Little Bucks Bulletin
Nurturing Hearts, Developing Minds, Inspiring Dreams
April 2024 Edition
Ottawa Elementary School
MESSAGE FROM MRS. DENISON
Dear Little Bucks Families,
Spring is around the corner! Bringing us warmer recess days! We are in the last quarter of school and the following weeks are going to fly! We will have our end of the year testing coming up soon!
Our LaBraid and Egg My Yard spring fundraisers were a huge success, thanks to your support! Funds will be used to support our end of the year celebrations and Staff Appreciation Week.
Watching the Solar Eclipse was a very amazing event to share with our students. Hopefully when the next eclipse comes our way, these students will remember watching their first one as an Ottawa student.
We are wrapping up our early registration window for new preschool and kindergarteners for next school year. If you know someone that may be in a need of a packet, please have them contact or stop by our school office to obtain a packet.
If you ever have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to me.
Stacey Denison, Principal
OFFICE HOURS
Our school office is open 8:00am-4:30pm
Phone: 269.695.8409
Mrs. Stacey Denison, Principal
Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, Administrative Assistant
SCHOOL HOURS
REGULAR DAY OF SCHOOL
8:35am-3:43pm
ECSE AM 8:35am-11:50pm
ECSE PM 12:25pm-3:43pm
WACKY WEDNESDAYS
8:35am-3:10pm
HALF DAYS OF SCHOOL
8:35am-12:05pm
No Preschool or ECSE Classes on these days!
EVERY WEDNESDAY IS AN EARLY RELEASE AT 3:10PM FOR OTTAWA
IMPORTANT DATES
APRIL
8 School Resumes from Spring Break
11 Preschool Vision and Hearing Screening
15 Board of Education Meeting 6:00pm
16 Preschool Registration Appointments
16 PTO Meeting 6:30pm
17 Lory's Place Grief Group
18 Kickstart to Career Deposit Day
19 Empty Bowls Event at High School
20 Plow Day at School Farm
22 Earth Day
23 Donuts With Grown-ups
26 No School for Students/ Staff Professional Development
29 1st Grade to Landfill/School Farm (Stevenson, Billington, Cowart)
30 1st Grade to Landfill/School Farm (Sears and Traeger)
DONUTS WITH GROWN-UPS 2024
Congratulations Nora and Rowan for being Top Sellers!!
SPRINGFEST PEP ASSEMBLY
THANK YOU BUCHANAN CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE!
We received a special thank you from the Buchanan Church of the Nazarene. Liam and Arika Shea showered us with a flower, cookie, and a gift card as a thank you to our staff!
What a wonderful surprise!
Everly and Amari spoke at Board Meeting about Ottawa! Thank You!
Fantastic job helping to highlight our school!
WACKY WEDNESDAY STAFF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BRESA Math Consultant Joe Elsheikhi and Ottawa Instructional Coach Kelly Smith lead the staff in math fact fluency training.
KICKSTART TO CAREER DEPOSIT DAY!
THIRD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!
Michigan Gateway Community Foundation and Honor Credit Union will be collecting deposits on Thursday, April 18th! Students may bring in their deposits on Thursday in a sealed envelope with the following information: Student Name, Grade, Graduation Year and Account Number found in their personal savings account register booklet. If you have questions regarding deposits, please contact the Michigan Gateway Community Foundation at 695-3521.
SOLAR ECLIPSE 2024
This was a very cool event to experience with our Little Bucks. We had a number of adults on hand to make sure we were all using our glasses correctly to safely view this epic event!
WE ARE ALWAYS ON THE LOOK OUT FOR LITTLE BUCKS OF THE WEEK!
We model and teach what we expect to see from students with the Buck 3. Be Respectful, Be Responsible, and Be Safe. Next week will be our first week to choose students that have been working hard at following the Buck 3. Pictures will be displayed on our wall for the entire school to see on their way to lunch and names announced during our announcements.
A signed certificate will come home at the end of the week and their names will be shared in Ottawa's Update over the weekend for families!
Congratulations to this week's Little Bucks of the Week! We are so proud of you and appreciate the example you lead for others at Ottawa! Keep up the phenomenal work!
Preschool: Scarlett B. and River C.
Kindergarten: Ollie S., Corbyn W. , Lilly K., Elizabeth R., and K.J. D
First Grade: Laila K., Arya B., Kane H., Tasiah D., and Adabelle P.
Join Us! PTO MEETING APRIL 16TH AT 6:30 PM
Ottawa PTO Meeting
Child care provided during the meeting.
Guest Speaker: Instructional Coach, Kelly Smith, will speak about math fact fluency and answer any questions you may have.
Tuesday, Apr 16, 2024, 06:30 PM
Ottawa Elementary School, Ottawa Street, Buchanan, MI, USA
Thank you Mrs. Smith for presenting and sharing activities on math fluency!
DOWNLOAD THE BOX TOPS APP, SCAN RECEIPTS! EASY WAY TO GIVE BACK TO OUR SCHOOL!
Another way to help support Ottawa's PTO!
DISMISSAL/TRANSPORTATION CHANGES
You MUST contact our school office by 2:00 pm if you need to make changes to your child's transportation routine.
If you need to make changes involving a bus, these changes must be communicated to our office by 1:30 pm, before the buses leave for their middle/high school routes.
Please do not message or email teachers as they are often in session and do not receive the messages until it is too late.
If you need a numbered car tag for the pick up line, please come into our office.
If you are picking your child up as a walker, they will be dismissed at the doors by our front office.
Only car riders with parents in the pick up line will be dismissed at the north parking lot doors.
Transportation
Click on the icon below for Ottawa's Breakfast and Lunch Menus
Board of Education Meetings
- May 20th
Central Office
269.695.8400
Superintendent
Mrs. Patricia Robinson probinson@buchananschools.comAdministrative Assistant to the Superintendent
Mrs. Michelle Munyon mmunyon@buchananschools.com
Director of Operations and Instructional Systems Coordinator
Mr. Mark Kurland mkurland@buchananschools.com
Business Office Specialist
Mrs. Carrie Brunsting cbrunsting@buchananschools.com
Director of Special Education
Mrs. Karin Falkenstein kfalkenstein@buchananschools.com
Director of Technology
Mr. Philip Place psplace@buchananschools.com
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