🦃 Otsego Junior High 🦃

Hello Otsego Families!

Last Call for Parent/Teacher Conferences will be on Monday, November 25th from 10am-8pm.

*****No School for Students November 25-29th*****

If you'd like to schedule a conference with your child's teacher(s) please call the office at 419-823-4381, ext. 3100 or email ediepenbruck@otsegoknights.org Please include your child's name, the teachers you'd like a conference with, your preference on date and time of day.

If you know anyone that you would like to nominate for the Otsego Hall of Fame, please see the link enclosed for details. This one way that we can honor those distinguished alumni, friends of the district, or former employees that have made a positive impact on our school, community , or students.

Check out our new "Weekly Athletic Schedule" button below.

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

As Thanksgiving approaches, we want to take a moment to show gratitude for our incredible teachers, para-professionals, coaches & other staff members. We're inviting you to share a few words of appreciation for any staff member who has made a positive impact on your child.

By taking just a moment to fill out a quick form, your message of thanks will be presented to the staff member as a special note of appreciation. These heartfelt messages will be delivered as certificates to teachers and displayed to celebrate the hard work, dedication, and care they show every day. Your kind words will mean the world to them, and together, we can make this Thanksgiving season a truly meaningful one for our school community. Thank you for helping us show our staff members how much they're valued!

If you are interested in sending a message please click the button below to be directed to the form.

Please take a look at our district's Quality Profile that highlights many of the great things that happened over the past year! We are proud to showcase all of the wonderful things our district has to offer!

TIPS AND TRICKS!

Supporting Your Child At Home

On Friday, November 15th, 24 Otsego Junior High School 7th-graders attended TMACOG's 35th Student Watershed Watch (SWW) at the Toledo Zoo. Every year, the SWW brings young people across northwest Ohio together to share their data from the local waterway they sampled to get a snapshot of the quality of water in the Maumee River watershed. Otsego students tested the Tontogany Creek at the Fox-Shank Living Laboratory on October 9 and 10. Students tested for nitrates, phosphates, dissolved oxygen, pH, and inspected the variety of macroinvertebrates they found in the leaf packs they placed in the creek in September. After the sampling, all students worked on their own or with a small group of students to put together a presentation about our findings. The best presentation from each class was chosen to attend the SWW with the best of those presentations being able to share their presentation at the SWW. This year the group from the 7th-period class was chosen to be the group to present.

They worked hard leading up to November 15 to rework their presentation and make it even better than it already was. Their hard work paid off with the group being awarded with the best overall presentation in the 5th-8th grade group. Congratulations to these 7th graders.

How often do you get your student(s) to try new foods? Now they are!

In Intro to FCS, this past week the eighth graders baked Thanksgiving-themed favorites recipes. The famous “Pull-apart Parmesan Dill Bread” is one of those. Each serving is a doughy bite of buttery, golden goodness. They pair wonderfully with the Thanksgiving meal. The new, surprisingly, delicious (to our students) cookie recipe is a Cranberry-Orange Cookie. Each bite is a pop of orange followed by craisin sweetness. What a delicious way to add to the dessert selection for the holidays. Side note: Either recipe can be made gluten-free and/or vegan. Happy baking!

Thank you to everyone who helps to make this program a HUGE success.

If you or an organization you represent wish to make a monetary donation,

please drop it off at one of the three school offices and we will make sure the

funds are used to purchase items for an Angel.

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To Register your child to be on the Angel Tree:

*The program is for ALL students who attend Otsego Preschool through 12th grade.

*If you wish to have your child as a participant in the program, please use the QR code

below OR go to https://forms.gle/rDjaNe8HNTVXJJ8u9

*You must have registration completed by November 11th to participate.

*We will contact parents when gifts are ready to be picked

up. The pick-up location will be your student(s) building. If

you have more than one child and multiple buildings, you

will need to pick up at multiple locations.

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