Ms. Theresa Owens

towens@stgabriel.net 

Education:

• Masters Degree, Elementary Education, University of Louisville

• Bachelors Degree, Elementary Education, University of Louisville 

• Master of Catechesis, Archdiocese of Louisville                                                                         

Experience:

• 5th Grade,  20 years, St. Gabriel School

• 2nd Grade, 6 years, St. Gabriel School

• 6th Grade, 2 years, St. Athanasius School

Biography:

Ms. Theresa Owens is a native Kentuckian, born and raised in Louisville, where she attended St. Athanasius Grade School and Moore High School.  She has been teaching 28 years and has won three science grants.   She is currently teaching Science and Social Studies.  

Ms. Owens has three children.  The family are  members of the  parish.  Her oldest is beginning his third year at Centre College.  He will be studying in England for the first part of the year.  Her middle child is beginning her second year in college at Millikin University in Illinois.   Her youngest is starting her third year in high school.      

 Homework and general information!

Science:  1.  Water cycle family experiment due on Tuesday.  Fill out the back of the sheet and have a parent sign the front stating you did the experiment.  2.  Quiz planned for next Wednesday.  3.  New program starting:  Students will select a booklet each week to read about any chapter they choose in our Science series.  The may choose from three levels:  easy, on level, and advanced.  They will complete a worksheet to go with the booklet they choose and will turn them in on Fridays.  The first one won't be due until next Friday.  They will have time after lunch to read these booklets in school but may also take them home. 

Social Studies:  1.  Week 16 due on Tuesday.  Study vocabulary and be able to compare and contrast the southwest and Northwest people.   

Please check this out to help protect the children:

I will be staying after school to work with individuals or groups in my subjects until 3:30.  I am planning on staying to assist students on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Please send a note to your teacher  or email me stating that your child will be staying after.  You will pick up your child at the back doors facing the Pre-K house.  

 Students are allowed to bring in fresh vegetables to quietly munch on in my classes only.  They should be washed, dried, cut up into small pieces and fit into a small sandwich bag.  Examples include:  carrot or celery sticks, green pepper strips, raw green beans, brocolli crowns, or cauliflower buds.  NO dips, salt, pepper, etc. will be allowed.  Eating vegetables is not mandatory and will be revoked if it becomes a distraction to the class.  

http://allkindsofminds.org/documents/Homework.pdf     - Homework tips.

Parents,
 Just a reminder . . . .when you log on to Power School to check your child’s grades, please remember to do so as YOU and NOT as your child.  Power School lets me know when you log-on and check your child’s grades.  This way I know you are staying informed.  If you have misplaced your personal log-in information contact Mrs. Kremer at skremer@stgabriel.net .  She will be happy to forward that information to you.  Thanks for you
cooperation and support in educating your child.

For those interested in checking on the reading level  of written work, I have posted the following directions:
To learn the reading level of an article:
 Click on the “tools” icon
Click on “options”
Click “spelling and grammar”
Under the grammar section, click “show readability statistics”
The next time that you click on spelling & grammar on your toolbar you will get your statistics for that piece of work
 This can be used for any type of writing the students use or any piece of writing online