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Otsego High School Newsletter
News/Reminders
Remote Learning
Voice of Democracy Winner
All submitted entries won $50 dollars. An awards date has not yet been set.
Important Meal Distribution Information
Meal distribution for Thanksgiving Week will be Tuesday, November 24th (instead of Wednesday) from 6-7pm only at all three locations. (Alamo, Dix Street & High School). There will not be a morning distribution for this week.
News from our Social Worker
22 Remote Learning Tips For Parents
1. Set (and keep) a schedule
2. Make sure your student has any materials necessary to complete all assignments
3. Provide an environment conducive to learning
4. Create a daily plan
5. Don’t teach–help your teen understand
6. Make sure all work is completed
7. Help your teen check messages and communicate with school
8. Keep in mind that it’s about the child, not the work
9. Learn to identify the barriers
10. Use school resources
11. Personalize the learning
12. Encourage a growth mindset
13. Use the right resources
14. Mix in Genius Learning
15. Organize your teen’s learning environment
16. Encourage self-direction
17. Honor the complexity of learning
18. Help your teen find their own motivation
19. Understand how the teen brain works and how learning happens
20. Gamify the learning
21. Help your teen build a learning network
22. Help your teen understand the value of specific knowledge and changing knowledge demands
End of 1st Trimester Changes
Because of the delay of our start of school in August and the unbalance it created in our school calendar, we are extending our first trimester. The new end date for our first trimester is November 24, the last day of school before Thanksgiving.
Please note that this change is for the high school only, not the other schools in our district.
No Final Exams First Trimester
With time together in class drastically reduced on our hybrid schedule, we have decided not to have final exams at the end of the first trimester. Students may still have a unit test to take, a project to submit, or a paper due at the end of the trimester, but there will be no comprehensive final exam. The only exception is that AP courses may have a final exam if the teacher chooses to have one.
Google Classroom Codes for 2nd Trimester
Notes from the Guidance Office
Senior Corner
Scholarship Opportunities:
- Seniors who live in Kalamazoo County please check out the scholarship opportunities from the Kalamazoo Foundation. Click on the link for more information: https://fb.me/e/3NnOGRtoo
- 2021 Kelsey's Law Distracted Driving Scholarship https://www.michiganautolaw.com/scholarships/kelseys-law/
- Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest - information in the Guidance Office
- Check out the MEA scholarship using this link: https://mea.org/mea-scholarship/
- Lake Michigan Credit Union Hutt Scholarship LMCU.org/Hutt
Virtual College Information:
Students interested in KVCC check out the link to a presentation from the KVCC rep.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4HNwqVgZN4
AP Testing
Fees for AP testing can be turned in once school opens back up.