Bogan Weekly News

Happy Friday!

Our third graders ROCKED testing this week. Thank you third grade families for sending kind notes to school for our students to read. We appreciate your partnership and support. Also, thank you to our third grade team and entire staff for rallying around our students! Bogan is a great place to be and I am proud to be the principal!

Have a great weekend!

Sincerely,

Kirsten Cannon, Principal

On the afternoon of Tuesday, October 29th, our bus drivers with conduct mandatory evacuation drills with students. Please expect that your child will arrive home about 15-20 minutes later than usual. Again, these are mandatory drills required by the state of Ohio.

We will celebrate Halloween at Bogan on Thursday, October 31st. Costumes will be permitted with the following guidelines:

1. No Costume Masks

2. No Props

3. Minimal Makeup

4. Costumes must be worn to school. There will not be a “change time”. Please make sure that your child will be able to function comfortably throughout the day (bathroom needs, recess, school work, specials) while wearing his/her costume.

Weather permitting, we will have a costume parade outside of the building at 8:30am. If your child is a car rider, you are welcome to pull around and park in our lot to wait for the parade to begin. If it is raining, parents will be permitted to line up in the gym and students will parade through.

In addition, many of our classrooms are having Halloween parties. Many teachers are doing many different things, so please look for communication from your child's teacher for their specific plan.

If you would not like your child to participate in the Halloween festivities, please let your child's teacher know.

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.

Here is our lunch menu for October!

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!

Happy October! 🎃

With fall here and winter approaching we want to remain aware of the inevitable cold and flu season. Here are some common symptoms to watch for:

• Cough
• Runny or stuffy nose
• Sore throat
• Headache
• Fatigue
• Fever or feeling feverish
• Muscle or body aches

Please remember that if your child has a fever they must be kept home and remain home until they are fever free for 24 hours without fever reducing medication.

Remind your kids on the importance of handwashing and covering their mouth with a tissue when they sneeze or cough.

November 5th: NO SCHOOL: Staff Meeting Day

November 11-13th: 5th Grade CogAt Testing. More information to come.

November 25th-29th: NO SCHOOL: Thanksgiving Break

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

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