Bogan Weekly News

Welcome to the first newsletter of 2025!

We hope your holiday season brought joy and relaxation. We enjoyed welcoming our students back to the building this week- even though it was a really short week! There was a lot of excitement as students reconnected with their classmates and teachers!

I wanted to share that our music teacher, Mrs. Long, has resigned- due to personal reasons. We appreciate everything she has done for Bogan the first semester of the school year and wish her the best for her future endeavors. We are hopeful that this position will be filled very soon and I will provide an update you when there is one available.

We finished our winter MAP testing before break. For each benchmark (fall, winter, and spring), the NWEA system determines an individualized growth target for each student based on national norms. Over 50% of students in our building met their growth target on the reading and math assessments. We are excited to see a lot of growth with our students from the beginning of the year and are looking forward to continuing this work this semester.

Sincerely,

Kirsten Cannon, Principal

All students are really doing a great job following the cafeteria expectations and earning scoops! Students are proud of themselves for working hard. It is really cool to see the excitement on their faces when their class earns a scoop for the day! We have had two classes already earn their ice cream parties and are looking forward to the rest of the classes achieving this goal as well!

We would appreciate if you could also review these expectations with your students at home.

Mrs. Kline has updated the Bogan Art Website with LOTS of FREE art apps, art websites, and things for our kiddos to do at home while they are stuck inside. Please click the image for access.

As a reminder, you are able to add funds to your student's lunch account through the Talawanda EZ Pay system. If your student's account reaches -$50 it will be rolled into your school fees. Please be mindful and keep your student's account current. You can use Talawanda EZ Pay, send a check or cash to the school office to take care of your student's balance.

Here is our lunch menu for January!

Hello parents and guardians!

Across all grade levels, we have finished Unit 2 of Second Step, where we learned about handling our big emotions and various methods we can use when we need to calm ourselves down. When we return in January, we will begin working on a new unit that teaches us all about empathy and kindness.

As we move into winter break and a busy holiday season for many families, I want to encourage you to remember that if you as an adult feel stressed, your children may pick up on it as well. While we have been working on being able to identify our feelings and how to calm ourselves, it’s important for you to remember that sometimes our kids don’t have the words to share how they feel and instead can show those feelings in the following ways:

• Physical complaints such as stomach aches or headaches
• Changes in sleeping and/or eating patterns
• Meltdowns
• Oppositional behavior
• Withdrawal
• Heightened clinginess

I encourage you to talk to your child if you notice any of these changes at home and help them to understand and process through how they are feeling. Some coping skills you can use include taking a break, deep breathing, reading, going for a walk, or many other coping skills that you can find listed online.

If there is anything I can do in this final week before break or even once we return to school, please don’t hesitate to reach out and let me know. I hope you have a wonderful break with your students!

January 13th: KKids: 3:15pm-4:15pm

January 14th: Dine to Donate: Cane's

January 17th: NO SCHOOL: Staff Data Day

January 20th: NO SCHOOL: MLK Day

January 23rd: PTG Meeting: 6:30pm

January 27th: BBBS resumes

January 28th: BookMobile (1st-4th)

January 28th-30th: 2nd Grade CogAt testing

January 31st: PTG Kids' Night Out: 6:30pm-9:00pm

February 17th: NO SCHOOL: Presidents' Day

February 27th: Spring Photos

March 4th: BookMobile (1st-4th)

March 6th: Spring Conferences

March 11th: Spring Conferences

March 31st-April 4th: NO SCHOOL: Spring Break

April 8th: BookMobile 91st-4th)

April 14th: KKids: 3:15pm-4:15pm

April 18th: NO SCHOOL: Conference Exchange Day

May 5th: NO SCHOOL: Data Collaboration Day

May 16th: Field Day

May 22nd: Last Day of School

We are excited to have Pebble Go! Pebble Go provides access to a lot of different digital books that you can read with your children at home. Many students also use Pebble Go in the classroom and have really enjoyed the content! Please see below for the login information. The subscription will expire August 30, 2025.

Site Login: https://login.pebblego.com/

Username: bogan

Password: bogan

Talawanda preschool is currently accepting applications for the 25/26 school year. Please fill out the following application before January 31 to be included in the preschool lottery. Please direct any questions to fuechsle@talawanda.org

Please click the photo on the left to access the survey.

Please click the image for more information and the order form.

Latin will be added to the menu as a zoom class option. Please contact your child's school if you are interested.

Please click here for the Talawanda Community Events Page.