OTSEGO LOCAL SCHOOLS
Superintendent's Weekly Update - June 7, 2019
I hope everyone's summer is off to a great start. Online registration forms are due now! Please check out the information below.
The Otsego Local School System is looking for an Accompanist/Music Tutor for the 2019-2020 school year. This position primarily runs during the school year from 7:30am to 2:15pm with some additional rehearsals on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. The position involves providing piano accompaniment and/or vocal parts during rehearsals, as well as potentially running sectionals with various choirs (6th-12th grade) throughout the day. Performances are primarily in the evenings, but some community performances are held during school hours throughout the year. The position pays $15 an hour with no benefits. Qualified candidates must also be able to successfully pass a FBI/BCI background check and obtain an Educational Aide Permit. Please contact Brien Sewell at bsewell@otsegoknights.org if you are interested in this position.
We are going to have the Board of Education meetings in a new room starting in June. All meetings will be held in a room right next to the Central Office. Room # is C145. You will enter the HS commons entrance and take the first hallway on the right. C145 is the second door on the right.
Meeting Dates - All meetings start at 6 pm.
June 25th
July 31st
August 22nd
September 26th
October 28th
November 21st
December 19th
Important dates to put on your calendars for August.
August 13th - 8 am to 8 pm - Back to School Registration Day - Pictures, Schedules, Fees, and more. More details throughout the summer
Picture Forms and Information - You can order online.
August 19th - Campus Open House and Picnic in the Parking Lot
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL GRADES 1-6 and 9th Wednesday, August 21st
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL GRADES 7, 8, 10-12 – Thursday, August 22nd
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL KINDERGARTEN – Thursday, August 22nd
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL PRESCHOOL – Monday, AUGUST 26th
CLICK HERE FOR A COPY OF THE ENTIRE 2019-2020 SCHOOL CALENDAR
ONLINE REGISTRATION - DUE NOW
Online registration for the 2019-2020 school year is NOW available - FORMS ARE DUE JUNE 1st
You will see a box similar to the image below for the 2019-2020 school year. You will need to click to switch to the 2019-2020 school year before you start updating information.
CLICK HERE to start your online registration for a returning student. You will use your same account from last year. All of the information automatically comes over from last year. You will only have to sign each page and update any information that may have changed. It would be helpful to all of us if you could fill this out ASAP. Please fill the forms out by June 1st.
** PRESCHOOL PARENTS DO NOT HAVE TO FILL OUT FINAL FORMS OUT
You will also get email reminders from Final Forms. These emails will be sent to the email addresses we have on file from last year.
TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION - For those that will be filling out an Alternate Transportation request these will be done within Final Forms. The deadline will be June 1st. Please fill out Final Forms by July 1st with any alternate transportation requests. If you have any questions please contact Eva at evasher@otsegoknights.org or 419-823-4381 ext. 3156
Job Opportunities
Free School Supplies
WESTON LIBRARY EVENTS
Book Reading and Signing - July 27th 11 am.
ATHLETICS
Volleyball - 4th through 6th grade
Punt Pass and Dribble
Golf Camp
COMMUNITY EVENTS SECTION
Babysitting - If you are looking for a babysitter, an Otsego Knight student is looking for work this summer. Her name is Chesney Kuron and will be a freshman in the fall. She can be contacted at 419-343-0827
Haskins Community Church and St. Paul Lutheran Church Vacation Bible School Adventure
Haskins Community Church and St. Paul Lutheran Church are teaming up this year for a roaring Vacation Bible School adventure. July 22 – 25, 2019 from 6:30 – 8:30 P.M. kids will discover that even though life gets wild, God is good. Roar Vacation Bible School is filled with Bible-learning experiences kids see, hear, touch, and even taste! Team-building games, cool Bible songs, and yummy treats are just some of the activities kids will enjoy.
Children preschool age through those who just finished 4th grade are invited to join us for this life-changing adventure!
CLICK HERE FOR THE REGISTRATION FORM and return it to one of the churches.
Announcing our NEW Summer Art Studio grade 7-12!!!
The BGSU School of Art would like to share an exciting new summer studio we are offering this summer for grades 7th – 12th
We are offering a 10 day Summer Studio Art Camp that will focus on TAB style teaching (Teaching Artistic Behaviors) or student center teaching rather than the traditional teacher centered. This is a fairly new concept in art education that is producing wonderful results with students. In a TAB style studio setting the students have a lot more say in the media and style they want to learn more about. The teachers roll is then to provide artistic inspiration, teach individuals technical skills in their media of choice and provide mini lesson that would introduce students to design and related materials they may not have experienced before. Students will also have the opportunity to learn more about portfolio development and art school admission.
•Our dates are: Wed. June 5th – Wed. June 19th
• Our times to meet: (Mon-Fri.) 12:30 – 3:30
• Our location: BGSU Fine Art Center
• Our cost for the 30hrs of instruction is only: $150 (payable by check only for this first year)
Being that this is our pilot summer we will be keeping the number small. If you as a 7th-12th grade is interested and/or you know of a friend that you would like to invite, please feel free to send them this invite.
Parents to register your son or daughter you may contact me directly and I can send you the registration forms. You can also simply register online at:
https://www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sciences/school-of-art/community-engagement/Summer- Studo-Art.html
Don’t hesitate to email me if you have any questions,
Shari Densel
BGSU WOMEN'S SOCCER CAMP
Questions, Concerns, Comments, or Rumors
Sponsors
Otsego Board of Education
President: Brad Anderson banderson.otsego@gmail.com
Vice President: James Harter jameslharter@gmail.com
Board Member: Mark Tolles mdt814@cs.com
Board Member: Elizabeth Gorski jegorski@frontier.com
Board Member: Gordon Digby gdigby44@gmail.com
Adam Koch, Superintendent
Email: akoch@otsegoknights.org
Website: www.otsegoknights.org
Location: 18505 Tontogany Creek Road, Bowling Green, OH, United States
Phone: 419-823-4381
Twitter: @AdamKoch_Otsego
Lisa Austin, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent/EMIS Coordinator
Email: laustin@otsegoknights.org
Phone: 419-823-4381
Lauri Dunham, Special Education Director
Email: ldunham@otsegoknights.org
Phone: 419-823-4381
Stephen Bihary, School Psychologist
Email: sbihary@otsegoknights.org
Phone: 419-823-4381
Luke Swartz, Technology Director
Email: lswartz@otsegoknights.org
Website: www.otsegoknights.org
Phone: 419-823-4381
Katrina Baughman, Elementary Principal
Email: kbaughman@otsegoknights.org
Phone: 419-823-4381
Twitter: @KBaughman723
Mike Wiley, Assistant Elementary Principal
Email: mwiley@otsegoknights.org
Phone: 419-823-4381
Twitter: @PrincpalWiley
Kevin O'Shea, High School Principal
Email: koshea@otsegoknights.org
Phone: 419-823-4381
Twitter: @KosheaOHS
Jon Rife, Junior High Principal
Email: jrife@otsegoknights.org
Phone: 419-823-4381
Twitter: @OJHS_Principal
Tom Ferdig, High School Athletic Director and Assistant Principal Grades 6-12
Email: tferdig@otsegoknights.org
Phone: 419-823-4381
Eva Vasher, Director of Transportation, Custodial, and Maintenance
Email: evasher@otsegoknights.org
Phone: 419-823-4381
Jeanne Jeffers, Director of Food Service
Email: jjeffers@otsegoknights.org
Phone: 419-823-4381
Twitter: @Otsego_Cafe