Dear Parents/Guardians,
It's been very strange weather over the last week. Please don't put hats and mitts away just yet! Please check the weather and dress your child appropriately to avoid.
In order to keep students safe, please help in the following ways:
We would like to remind parents that supervision begins at 8:55 am. There is no supervision prior to that. Students should not be dropped off at school prior to this time for safety reasons.
Our front loop traffic has been improving and we thank parents for continuing the kiss and ride procedures put in place. A reminder to parents that if you need to park, there is plenty of street parking all around the school.
We would also like to remind parents that there is no supervision after 3:40 pm. If you are a few minutes late, students will be brought to the office to wait for parents. Parents can come to the front door (entrance 1) to pick up their child from the office. If you know you will be more than 15 mins later, please arrange for one of your emergency contacts to come to the school to pick up your child. The office will be calling late parents frequently to inquire the arrival time of the parent or guardian.
Our students', staff and Owen families' safety is a priority. Thank you to the community for watching out for others and reporting any vehicles doing unsafe things. We appreciate your support and care when it comes to safety.
~ Your Friendly Admin Team
Welcome Quinten Sim, our new Head Caretaker! Mr Quintin has joined our Owen staff and brings experience from a variety of schools. Please drop by and day hello when you see him.
As we are beginning the process for next year please let us know if your child will be moving to another school. We want to make sure their Ontario Student Records (OSR) or any other important information gets forwarded to their new school. If students are moving out of the province, their OSR will stay at Owen and can be retrieved if they return to Ontario.
Grade 5 students graduating will also need to complete this form.
Please complete the form by May 1st, 2023.
As we are beginning the process for next year please let us know if your child will be moving to another school. We want to make sure their Ontario Student Records (OSR) or any other important information gets forwarded to their new school. If students are moving out of the province, their OSR will stay at Owen and can be retrieved if they return to Ontario.
Grade 5 students graduating will also need to complete this form.
Please complete the form by May 1st, 2023.
The TDSB Arts Department and the Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement invite you to Panfest Vybz: A Celebration of Music, Arts, and Community on Thursday, May 4, 6-8 p.m. at 2239 Lawrence Ave E, Scarborough in the Winston Churchill CI Auditorium and the Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement. The event will include a concert featuring the Pan Fantasy Steel Band and WCCI student steel pan performers and a series of Arts workshops with light refreshments. Please RSVP below by April 28, 2023.
Date: Thursday, May 4, 2023, 6-8PM
Location: Winston Churchill CI, 2239 Lawrence Ave E, Scarborough, ON M1P 2P7
6:00 p.m. Student and community workshops and refreshments in Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement
7:00 p.m. Concert featuring Pan Fantasy Steel Band and WCCI students in Auditorium
Please click here to RSVP by April 28 or call 647-229-0426
For further information please contact the Centrally Assigned Principal for the Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement, Jeffrey Caton at Jeffrey.Caton@tdsb.on.ca or Centrally Assigned Principal of Learning Transformation and Equity, Mervi Salo at Mervi.Salo@tdsb.on.ca
- class models and an overview of the process
- general behaviour at school
- Learning Opportunity Index and what this means to Owen
- change in parent council executives
- ways to encourage more parent involvement
- upcoming events
- other important announcements
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JiJi Sudoku Puzzles
JiJi and Sudoku? There's another winning combination!
With JiJi Sudoku puzzles, you can have your child test their logic and reasoning skills by matching each colored JiJi to the right square.
Download one of the following sudoku puzzles below:
You can use clues from the given colors to fill in the blank squares, and make sure a single color only appears once per row, column, and section 2x3 or 3x3). Find more detailed instructions, facilitation ideas, and the answer key here.
TDSB’s Summer Music & Art Camp 2023
The TDSB Summer Music and Art Camps are open to young artists and musicians of all skill levels and offers a variety of programs including band, orchestra, strings and individual instruction. Campers will have the opportunity to improve their skills, make new friends, and perform in a final concert at the end of the camp. Don’t miss this chance to spend your summer making music and having fun!
Registration Information
Program Dates: July 4 to July 28, 2023
- Registration is online. To fill out an application, please click on the registration form link for a school below.
- Most classes run for three (3) hours from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., except for four (4) full day sites that run 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. which include: Greenholme JMS, Oakridge PS, Rose Avenue JPS and Yorkwoods PS.
- The remote (online) program is NOT associated with a particular school. Students who are registered will be grouped by grade and assigned an online teacher.
Health and Safety
The TDSB takes direction from the Ministry of Education and Toronto Public Health related to Covid-19 protocols. We will continue to keep you informed of any direction changes that impact our programming, which may include the transition to fully remote. All established health and safety precautions will continue through the summer. For more information and resources about in-person learning, please visit, TDSB Health and Safety Section.
Devices for online learning
The Continuing Education Department will not be supplying students with digital devices for its summer programs. For TDSB students who need access to a device for the summer, they may request to borrow one from their home school. Non-TDSB students will need to provide their own digital devices to support their online learning. Here is more information about TDSB digital learning tools.
Please note - there are limited spaces available for both in-person and remote programs.
For more information check out the TDSB Elementary Summer School Website.
April is coming soon ... and we are announcing a new monthly special!
Chicken Shawarma Wrap
(halal friendly)
or
Falafel Wrap
All Specials are available on the days we service your school from April 3 - 28, 2023. http:///www.kidskitchen.ca
- Genocide Awareness Month
- Latin-America History Month (see also October Hispanic Heritage Month)
- Sikh Heritage Month
- World Autism Month
- Ramadan
- Easter
- Passover
During the Month of April, TDSB observes Genocide Awareness Month. Genocide Awareness is part of the Combatting Hate and Racism Student Learning Strategy.
"Strategic Directions:
• Create a Culture for Student and Staff Well-Being
• Transform Student Learning
• Provide Equity of Access to Learning Opportunities for All Students
• Build Strong Relationships and Partnerships Within School Communities to Support Student
Learning and Well-Being"
"Latin America History Month is proudly recognized at the TDSB during the month of April because of a motion passed through our Board of Trustees in 2016. This year the theme to mark Latin America History Month is (Decolonizing) Latin America History Month & Beyond: Honouring & Uplifting the Real Hxstories and Multiplicities of Our Identities." https://www.tdsb.on.ca/home/ctl/Details/mid/43823/itemId/90
"Sikh Heritage Month has proudly been recognized at the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) during the month of April since 2016. The TDSB became the first school board in Canada to designate April of each year as Sikh Heritage Month. This designation matches the recognition by the Province of Ontario that proclaimed the Sikh Heritage Month Act in December 2013, and the recognition proclaimed by the Government of Canada on April 30, 2019. Sikh Heritage Month is recognized nationally across Canada.
Sikh Canadians have lived in Ontario since the turn of the twentieth century. They have made significant contributions to the growth and prosperity of Ontario and their traditions and culture continues to be a vibrant part of every aspect of life of Canadians today." https://www.tdsb.on.ca/home/ctl/Details/mid/43823/itemId/89
"Ramadan is the most sacred month of the year in Islamic culture. Muslims observe the month of Ramadan, to mark that Allah, or God, gave the first chapters of the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad in 610, according to the Times of India. During Ramadan, Muslims fast, abstain from pleasures and pray to become closer to God. It is also a time for families to gather and celebrate." https://www.livescience.com/61815-what-is-ramadan.html
Some Days of Significance in the coming week are:
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The list of Days of Significance that the TDSB recognizes can be found by clicking the link.
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