October 2022 Edition

Ottawa Elementary School

Dear Little Bucks Families,

October is always an exciting time of year! Leaves are changing colors, weather is becoming cooler, and many take trips to orchards and pumpkin patches! Best of all, we get to show our school spirit during Homecoming Week and support our Bucks Teams! We are always excited to get a visit from Bucky and The Herd for the traveling Pep Rally!

We have spent many weeks learning the Buck 3 and continually work at following: Be Respectful, Be Responsible, and Be Safe! We work on showing this in our classrooms, on the playground and throughout the building. When we follow the Buck 3 we maximize our learning in the classroom! Parents, you can help at home by asking your child if they followed the Buck 3 while at school each day and using this same language at home!

Because the Buck 3 is so important to us, we are asking that we are given through October to continue to build and strengthen our skills before volunteers join us in the building!

If you ever have a concern, question, or comment please feel free to call or email and I will be happy to speak with you.

Stacey Denison, Principal

sdenison@buchananschools.com

Our school office is open 8:00am-4:30pm

Phone: 269.695.8409

Mrs. Stacey Denison, Principal

sdenison@buchananschools.com

Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, Administrative Assistant

ejohnson@buchananschools.com

REGULAR DAY OF SCHOOL

8:35am-3:43pm

ECSE/Preschool AM 8:35am-11:50pm

ECSE/Preschool PM 12:25pm-3:43pm

WACKY WEDNESDAYS

8:35am-3:10pm

HALF DAYS OF SCHOOL

8:35am-12:05pm

No Preschool or ECSE Classes on these days!

4 DELTA Math Assessment for First Graders

5 Wacky Wednesday 3:10 Dismissal

5 School Farm Pumpkin Trip 9:10-11:00 Seddon's Class

7 School Farm Pumpkin Trip 9:10-11:00 Calvillo's Class

10 Homecoming Week Begins! (See below for dress up days!)

10 School Farm Pumpkin Trip 9:10-11:00 Mabry's Class

11 PTO Meeting 6:30pm (See info below)

12 Wacky Wednesday 3:10 Dismissal

12 School Farm Pumpkin Trip 9:10-11:00 Kutemeier's Class

13 School Farm Pumpkin Trip 9:10-11:00 Lolmaugh's Class

17 PICTURE DAY

17 Board of Education Meeting 6:00pm

20 Preschool Fire Truck Visit

21 ECSE Extra Friday- Mrs. Hendrick's Class

28 K-1 Halloween Parade and Playground Trek or Treat 1:30-2:30pm

31 Preschool and ECSE Halloween Classroom Celebrations (Teachers will send times and info)

If your child was absent or missed Picture Day, retakes will be offered in November.

We model and teach what we expect to see from students with the Buck 3. Be Respectful, Be Responsible, and Be Safe. Next week will be our first week to choose students that have been working hard at following the Buck 3. Pictures will be displayed on our wall for the entire school to see on their way to lunch and names announced during our announcements.

A signed certificate will come home at the end of the week and their names will be shared in Ottawa's Update over the weekend for families!

Preschool: Malachi H., and Aurora P.

Kindergarten: Jazlynn C., Jackson G., Hensley M., Hunter B., and Lily C.

First Grade: Bergen L., Malachi R., Killian P., Abigail K., Emlynn G.

Our wonderful community organization that decorates our downtown every fall, The Buchanan Scarecrow Charities, surprised Ottawa's classroom teachers with a gift card of $100 dollars for anything they may need for their classrooms to help make learning fun! They also brought a large box of supplies, including crayons, glue, scissors, etc. to donate to our school! Thank you so much for supporting our school!! We appreciate you and all you do for our community!

PRESCHOOL TEAM

Our preschool team consists of Mrs. Chase and Mrs. Fox, Mrs. Monsma, and Ms. Shaner. We have two Great Start Readiness Program preschool classes. Mrs. Chase and Mrs. Monsma are the lead teachers, Mrs. Fox and Ms. Shaner are classroom assistants.

The classes contain no more than 16 students in each. There are certain factors and criteria that need to be met to qualify for this program. Curriculum in preschool addresses various developmental skills, such as gross motor, fine motor, literacy , mathematics, vocabulary, and verbal expression. If you have questions regarding our preschool program, you can feel free to contact our office or email Mrs. Chase at kchase@buchananschools.com or Mrs. Monsma at jmonsma@buchananschools.com.

We want to make sure every single student gets out the door and home safely. Please remember the following:

• You MUST contact our school office by 2:00 pm if you need to make changes to your child's transportation routine.

• If you need to make changes involving a bus, these changes must be communicated to our office by 1:30 pm, before the buses leave for their middle/high school routes.

• Please do not message or email teachers as they are often in session and do not receive the messages until it is too late.

• If you need a numbered car tag for the pick up line, please come into our office.

• If you are picking your child up as a walker, they will be dismissed at the doors by our front office.

• Only car riders with parents in the pick up line will be dismissed at the north parking lot doors.

269.695.8402

• October 17th
• November 21st
• December 19th

Meetings will be called to order at 6:00pm unless advertised differently.

269.695.8400

Superintendent

Mrs. Patricia Robinson probinson@buchananschools.com

Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent

Mrs. Michelle Munyon mmunyon@buchananschools.com

Assistant Superintendent

Mr. Mark Kurland mkurland@buchananschools.com

Business Office Specialist

Mrs. Carrie Brunsting cbrunsting@buchananschools.com

Director of Special Education

Mrs. Karin Falkenstein kfalkenstein@buchananschools.com

Director of Technology

Mr. Philip Place psplace@buchananschools.com

We work hard every day to make our school the best it can be. Please tell us how we’re doing!

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