General Information

Mr. Tim Ryan
Principal
tryan@unatego.stier.org

Mrs. Brenda Birdsall
Secretary

353 Main Street
Otego NY 13825-3251

Phone: 607.988.6700
Fax: 607.988.1012

Quick Links
Silly Jokes!
OUR SILLY JOKES FOR THE WEEK!


Monday
What do you get if you cross a coyote with a chimp?
A howler monkey!

Tuesday
What do you get if you spill boiling water down a rabbit hole? Hot, crossed bunnies!

Wednesday
What kind of exercises do bunnies do?
Hare-robics!

Thursday
What do space squirrels like to eat?
Astronuts!

Friday
Why did the banana go to the doctor?
It didn't peel well!



OUR DAILY QUOTES FOR THE WEEK!

Monday

"Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny." - Kamran Hamid

Tuesday

"To measure the man, measure his heart." - Malcolm Stevenson Forbes

Wednesday

"Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow." - Anon.

Thursday

"The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past." William Faulkner (1897 - 1962)

Friday

"When in darkness, look towards the light!"



OUR DAILY FACT!

Monday
Reindeer eat 26 pounds of lichen a day.

Tuesday
Polar bears have such thick coats that sometimes they have to roll around in the snow to stay cool.

Wednesday
The largest poisonous snake is the King Cobra of Southeast Asia, which grows to over 16 feet.

Thursday
There are 5,280 feet in a mile!

Friday
Antelope jack rabbits circulate blood through their large ears to keep cool.

Curriculum
Grade 1 - English Language Arts - Reading and Listening
Grade 1 - English Language Arts - Writing and Speaking
Grade 1 Mathematics
Grade 2 - English Language Arts - Reading and Listening
Grade 2 - English Language Arts - Writing and Speaking
Grade 2 Mathematics Curriculum
Grade 3 - English Language Arts - Reading and Listening
Grade 3 - English Language Arts - Writing and Speaking
Grade 3 Mathematics Curriculum
Grade 4 - English Language Arts - Reading and Listening
Grade 4 - English Language Arts - Writing and Speaking
Grade 4 Mathematics Curriculum
Grade 5 - English Language Arts - Reading and Listening
Grade 5 - English Language Arts - Writing and Speaking
Grade 5 Mathematics Curriculum
Grade K - English Language Arts - Writing and Speaking
Grade K- English Language Arts - Reading and Listening
Kindergarten Mathematics Curriculum
PTO News
PTO Reminders:

This is a Parent Teacher Organization and we need more parent volunteers to make the group successful! Thank you for all your support. We can't wait to see you there!
Postings from our Principal
After school homework room
We now offer an afterschool homework room for students in grades 3-5 on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. Please call school for more information.
From the Cafeteria
Students are no longer able to charge their lunch. If a student does forget their lunch money one day they are able to charge for that day only. If they forget their lunch money the next day, they will be served a peanut butter and jelly sandwich along with a carton of milk. The district cannot “loan” to individual families. Students will also not be able to purchase “extras” (ice cream, cookies, etc.) if they owe money on their account.
Visit the Library Web Page
You can now access our library's web page at Library Homepage
This site is to share with you what we are going in the library and also some helpful reminders. You can also search and see what kind of books we have in the library. Students can also access websites for research by clicking on "Web Links" on the OPALS home page.
Additional Information
Any student who is a walker or a drop-off and would like to have breakfast, which is free to all students, is encouraged to come between 7:30 and 7:45 and go directly to the cafeteria. Our school is open at 7:30 for breakfast - children may NOT be dropped off before 7:30 as there is no supervision for them!
PARENTS PLEASE BE ADVISED
Starting this fall, the school parking lot will be CLOSED to all vehicles except for staff and busses from 7:25 a.m.-7:55 a.m. This means, when dropping your child off for school, you can either drop them off in front of school and allow them to walk up the sidewalk or drop them off on the Hesse Galleries side and allow them to cross with the crossing guard. Thank you for your understanding and early planning for this new change.
Substitutes
Substitute aids and nurses are very much in need at Otego and across the district! If you know someone who would like to substitute as an aide or as a school nurse please encourage them to pick up an application from the main office.


Have fun practicing your spelling words

Parent Question of the week
Question: I know Otego has been doing RTI for 3 years now. How is this going? Have the students shown improvements as a result of this? Answer: We currently are in our third full year of Response to Invervention(RTI). While the learning curve for staff and students was large, we are amazed and pleased at the results and growth our students have shown. We have noticed a larger number of students moving up in reading levels. We also have noticed many of our students experiencing academic success in other content areas besides ELA. Next fall we will implement RTI for Math. Again, this will be a tremendous help to our students to further reinforce and strengthen their academic skills. Thanks for a great question!
Parent Survey
Thank you to everyone who returned their parent survey for Otego Elementary. The response was overwhelming and very positive. We are proud of our accomplishments and look to grow even more in the future. Thank you for all of the valuable feedback!
Winter Carnival
A huge thank you to all of our families for attending the Winter Carnival on Friday night, January 27th. We were able to raise over $700 for our student council. A great time was had by all. See you next year for an even bigger Winter Carnival.
Otego Upcoming Events
Date 2/27/2012
Item BOE meeting at the HS at 7:00 p.m.
Date 2/23/2012
Item STAR assembly at 8:15 a.m.
Date 2/16/2012
Item Winter Break. No school Feb. 16-21.
Date 2/9/2012
Item Visit from Senator Seward at the HS at 6:30 p.m.
Date 2/6/2012
Item BOE meeting at the HS at 7:00 p.m.
Date 2/2/2012
Item Otego PTO meeting in the staff room at 6:00 p.m.
Date 2/2/2012
Item Unatego United meeting at the HS at 7:00 p.m.
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