Otsego High School
Weekly Parent Newsletter
From the Desk of Mr. O'Shea
Reminder to parents that we have our picture re-takes Monday morning. All students need to have their picture taken ***This includes SENIORS and CCP students.***. If your child had a picture taken during back to school days and liked it, then they do not need to have their picture re-taken. If they did not get their picture taken during back to school days or they do not like their current pictures, have them ready to go for Monday morning. We have order forms attached below and have some in the High School Office.
Finally, we are wrapping up our fourth week of the 2015-2016 school year. I am very proud and impressed with the attitude and effort of our student body so far. Parents you entrust us with your children every day. I want you to know that it is a responsibility we take very seriously. I thank you for that trust and hope to continue working with you to provide an excellence educational environment. Have a great weekend. Looking forward to seeing many of you at events in the week ahead. Go Knights!
PENTA Bussing Apology
SEPTEMBER STUDENTS OF THE MONTH
Alissa Jacobs Senior
Lydia Archambo Junior
Lucy Pullins Sophomore
Students Selected for OMEA All-State Choir
Adam Lewis
Derek Morgan
Brittany Barnhart
AJ Digby gets BIG NEWS
Picture Re-takes
Picture re-take day is this Monday during school in the morning. Below are links for more information.
- Picture Retake day is September 21st at the HS. All students, regardless if purchasing a picture package, are required to get their pictures taken.
- Make sure you send in a written note within 48 hours of your child's absence. This is necessary in order for the absence to be excused.
- Please make sure you include both the first name and last name of student on the absent note.
- You can check daily announcements on the HS website to stay informed of daily activities and highlights. Click here: HS Website.
- Sign up for Remind 101 to get text or email reminders of important events. Text to 81010 and in the message box, type otseg (there is no "o" at the end.)
High School Dance Information
Neon Dance Party:
Who: All Otsego High School Students -- NO GUESTS
What: Casual dance. $3 at the door (NO PRE-SALE), wear your neon from the game!
Where: OHS Commons
When: Friday, September 25th, 9:30 PM - 11:30 PM
The doors will open at 9:30, but feel free to stop by immediately after the home football game.
Why: To have fun and Celebrate being a Knight!
Knights, Camera, Action! - HOMECOMING DANCE:
Who: All Otsego High School Students, AND guests!
Please pick up Guest forms in the main office, you will be turning them in when you purchase your ticket. Guest Dance Form
What: Formal Homecoming, Dress to Impress!, $5 pre-sale tickets (the week before the dance), $7 at the door.
Where: OHS Commons
When: Saturday, October 10th, 8 PM - 11 PM
You may not leave the dance before 11 PM unless you provide a parent signed note stating that you are allowed to leave.
Why: To celebrate Homecoming in style!
***During the Homecoming dance this year we would like to get as many parents as possible to line the entrance outside the commons and take pictures of the kids as they enter the dance. We will have a Red Carpet and we want to make it like the Paparazzi outside a movie premier. Parents feel free to come and watch the kids enter the dance and take pictures. However, only students and chaperones will be allowed in the dance. Thanks and we hope to see you there.
PENTA CRUISE-IN Car Show
The Automotive Technology programs at Penta Career Center are hosting a “Cruise-In” Car Show,Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., on the Penta campus located at 9301 Buck Road in Perrysburg, Ohio. All types of vehicles and motorcycles are welcome to participate. Vehicle owners are admitted free of charge as long as they bring a non-perishable food item to donate to Perrysburg Township’s annual Operation Breadbasket drive.
Other activities that will take place at the Cruise-In include music and door prizes such as car care kits, gift certificates and products from several Penta Career Center programs. Automotive activities for kids will also take place. Food will be available for purchase from several food trucks. Tours of Penta’s Automotive Technology programs will also be available.
The event is organized by Penta’s Automotive Technology programs and SkillsUSA, a leadership organization for career-technical education students. For more information about the Cruise-In event, call 419-666-1120 Ext. 1428.
class t-shirt orders
Students have received their Class T-Shirt Order Forms in their Otsego Knights email account. Any student who would still like to place an order can do so with this link. The due date has been extended!
Checks to be made out to HS Student Council are due to Miss Pierce by Tuesday, Sept 22nd. If your student has not paid for their shirts, the shirt will NOT be ordered.
Contact HSStudentCouncil@otsegoknights.org or mpierce@otsegoknights.org with any questions.
Checking Homework
ACT PREP
High School Staff Professional Development
2 hour Delay Days for Professional Development
Wednesday September 16th
Wednesday October 21st
Wednesday November 18th
Wednesday March 16th
Wednesday April 20th
Wednesday May 11th
Course 1: Teach Like a Champ
Book: Lemov, D. (2010), Teach Like a Champion. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Course 2: Anytime, Anywhere: Today’s Learner
Book: Brooks-Young, Susan. (2010). Teaching with the Tools Kids Really Use. Corwin Press *Also has required reading from online sources
Course 3: In the Face of Poverty
Book 1: Payne, R. (2013). A Framework for Understanding Poverty: A cognitive approach. Highlands, TX: aha! Process, Inc.
Book 2: Jensen, E. (2009). Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What being poor does to kids’ brains and what schools can do about it. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Course 4: Virtual Field Tripping: Explore the World Without Leaving School
* No Book, has required reading from online sources
Course 5: Good to Great: Principles of Great Teaching
Book: Jackson, Robyn. (2008). Never Work Harder Than Your Students & Other Principles of GreatTeaching. Alexandria, VA: ASCD
Highlights from the Week
"Diversity"
Three awesome seniors play their last round at Birch Run
XC parents & Admin Team Working Concessions
Piano Man
Girls XC team at Tiffin
Team
50th Birthday
Beach Bash
Getting Pumped to Run
Upcoming Dates
September:
Mon. 9/21 - Picture Re-Takes - in the morning during school
Wed. 9/23 - PENTA Cut-A-Thon, 3 - 6pm
Wed. 9/23 - PENTA Cruise-In Car Show
Fri. 9/25 - High School Dance (after the football game) Neon Dance Party, $3
Fri. 10/2 - Custodial Appreciation Day
October:
10/10 - Homecoming Dance
10/11 - AppleButter Fest
10/12 - NO SCHOOL, District Professional Development Day
10/14 - PSAT Testing
10/14 - 9th Grade Hearing Screenings
10/14 - 9th Grade Jostens Class Ring Presentations
10/14 - 9th Grade PENTA Presentations
10/20 - HS Choir Concert, 7pm
10/21 - 2 hour delay, Staff Professional Development
10/23 - End of the first 9 weeks
10/26 - 10/30 - Fall OGT Testing
10/27 - HS Band Concert, 7pm
10/30 - Senior Night
November:
11/4 - Parent Teacher Conferences, 4:00pm - 8:00pm
11/5 - No School - Parent Teacher Conferences, 10:00am - 8:00pm
11/6 - No School
News from Transportation
News from Athletics
Buffalo Wild Wings is hosting us again this year for their Rivalry Wing Eating Challenge this Monday at BW3's in Bowling Green. Collin Kitchen will be competing against some unfortunate student from Eastwood. Please come out and show your support! The story will air on Wednesday.
The Otsego Softball team is selling Otsego Decals once again this year. Show your Otsego Pride! They are $5. Click Here for the order form. This is a fundraiser for the team. Thank you for your support!
‘Otsego Athletics’ is on Twitter and Facebook. Follow for high school scores and other athletic department information. Also, if you’d like to receive athletic news and updates by email please email athletics@otsegoknights.org to be added to the list.
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DATES
FOOTBALL:
September 18 V @ Woodmore – 7:00
September 19 JV (H) Bluffton – 10:00
September 21 9th @ Eastwood – 5:00
September 25 V (H) Eastwood – 7:00
September 26 JV @ Eastwood – 10:00
VOLLEYBALL:
September 22 (H) Fostoria – 6:00
September 24 @ Genoa – 6:00
BOYS SOCCER:
September 19 @ Lake – 7:00
September 24 @ Woodmore – 7:00
September 26 @ Bowsher – 6:00
GIRLS SOCCER:
September 19 (H) Lake – 11:00
September 21 (H) Start – 5:00
September 24 (H) Woodmore – 5:00
September 26 @ Liberty Center – 8:00
CROSS COUNTRY:
September 19 Lakota Inv. @ Lakota HS – 9:00
September 22 NBC Jamboree @ Rossford – 4:45
September 26 Cardinal Stritch @ Maumee Bay – 8:00
News from the Cafeteria
Dealing with your children’s school money just got a lot easier! You can now add money to their accounts for meals, pay for school-related fees online securely and even see what they are buying. Online Lunch Payment System
For more information, go to www.K12PaymentCenter.com or call the Otsego Local School District at 419-823-4381 ext. 1104. You can also contact Jeanne Jeffers, Food Service Supervisor at jjeffers@otsegoknights.org
Please visit https://www.k12paymentcenter.com/HowDoesTheProgramWork.aspx to see a video on how to start managing your child’s account online today!
Click the links to Download the 2015-2016 Lunch and Breakfast Schedules. If you have questions please email our Food Service Supervisor, Jeanie Jeffers
Community Events
Horizon Youth Theater Auditions - Sentinel Tribune Article
Amy Wilcox Benefit Amy Wilcox is an Otsego Knight parent. Amy was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, Adenocarcinoma, in April 2015. Since this cancer is so rare, Cleveland Clinic referred her to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. The link has information to a fundraiser and times they are in need of volunteers. They are also in need of food. (pop, chips, hot dogs, baked goods) If you can help please email amyscourage@gmail.com or contact Don or Holly Johnson
Saturday September 26 - Amy Wilcox Benefit. Spaghetti Dinner for Abby Wilcox's mom, suffering from cancer. Details to come.
See you at the Pole Day: SEE YOU AT THE POLE day is on Wednesday, September 23, at 7:00 a.m. local time. All around the globe, in every time zone, students will be gathering at their flagpoles, praying for their school, friends, families, churches, and communities. SEE YOU AT THE POLE is a day committed to global unity in Christ and prayer for your generation. Local church leaders and families will be gathering at the Flag Pole in front of the High School at 7 am. http://syatp.com/
Veteran's Day Breakfast and Assembly - We will once again have a Veteran’s Day Assembly and breakfast to honor our local Veterans. There will be a flyer put up around the community, but if you could start spreading the word, we would appreciate it. Breakfast is free to all veterans and Otsego Senior Citizens. Breakfast will start at 8:15 in the High School Commons. The program will start at 9:15 in the High School gym. Please CLICK HERE to RSVP for the breakfast. If you are not able to RSVP online please call Lisa Austin at 419-823-4381 or laustin@otsegoknights.org.
Indoor Walking Program - The Elementary Building will be open in the evenings from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm for community members that would like to walk the halls. The building will only be open when school is in session. There will not be indoor walking hours when school is canceled or it is a holiday. There will also be a course map that will tell you the distance traveled, along with a sign-in sheet as you enter the elementary building.
Communication with the High School
1. District Website www.otesgoknights.org (The district website has all the academic and athletic calendars and the HS posts their daily announcements on the website as well)
2. Remind 101 (Text to: 81010 Message: @otseg there is no "o" at the end just @otseg. Thats it. You will receive a message that says you've been added to our group. You will receive text messages straight to your mobile device). If you don't want to text, you can go to https://www.remind.com/join and just type in (otseg) as the class code.
3. Twitter (follow @otsegohsoffice or @KosheaOHS)
Contact Us
Otsego High School
Email: Koshea@otsegoknights.org
Website: http://www.otsegoknights.org/high-school
Location: 18505 Tontogany Creek Road, Tontogany, OH, United States
Phone: (419) 823-4381
Twitter: @KosheaOHS