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| 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. |
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| Buy One Get One Free Book Fair! |
| The annual Buy One Get One Free Book Fair is here! We will be open from June 3 - 11th from 8:30am until 4:30pm. On June 9th we will stay open until 9pm due to the Spring Concert. Come and stock up for your summer reading. Check out the fairs web site at Otego Book Fair |
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| 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. |
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| Visit the Library Web Page |
You can now access our library's catalog online at OPALS
You can 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. |
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| 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!
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| Booster Seat/Child Restraint |
| Is required for all children until their 8th birthday as of November 24, 2009,. (Prior to November 24, 2009, the requirement applies to children until their 7th birthday), and
must meet the size and weight requirements for the child based on the Federal requirements and the recommendations of the manufacturer, and can be a child safety seat, a harness, a vest or a booster seat attached with the vehicle seat belt system, but not the vehicle seat belt alone, and should not be used in the front seat of the vehicle.
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| NYS Student Support Services |
| Below please find the link to the June 2009 NYS Student Support Services Center Newsletter "Making Connections..."
https://www.astihosted.com/GVBDCP/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=608
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| PARENTS PLEASE BE ADVISED |
| Starting in the 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. |
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| STUDENT DROP-OFF |
| Parents-When dropping off children in the morning, please let them off in front of the school, not in the parking lot. We are having congestion issues with cars making it difficult for busses to enter and exit. Thank you! |
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| 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. |
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| We learn about bullying! |
| Otego Elementary was proud to have Steve Carrier for an assembly on Friday, January 8th. Mr. Carrier talked to students in grades 1-5 about bullying, making good choices, and surrounding yourself with positive people. Mr. Carrier has been featured on ESPN, “Ripley’s Believe it or Not,” “America’s got Talent” and is in the Guinness Book of World Records for breaking 30 baseball bats in 53 seconds!! Mr. Carrier lives in Dallas, Texas and travels the country doing assemblies for schools. The staff and students loved seeing him roll up frying pans, crush cans of soda, and rip phone books. But more importantly…the students left the assembly with a positive message. |
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