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OTSEGO ELEMENTARY EXTRA
September 4, 2015
Our Students, Our Community, Our Success
D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education)
Program Begins
4 DAY ROTATION SCHEDULE
We have Black, Orange, White and Gray days at
Otsego Elementary. No, its not the weather or the
mood of the principal, but our rotating schedule.
Due to the success of the 4 Day Rotation Schedule
last year, we are continuing the format this year.
Rotating the schedule allows us consistent
intervention/enrichment time with students as well
as teacher team collaboration. If this is new to you,
be assured that the kids tend to remember the
schedule better than the adults! Additionally, the
year long rotation schedule is available on the
website and attached with this newsletter. If you
would like your child to keep an extra pair of tennis
shoes at school, that is perfectly fine as K-2 students
each have a cubbie in their class and 3-5 students
have a locker for storage.
STANDARDS BASED
GRADING
As your child begins to bring home graded papers
you will see a numbered marking system used in
grades K-5. Students are marked on how well they
are progressing on the standards as follows:
4 Consistently demonstrates mastery of the standard
3 Approaching mastery of the standard
2 Partial achievement of the standard
1 Not meeting the standard
Grading this way provides parents greater feedback
on how your child is doing based upon the standards
at each grade level. Student grades and report
cards will be available to you through online Power
School. Letters went home with students last week
with parent user name and password.
Deputy Brian Ruckstuhl, our Resource Officer, met with

all fifth grade classes this week to begin the D.A.R.E.
program. Many staff members throughout our building
helped kick-off the 5th grade program by sporting their
DARE T-shirts. During the next 12 weeks, students will
spend approximately one hour each week focusing on
decision making, handling risky situations, responding to
peer pressure, signs of stress, bullying and
communicating effectively.
SCHOOL PICTURES
School pictures have already arrived and were sent
home with students this week. If you had pictures taken
but forgot to order, you will receive a proof of your
students picture with information on how to order.
Those who could not attend Back to School Days will
have pictures taken on September 21. This is retake day
for the district. Also, we needed to wait on all students
for a class picture. Hence, those will be sent later.
GRANDPARENT DAY
We will be celebrating Grandparents/Special Persons
Day at Otsego Elementary School on Wednesday,
September 16th. This year we will be holding an Open
House event at the elementary school from 5:00 6:00
p.m. Come see your grandchilds classroom, tour the
school, and see the playground! No RSVP needed.
S-P-E-L-L-T-H-A-T
Important Dates
If you are new to the district and are looking for weekly spelling
lists, you wont find them. However, spelling instruction for
OES is still happening in OES classrooms. We now know that
providing a spelling list on a Monday, practicing through the
week (often by copying words or using in sentences) and then
taking a test on Friday is not best practice. Instead, teachers are
using research-based, best practices in a variety of ways. They
guide students through studying how words sound, patterns
and structures and then immediately apply that during reading
and writing. When embedded into daily work, spelling will
become meaningful and not an isolated skill. Spelling
instruction is included in the Common Core Standards and
therefore happening in our classrooms. So when you dont find
those lists, know students are receiving spelling instruction
every day in classrooms.
Sept. 7
Sept. 8
Sept. 8
Sept. 16
Sept. 16
Sept. 21
Sept. 22
Sept. 29
Oct. 6
Oct. 9
Oct. 12
Oct. 20
Oct. 23
Oct. 23
Oct. 30
Nov. 3
Nov. 5-6
Nov. 5-13
Nov. 17
Nov. 24
Nov. 25-27
Dec. 1
Dec. 3
Dec. 4
Dec. 14
Dec. 14-16
Dec. 23-Jan. 3
Jan. 4
Jan. 5
Jan. 14
Jan. 15
Jan. 18
Jan. 22
Jan. 26
Feb. 2
Feb. 15
Feb. 19
Mar. 1
Mar. 16
Mar. 18
Mar. 22
Mar. 24
Mar.25-Apr.3
Apr. 4
Apr. 20
Apr. 26
May 11
May 3
May 27
K12 ONLINE PAYMENT

Otsego now has a new online payment program appropriately
called, K12PaymentCenter. As of now, the only things you will
be able to do are pay for school lunches and see what your
children are buying at school. We will be adding school fees and
other items in the future. We will let everyone know when this
becomes available. A letter with details for access will be sent
home today. Additionally, Ive attached the same information to
this newsletter.
4TH AND GRADE BASKETBALL OPEN GYM

Thursday nights from 6 to 8 pm there will be an Open Gym at
the Otsego Elementary Gym beginning September 10th.
This is a chance for any 4th grade boys interested in basketball to
come out and get experience playing full court
basketball. Additionally, there is a 4th grade league that will begin
at a later date. For more information please contact
Mark Balusik. (419)304-4420
OTSEGO PTO
Theres a Minion reasons to join PTO
Check out the PTO on Facebook and follow on Twitter
@OtsegoPTO
www.otsegoknights.org/pto
Thank you PTO for all of your support to

Otsego students and staff. You enrich our lives!
Dont miss the next meeting on October 6 at 6:30 pm.
NO SCHOOL Labor Day

Magazine sale ends
Youth Tackle Football 7:00 pm
2 hour delay (PD for teachers)
GRANDPARENT DAY 5 pm
Picture Re-Takes
Community/Bd. Mtg.5pm G.R. Lib.
Girl Scouts 5:00 pm
PTO Meeting 6:30 pm
Fire Prevention Program Gr. 2
NO SCHOOL PD for Teachers
Red Ribbon Week
End of 1st Quarter
Fall Festival 5:30-9:00 pm
Report cards sent home
PTO Meeting 6:30 pm
Parent Conferences NO SCHOOL
Book Fair
Fifth Grade Performance 7 pm
Board Meeting 6:00 pm
Thanksgiving Break
PTO Meeting 6:30 pm
Third Grade Performance 7 pm
PTO Drop & Shop 6:00-9:00 pm
Fourth Grade Performance 7 pm
Christmas Store
Winter Break
School Resumes
PTO Meeting 6:30 pm
End of 2nd Quarter
Teacher Workday NO SCHOOL
Presidents Day NO SCHOOL
Report cards go home
Board Meeting 6:00 pm
PTO Meeting 6:30 pm
Presidents Day NO SCHOOL
PTO Drop & Dine 6:00-9:00 pm
PTO Meeting 6:30 pm
2 hour delay - PD for teachers
End of 3rd Quarter
Second Grade Performance 7 pm
Report cards go home
Spring Break NO SCHOOL
School Resumes
First Grade Performance 7 pm
PTO Meeting 6:30 pm
Last Day for students
REMINDERS
SAVE ALUMINUM CAN TABS
Please help our students by collecting tabs from
aluminum cans. Each tab is easy to remove and can
be donated to the Ronald McDonald House. The
tabs help fund various projects for Ronald McDonald
Houses and its visitors. Send the tabs in a bag to the
school and our students will do the rest!
Please help our students by collecting
tabs from
cans. Each
tab is
SAVE BOX TOPS
ANDaluminum
CAMPBELLS
SOUP
easy to remove and is donated to the
LABELS
Ronald
McDonald
Housefor
to fund
You can help the
school
earn money
supplies
various
projects.
Send
the
tabs
a
by collecting box tops and Campbells labels in
from
bagsnacks.
to the school
we will
do the
rest!
soup, juices and
Our PTO
collects
and
School Contact Information

Otsego Elementary
419-823-4381
Principal Katrina Baughman

Ext. 4005
kbaughman @otsegoknights.org
Interim Principal Priscilla Brehe Pixler Ext. 4005
ppixler @otsegoknights.org
Assistant Principal Marc Opsincs
mopsincs@otsegoknights.org
Ext. 4005
School Counselor Lianna Mikesina

lmikesina@otsegoknights.org
Ext. 4010
counts them and puts the money straight back

into the school.
Special Education Director Lauri Dunham Ext. 4008

ldunham@otsegoknights.org
USING SOCIAL MEDIA
Transportation Eva Vasher

evasher@otsegoknights.org
Ext. 2156
Food Service Jeanne Jeffers

jjeffers@otsegoknights.org
Ext. 1105
Keep up with district and school events, follow us on

Twitter:
@AdamKoch_Otsego
@kbaughman723
@mopsincs
@OtsegoK
@OtsegoGrade 1
@OtsegoGrade 2
@OtsegoGrade3
@OtsegoGrade4
@OtsegoGrade5
@OtsegoPTO
HEARD A RUMOR OR HAVE A QUESTION

Please send me an email or give me a call!
ppixler@otsegoknights.org
419-823-4381 Ext. 4005
Otsego PTO
OPTO@otsegoknights.org
Otsego Schools Mission:

The Otsego Local School District, unified with family and
community, prepares all students to reach their highest
potential by providing innovative programs in a rich
environment focused on student-centered learning. Otsego
students will become contributing citizens in a global
societywhile respecting individual differences.
Otsego Schools Vision:
A united community which inspires and challenges
everyone to exceed their expectations.
A caring and positive environment that values and
embraces all learners.
An innovative approach to instruction focused on student
achievement today, tomorrow and beyond.
OUR STUDENTS
OUR COMMUNITY
OUR SUCCESS

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OTSEGO ELEMENTARY EXTRA

Deputy Brian Ruckstuhl, our Resource Officer, met with

K12 ONLINE PAYMENT

4TH AND GRADE BASKETBALL OPEN GYM

Thank you PTO for all of your support to

NO SCHOOL Labor Day

School Contact Information

Principal Katrina Baughman

School Counselor Lianna Mikesina

counts them and puts the money straight back

Special Education Director Lauri Dunham Ext. 4008

USING SOCIAL MEDIA

Transportation Eva Vasher

Food Service Jeanne Jeffers

Keep up with district and school events, follow us on

HEARD A RUMOR OR HAVE A QUESTION

Otsego Schools Mission:

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