April 2023 Edition

Ottawa Elementary School

Dear Little Bucks Families,

Spring is around the corner! Bringing us warmer recess days! We are in the last quarter of school and the following weeks are going to fly! We will have our end of the year testing coming up in May. This will happen between May 1st - 19th. More to come in the upcoming weeks.

Our spring fundraiser was a huge success, thanks to your support! Our fundraiser pick up will be Wednesday, April 5th from 3:30-5:30 in the north parking lot at Ottawa. This will be drive-thru style, so no need to get out of your car. Our wonderful volunteers will help load your car.

If you ever have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to me.

Stacey Denison, Principal

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!

APRIL

4 Preschool Vision and Hearing Screening

5 LaBraid Fundraiser Pick Up North Parking Lot 3:30-5:30

6 Preschool Registration Appointments

7 1/2 Day of School for students and staff

11 PTO Meeting 6:30pm (Information below)

11 9:00 Mrs. Billington's Class to School Farm/Recycling Center

11 9:45 Mrs. Stevenson's Class to School Farm/Recycling Center

12 9:00 Mrs. Smith's Class to School Farm/Recycling Center

13 9:00 Mrs. Traeger's Class to School Farm/Recycling Center

13 9:45 Mrs. Sears' Class to School Farm/Recycling Center

17 Board of Education Meeting 6:00pm

20 Kickstart to Career Deposit Day

21 Empty Bowls Event at High School

22 Earth Day

26 Preschool Vision and Hearing Re-screening

28 No School for Staff or Students

We thank you from the bottom of our hearts! We appreciate everyone that took time to come into our classrooms and share great books and the love of reading with our students. Thank you Little Bucks Families!

Michigan Gateway Community Foundation and Honor Credit Union will be collecting deposits on Thursday, April 20th! Students may bring in their deposits on Thursday in a sealed envelope with the following information: Student Name, Grade, Graduation Year and Account Number found in their personal savings account register booklet. If you have questions regarding deposits, please contact the Michigan Gateway Community Foundation at 695-3521.

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!

Congratulations to this week's Little Bucks of the Week! We are so proud of you and appreciate the example you lead for others at Ottawa! Keep up the phenomenal work!

Preschool: Willa B., Ollie S., Mackenzie F., and Malcolm T.

Kindergarten: Everly F., Sailor G., Lillian Z., Addisyn G., Charolotte V., Liam M., Nellie S., Reed F., Malcolm B., and Levi D.

First Grade: Eiriksson P., Emani D., Ella L, Olivia R., Harper F., Landon W., Kaydence S., Scarlet P., Conrad H., and Harlee H.

Thank you families and students for supporting our fundraiser! With your efforts, PTO was able to gain just over $7,000 in profits from your sales!

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

• April 17th

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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