Bogan Weekly News

Happy Friday!

It's hard to believe that it is already in the last week of September! Our students are doing such a great job learning the routines and procedures throughout the building. They are building relationships with their teachers and making new friendships in their classrooms. The building is full of laughter!

Today our PTG treated staff to the State Street Coffee truck. It was bright start to a rainy Friday! Thank you PTG for always taking care of our staff!

Stay dry this weekend!

Sincerely,

Kirsten Cannon, Principal

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If you have any questions, please call our office at 513-273-3400 or email Ms. Cannon.

As a reminder, you are able to add funds to your student's lunch account through the Talawanda EZ Pay system. If your student's account reaches -$50 it will be rolled into your school fees. Please be mindful and keep your student's account current. You can use Talawanda EZ Pay, send a check or cash to the school office to take care of your student's balance.

To help ensure students arrive at their correct dismissal location, we kindly ask that you contact the main office by 2:30 PM if there are any changes to your child’s dismissal plan. While we understand that emergencies can happen, we’ve noticed a significant increase in last-minute changes around 3:00 PM, which can cause confusion and delays.

By notifying us by 2:30 PM, we can make sure your child receives a dismissal note and reaches the right spot after school.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us.

To recap last week's news, we have made a few changes to our afternoon car rider pick-up. These changes are first and foremost out of an abundance of caution for student safety. Additionally, we hope this will also make pick-up quicker and more efficient. Thank you for you patience as our staff works hard to implement these new routines!

1. We will place cones in front of the numbers and students will be instructed to wait behind the cones.

2. We will load 5 cars at a time instead of 7. This reduces the walk students have to take to reach the last 2 cars.

3. If your child is not ready when you arrive, we will ask you to pull up and will send them out to you when they arrive.

4. If possible, please load your student on the driver side.

5. If you need to buckle them in, you are welcome to pull into to our middle parking lot.

Beginning September 19, 2024, Bogan & TMS Bus #63 will be split between BUS #68 and Bus #72. This will last for a minimum of 2 weeks. Please note that there will be changes to the routes and morning pick-up and afternoon drop-off times.

Please see the temporary amended routes below.

Bus # 68 AM Routes

Bus # 68 PM Routes

Bus # 72 AM Routes

Bus # 72 PM Routes

Student attendance is crucial to your student's success here at school.

The state of Ohio defines chronic absenteeism as a student being absent for 10% of the year for both unexcused AND excused. In addition, the state looks at hours that a student has missed school- not just days. This mean that tardies in the morning and early dismissals in the afternoon contribute to chronic absenteeism.

As mentioned last week, if your family has a fun trip planned, we absolutely encourage you to go and make those memories!! Please just be mindful of other days that your student is absent.

Starting next week, we will send monthly letters home if your child has reached 10% or more absences. This is a way for us to proactively share information with you about your child's attendance.

Please know that we are here to help!! Do not hesitate reach out if you have any questions or need assistance!

Hello parents and guardians! It has been a busy beginning of the year here in the Counselor’s Office! We have class lessons up and running and it has been such a joy to get to know your students! Each class is receiving a social-emotional learning program called Second Step. In these lessons, your students are learning what it means to be a good listener, how to follow directions, how to identify and handle big emotions and feelings, and what it means to be a good friend. Most lessons build on the one from the previous week. This is what we have been learning in each grade level so far:

Kindergarten and 1st grade: We have learned how we use our whole bodies to pay attention! Our brains help us to think and make good choices, our eyes help us to see the grown-ups teaching us, our hands stay to our sides or in our laps, our legs are crossed or in front of us, and our mouths are used to say kind words to others. We have also learned that it’s okay to make mistakes and we keep practicing to learn new things.

2nd grade: We are learning to identify what we are good at! We’ve talked about how it is okay to make mistakes because we are still learning and that practice helps us to become better at the things we are learning. We have also talked about how it’s okay to ask for help when we make mistakes.

3rd grade: We are learning how our brains make networks that talk to each other to help us learn something new! Each skill we learn is guided by a different section of our brain that works together to help us learn.

4th and 5th grade: We are learning how to set goals towards things we want to be good at! We have determined that good goals are ones that are specific, challenging, and doable. We have worked to set individual and class goals to work towards this school year.

Counselor note:

Please do not hesitate to reach out in any way if you think your child needs additional support or check-ins to help them be successful, both in the classroom and at home. I am here to help in any way that I can!

Parents please be aware if your student has received a letter in regard to needing updated vaccines they will need to be turned in ASAP. Students who do not have these turned in to me by Monday, September 30th will not be able to attend school on Tuesday, October 1st.

October 4th: Fire Truck Assembly (KG & 3rd grade)

October 4th: 2nd Grade Field Trip to Metropark

October 5th: Butterfield's Shop to Support

October 8th: Author Visit (1st & 2nd grades)

October 10th: Picture Retakes

October 11th: Kids' Night Out: 6:30pm-9:00pm

October 17th: MadCap Learning Assembly (KG-5th grade)

October 18th: NO SCHOOL: Fall Break

October 21st: 3rd Grade Reading OST Testing: Specifics to come soon

We are excited to have Pebble Go! Pebble Go provides access to a lot of different digital books that you can read with your children at home. Many students also use Pebble Go in the classroom and have really enjoyed the content! Please see below for the login information. The subscription will expire August 30, 2025.

Site Login: https://login.pebblego.com/

Username: bogan

Password: bogan

The annual Kramer Carnival is happening 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5th. Don’t miss out on this super fun community event! There will be large inflatables (one is even reserved for our littlest friends 5 and under), carnival games, prizes, a silent auction, food, professional face painting and more! Follow the event page (Kramer Carnival 2024) on Facebook for more updates. Tickets and bracelets (giving the wearer unlimited turns on the inflatables) will be available for purchase at Carnival! See you there!

Please click here for the Talawanda Community Events Page.