - Asthma Management
- TDSB Digital Learning Tool Consent Form (now mandatory for all grades)
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If you are available and would like to volunteer, please contact Michelle Tobin at michelle.tobin-krofchick@tdsb.on.ca.
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