Ottawa Newsletter

Hello Ottawa Families!

What a great start to our school year. As a new member to the Ottawa TEAM, I am amazed at all of the things happening in our school community. Thank you all for being so welcoming and supportive throughout the first month of school.

We continue to work on our dismissal procedures to support flow of traffic and getting students moving as quickly as possible. The most important thing to remember is safety of all students. Please make sure to be present when you are in the car line to ensure you are following hand signals.

Our Ottawa TEAM is so excited for the rest of the year. It has been wonderful having events back, as well as seeing volunteers in school. Remember if you would like to be a volunteer, please fill out the volunteer form with background check. Contact your child's teacher or the front office for more information.

As a staff we are committed to our TEAM. Over the next month, we will be working together to enhance our Positive Behavior Systems (PBiS) providing opportunities for students to be leaders. Our 5th grade Safety Patrol will begin this month, as well as our Ottawa Student Council. We look forward to providing more leadership opportunities for our students throughout the year.

Looking forward to another great month!

Jodi Schreiber

On Thursday September 29th, we had our annual Color Fun Run. What a great event put on by our PTO. A huge shout out to Stephanie Kimball, PTO Chair, for organizing the event, volunteers, sponsors, and more. We had a special guest announcing at our event, Jeff Suffolk the founder of the Color Run, and Tim Nixon with KHQ was there to bring the hype with music as our students ran laps full of color. Our Color Fun Run fundraiser helps bring fun events for our students and families throughout the year, as well as supports our students in the classroom in a variety of ways. We can't wait for our next event, The Harvest Festival at the end of the month.

Throughout the year we will be having monthly meetings to discuss upcoming events and our support to the students and staff at Ottawa. We would love to invite you to attend the meetings. Below is a list of dates for our meetings through December. During our October meeting we will be getting ready for Harvest Festival and planning things for the upcoming months. Our meetings are held at Ottawa from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM.

October 12: PTO Meeting - Topics of discuss will include Harvest Festival, Ottawa Craft Night, volunteering and sponsorships.

November 9: PTO Meeting - Topics of discussion will include Holiday Shop for December, and School-wide Winter Countdown Days.

December 14: PTO Meeting - Topics coming soon

• October 7: Picture Day
• October 14: PTO Meeting @ Ottawa (3:30PM)
• October 18 & 20: Parent Teacher Conferences (see below for more information)
• October 19: Unity Day - Wear Orange
• October 28: Ottawa Harvest Festival
  
• November 10: Picture Retake Day

Please Register for Parent-Teacher Conferences!

Parent-teacher conferences are on October 18th and October 20th. If you did not receive a scheduled conference time, please register online at www.ptcfast.com/reg1. You will need to enter the code for your child’s teacher found below. Please only sign up for one time slot per student. Dual household or co-parent families will need to share the same conference time. Please leave at least 15 minutes between sibling’s conference times. If your child sees one of our special education teachers, please check both teacher’s schedules and sign up for the same time block. If you do not have internet access, please contact our office at 348-2130 to schedule a conference time.

Ms. Gendich: NBY1201495

Mrs. Rogier: LHN1201500

Mrs. Bartel: UAS1201514

Ms. Santti: SQU1201507

Mrs. Leppien: UWS1201509

Mrs. Willson: 17R1201508

Mrs. Ivie: 13N1201512

Ms. Shafer: WV91201513

Mrs. Ledig: D8H1201515

Ms. Ney 9WP1201499

Mrs. Adams: G0M1201516

Ms. Rabideau: 8C31201517

Special Education:

Mrs. Milks F601416004

Mrs. Ruckman NRB1417859

Specials:

Ms. Jansen: Please email to schedule a conference jansen.mw.t@northmen.org

Mrs. Penberthy-Keene: Please feel free to call me at (231) 348-2308 during the following times or send an email to penberthy.la.t@northmen.org .Tuesday: 5-6:30 p.m. & Thursday:5-6:30 p.m.

Mrs. Asiala Gross: Please feel free to call me at (231) 348-2319 during the following times or send an email to asiala-gross.sa.t@northmen.org.Tuesday: 5-6:30 p.m. & Thursday: 5-6:30 p.m.

Ms. Teuscher: Please email to schedule a conference. teuscher.tj.t@northmen.org