Otsego High School
Weekly Parent Newsletter
From the Desk of Mr. O'Shea
We are officially back! It was an awesome week and I am so excited to have all the students back. I am very grateful for our Link Leaders and proud of the work they did this week with the Freshmen. This is a program that I believe has a lot of potential and I hope that we continue to build an atmosphere that embraces all students and a culture of caring. I would greatly appreciate hearing your feedback from either your child's perspective or yours about how the first week of school went. No matter what grade your child is in, let us know how their first week of school went.
I hope you all have a great weekend. #GoKnights
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)
1:1 Chromebooks for Kids
Thanks to all the parents that came to the meetings. I have attached the handout from the meetings below. Chromebook Guide
Otsego Local Schools Chromebook Agreement Form/Insurance Waiver
If they do NOT turn this form in they DO NOT get a Chromebook. Please fill out and return ASAP. We reduced the cost to insure them as well. It is $20. (checks to OLS) It's ten dollars less than last year. We do not want these to become a financial burden, but we do need to cover the costs of damaged devices.
Highlights of the Week
Meet the Band Night
Boy's Cross Country Team (Meet the Teams)
Drum Majors
Design Challenge (Classes Begin)
Meet the Band Night
Freshmen Assemble
Upcoming Dates
September:
Mon. 9/7 - Labor Day NO SCHOOL
Thurs. 9/10 - Pep Rally/Bonfire "Bash the Bobcats" 9pm HS Softball Field
Wed. 9/16 - Two Hour Delay - Staff Professional Development
Mon. 9/21 - Picture Re-Takes - in the morning during school
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
10/16 - Senior Night
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
News from Athletics
Starting this week. Every Wednesday, ALL sports will wait until 3:00pm to start their practices. This will allow for students to seek out teachers after school for help with their school work and not feel as rushed to get out to practice as well as allow our athletes to possibly get involved in other clubs and organizations which will be allowed to meet after school during this time. Athletic teams may hold study tables after school on Wednesdays until 3:00pm.
The Athletics Department will also begin running a weekly eligibility list identifying all athletes that have either a "D" or "F" in a class and notify coaches and players. Coaches will be expected to work with their athletes to get these kids off the eligibility list.
This Weeks Competitions:
Fri, August 28
Football @ Evergreen, 7pm
Sat, August 29
Cross Country @ Seneca East Invitational, 9am
JV Football vs. Evergreen, 10am
Girls Soccer @ Toledo Christian, 11am
Junior Varsity & Varsity Volleyball @ Liberty Center, 6pm
Mon. August 31
Girls Golf vs. North Baltimore @ Stone Ridge, 4:30
Tues. Sept. 1
Boy's Golf @ Maumee Bay, 4:00pm
Cross Country @ Elmwood (NBC Jamboree), 4:45pm
Boy's Soccer @ Scott, 5:00pm
Volleyball vs. Genoa, 6:00pm
Wed. Sept. 2
Girl's Golf @ Crosswinds, 4:00pm
Thurs. Sept. 3
Boy's Soccer @ Genoa, 5:00pm
Girl's Soccer vs. Genoa, 5:00pm
Volleyball @ Woodmore, 6:00pm
Fri. Sept. 4
Football vs. North Baltimore, 7:00pm
Saturday Sept. 5
JV Football @ North Baltimore, 10:00am
Cross Country @ Mary Jane Thurston, 10:00am (Otsego Invitational)
School Pictures
Pictures from the Back 2 School Days were delivered on Thursday afternoon. Expect them to be coming home by Monday. Picture re-take day will be September 21, 2015 during school in the morning.
News from the Cafeteria
Introducing New Staff Members at the High School
Mrs. Pam Heyman
Pam has taught at Otsego for eighteen years. This year she is excited to be moving to the high school where she will be serving as the librarian. Pam is the districts new library media specialist, which means that she will also be overseeing the library aides at the junior high and elementary schools. Pam will also be teaching two high school classes, Digital Media Communications and Video Production.
Email: pheyman@otsegoknights.org
Website: www.sites.google.com/a/otsegoknights.org/ohs-library/
Location: 18505 Tontogany Creek Rd, Tontogany, OH, United States
Twitter: @HeymanPamela
Mr. Steve Carroll
Steve resides in Whitehouse with his wife Jen and two boys Brandon and Jace, ages 5 and 1. He has spent the last six years teaching business and technology classes as well as coaching basketball at Springfield High School. He earned his undergrad and graduate degree at Bowling Green State University and he is very excited to start a new business program here at Otsego High School. He will be teaching Foundations of Business, Entrepreneurship, Accounting, and a Management and Leadership class.
Email: scarroll@otsegoknights.org
Location: 18505 Tontogany Creek Rd, Tontogany, OH, United States
Mrs. Jenna Kline
Location: 18505 Tontogany Creek Rd, Tontogany, OH, United States
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