Otsego Junior High

Otsego Families,

I hope everyone gets to enjoy their time off with family and friends! No School until we return to classes on April 9, 2024. Have a great Easter Weekend and Spring Break!.

Once we come back from Spring Break, our testing season begins. Please see below for specific details. Attendance is crucial these two weeks, please make every effort to get to school on time.

April 8 - No School

April 9 - White

April 10 - Orange

April 11 - Black

April 12 - White

Please familiarize yourself with the Homework Calendar located on our website. I have enclosed a link below for quick reference. This is the location where homework/classwork will be posted for you to view.

Here is the link to our Homework Calendar:

HomeWork Calendar

Non-emergency/crisis Referral Form

If you have an emergency/crisis school situation and need to speak to someone at the school please call the office at 419-823-4381 ext. 3100

March 29 - April 8: Spring Break - No School

April 9: First Day of Classes after Spring Break

April 14: Music and Arts Festival

April 16: 8th Grade State Testing (Science)

April 17-18: 6th-8th Grade State Testing (ELA)

April 24-25: 6th-8th Grade State Testing (Math)

May 21: Choir Concert, 7:00

May 23: Band Concert, 7:00

May 27: Memorial Day - No School

May 31: Last Day of School (half day)

4/16- Science (8th Grade Only)

4/17- ELA Part 1 (All JH Students)

4/18- ELA Part 2 (All JH Students)

4/24- Math Part 1 (All JH Students)

4/25- Math Part 2 (All JH Students)

Please make sure that you are to school on time, especially these testing days!

Some important things you can do to be prepared for testing......

1. Get a good night's sleep. Nothing helps more than a restful night's sleep.

2. Eat a good breakfast! We will have light snacks in the testing room for all students for that "in between" snack.

3. Please be on time. Testing will begin at approximately 7:45 each morning.

4. Have your Chromebook fully charged and ready to go. Only school assigned Chromebooks will be allowed to access the testing site. Person devices will not be able to connect to the testing site.

5. Try your best and take you time answering the questions. Don't rush through the test "just to get it done."

Anna Ayers

Sophia Borer

Crosby Brewer

Rylynn Brokamp

Sophie Dahms

Lauren Euler

Dane Fatzinger

Lincoln Ferdig

Jackson Guthrie

Addison Hertzfeld

Owen Heyman

Madison Krohn

Claire Lampe

James Mathiesen-Hicks

Toby Powell

Layna Rife

Emmett Sidders

Andrew Simpson

Quinlyn Strahm

Marissa Tschappat

Carson Upperco

Jolie Wallace

Alyviah Williams

Logan Zellner

Theodore Agosti

Brayden Altherr

Phillip Baranski

Ethan Bechstein

Jillian Bower

Trevor Brooks

Ronin Chavez

Liam Crowe

Wesley Dobbelaere

Grady Frank

Pete Fuller

Tyler Haas

Andyn Hill

Ryan Hillyard

Autumn Mag

Ethan Malanowski

Zarren May

Evan Mobus

Megan Nusbaum

Kaden Reeves

Henry Reid

Ashlyn Rider

Gracyn Roe

Vayda Schmidt

Gretchen Schwiebert

Brock Sorosiak

Reese Sorosiak

Siler Vitek

Chloe Vollmar

John Vollmar

Travis Vollmar

Allisyn Atkinson

Adam Bevier

Rennen Brown

Isaac Cordonnier

Greylin Durbin

Blake Euler

Leah Franks

Emma Gamby

Zachary Graber

Jake Greenwald

Tristen Hacker

Adeline Hamrick

Callie Hartman

Lilly Hope

Sophia Johnson

Kenzie Kellermeier

Whitney Koch

Ruby Ludwig

Lila Martel

Brooklyn Martinez

Alicia Mendez

Genson Meyer

Jackson Miles

Blake Mills

Alivia Morrison

Callie Palmer

Brady Swartz

Keaton Treen

Gavin Wendt

Zane Winger

Paisley Zsigray

Jaxson Ball

Andrew Baranski

Selah Barfield

Jocelyn Belleville

Maxwell Bruss

Maya Burris

Audrey Day

Adalynda Doyle

Tecumseh Duvall

Eliza Eberly

Madisyn Eckert

Caroline Epperson

Aubrey Fritz

Makenna Gilbert

Whitney Grassley

Cale Hartman

Wyatt Hirzel

Kayla Johnson

Alexis Kelley

Greighson Knapp

Jocelyn Kuhlman

Isaiah Lambert

Jacob Ludwig

Logan Michael

Khloe Reeves

Trenton Rhine

Peyton Richmond

Cara Rodenberger

Landen Rouse

Bentley Sargent

Jeremy Schroeder

Keira Schroeder

Creedan Sehlmeyer

Cole Shambarger

Madilyn Shidler

Preston Shirkey

Addisson Smith

Ryder Smith

Kolton Spangenberg

James Stevenson

Ava Stout

Zaden Ziviski

Kaylee Bechstein

John Bowman

Sonora Brewer

Clara Charnesky

Maci Curtis

Riley Fullenkamp

Sophia Gerwin

Aubrey Koch

Alexis Mariscal

Peyton McKinney

Kendall Mehl

Hope Musteric

Amelia Richards

Piper Simpson

Casey Snyder

Angelo Alfaro

Ethan Anderson

Adyn Asmus

Dylan Balazs

Noah Bell

Loretta Bergfeld

Brayden Bermudez

Aiden Black

Donevin Borer

Chase Bowe

Layla Champion

Owen Crompton

Elizabeth Cymbola

Kara Dobbelaere

Sadie Downard

Holden Elliott

Finn Epperson

Brayden Fager

Ty Gerschutz

Madilyn Goodwin

Brendan Haney

Elley Hartman

Ian Henderson

Brody Hickle

Bennett Jackson

Adam Johnson

Kylie Keifer

Taylor Langham

Gabriel Malanowski

Kaidence Martinez

Layne Mason

Rieslynn May

Bella Miller

Blake Miller

Max Molnar

Lucas Mulinix

Joclyn Myers

Dalton Nickel

Jonathan Norrod

Julian Perez

Samuel Riley

Brynlee Schwab

Tanner Tschappat

Luke Weilnau

Colt Wilson

This year's school fees have been assessed and invoices were emailed out October 9.

You can pay fees via Payschools (info below) or by sending a check into the office. You will also have an option to purchase a yearbook if you pay through Payschools.

You can use Payschools to pay for fees and lunches online.

Quick Setup Guide:

Payschools Quick Setup Guide

Manage your account:

www.PaySchoolsCentral.com

Payschools Signup Information:

Payschools Introduction and Information Letter

The 8th Grade Washington DC trip for 2024 has some welcome changes to the itinerary. In previous years, we have traveled through the night, but next year we will be daytime traveling! We will be leaving from OJHS at 5:30 AM on Tuesday October 22, 2024 and returning Friday October 24, 2024 at 11:30 PM. This change will allow for some additional activities as well as one more night in the hotel, rather than traveling on the bus. Please see the attached information for registration forms. The registration process is all done online through Student Adventures. Please reach out to me if you have any questions. (jrife@otsegoknights.org). If you register early, please take advantage of the payment plan. We apply fundraiser money towards the last payment (s) of the trip, depending on amount of money we have and the number of students attending. Please DO NOT pay in full, I will be applying funds towards each paying student's account. I can not apply funds until I know how many students are going. In past years I have put anywhere from $100 to $175 dollars towards each student's registration fees. The total amount for this year's trip is $898.00. If we meet our goal of 78 students and 10 adults, each student will receive a $35 discount. With this discount and the money I apply from our fundraiser account, this should decrease the cost of the trip by at least $135, if not more.

Dear Parents, Students and Friends,

Recent polls show that parents’ first concern about schools today is their child’s safety. That is my concern as well. Fortunately, the Otsego is very safe. However, no community is immune from the threats of violence and drugs that endanger public schools nationwide.

We are introducing a Safe School Helpline® to help prevent such actions. It is designed to assist you in reporting any wrongdoing that impacts our schools, our students, or our staff – anonymously, so as to protect your privacy. For example, you may wish to report acts of violence, theft, drug or alcohol use, weapons, or sexual harassment.

Just call from a touch-tone phone to 1-800-4-1-VOICE, ext. 359 (418-6423) to leave your information. Or TEXT: 614-426-0240 Then type: TIPS Your message will not be traced, and you will not be identified. The Safe School Helpline® team will transcribe and fax your message to school officials, so appropriate action can be taken.

Thank you for your continued support to provide a better education for all Otsego students.

800-418-6423 (800-4-1-VOICE ext. 359)

TEXT: 614-426-0240

Then type: TIPS

www.safeschoolhelpline.com