Thank you to all the parents that participated in parent teacher conferences this week. We enjoy working with you to support your children and when there is a team approach it benefits us all. I was glad to see so many parents these past couple days. I know that many of you may have had conflict or couldn't attend conferences and I just ask that you reach out to your children's teacher either through email or by calling to touch base with them.

There will be NO school on Friday November 4th. Students enjoy you long weekend. Next week is our NHS Induction Ceremony, Fall Sports Awards Banquet, Family Knight, and Veterans Day Program. More information about all of this and more as you scroll down.

The game is on Friday November 11th. Junior girls vs the Senior girls. The gates open at 5:45. The Game starts at 6:00pm. There will be a halftime show by the Man Leaders. Concessions will be available.

We recommend a $3 donation to enter the game and that you consider a small donation for concessions. 100% of the money raised during Power Puff will be donated to the Geiselman Family. Thank you Student Council and Miss Pierce for putting this fun evening together and for using it as a way to give to others.

Admission to Junior or Senior Programs

The online application for admission to a Junior or Senior PENTA program for the 2017-2018 school will be available here beginning November 5, 2016.

Application for Career Assessment and/or Admission to the Sophomore Exploratory Program

The online application for students who need a Career Assessment or who wish to apply for admission to Penta’s Sophomore Exploratory Program for the 2017-2018 school year is available now by clicking HERE.

The High School will be having a student assembly on safe and responsible driving. The assembly will be held November 16th in the afternoon for all high school students. This is being led by our resource officer Deputy Brian Ruckstuhl and local rescue agencies as well as a few families in the area that have dealt with auto related accidents.

We will also be having an adult assembly that evening on the 16th to discuss our student drivers and discussing ways to help better educate our students and report reckless driving. That time will be announced later but plan on sometime between 5pm and 7pm. We would like to get as many families and community members to attend as possible. This meeting we hope would last no longer than an hour. The start time will be announced at a later time.

This coming Thursday November 10th is our 2nd annual District Family Knight. This means we are shutting the place down. No practices, No homework, Nothing due the next day. It is a night for you as a family to spend some time together and just be a family. The buildings will shut down shortly after school is out.

Make dinner, eat out, play games, see a movie, go bowling, do whatever you want but most importantly enjoy some time together.

On Monday, November 7th, we will have our fall sports awards banquet and our National Honor Society Induction Ceremony in the HS auditorium.

National Honor Society Induction: 6pm HS Auditorium

Fall Sports Awards Banquet: 7pm HS Gymnasium

We will once again have a Veteran’s Day Assembly and breakfast to honor our local Veterans. Breakfast is free to all veterans and Otsego Senior Citizens. Breakfast will start at 8:15 in the High School Commons. The program will start at 9:15 in the High School gym and last roughly 45 minutes to an hour.

Please CLICK HERE to RSVP for the breakfast. If you are not able to RSVP online please call Lisa Austin at 419-823-4381 orlaustin@otsegoknights.org.

Who: ALL parents and community members welcome

Date: November 21, 2016

Time: 7:00 pm

Location: HS Auditorium

The Otsego Local School District is proud to announce The Otsego Parent Education Speaker Series. At least twice a year, Otsego will create a venue for community conversations around relevant and thought provoking topics for the purpose of promoting student well being, character development, academic success and parental support. All sessions will be free to the community and will be held in the Otsego High School Auditorium.

Our first event will be led by Scott Grant, Founder of Triple Threat Leadership, LLC. and centered around personal branding, positive social media strategy, college preparation, and the full life cycle from high school, to college, to professional life.

Scott will be presenting to high school students during the day on the 21st . We will be deciding then if we bring him back to talk to our junior high students. The parent session will benefit all parents. We are encouraging every parent in the Otsego District to attend this session.

November 17th Benefit: Marshal and his close friends all work at LaRoe’s, in Grand Rapids. They will be putting on a buffet dinner fundraiser for the family! LaRoe’s will be donating all of the food and beverages for this event. 100% of the proceeds from this event will be donated to the family. Let’s continue to show the Geiselman family what the Otsego Community is all about and support them in this time of need. LaRoe's Fundraising Event Information - CLICK HERE

Christine Rieger has set up a Meal Train to help out Marshal's Family. Here is the link:

Geiselman Meal Train Sign-up

The family is camped out with Marshal at the hospital. Please Sign up for a night to provide a meal for the family. Its that simple. The dates start this Saturday. Please consider signing up to help out and support the family.

Location

St. Vincent Medical Center
2213 Cherry St . ICU PEDIATRIC UNIT ask for Amy
Toledo Ohio 43628

Number of People

Adults: 4

Preferred delivery time

Around 5pm -6pm

4.0

Joseph Agan, Colton Battin, Jennifer Baty, Adam Euler, Alison Graham, Lauren Gray, Matthew Hannewald, Paige Hoffman, Alexander Krabill, Ryan Lashaway, Parker Lazar, Margaret Long, Morgan Mazey, Mason Niceley, Logan Pope, Olivia Renkel, Luke Simpson, Aurora Thomas, Shannon Weihl, Devin Wilson, Rebekah Wright

3.5 – 3.99

Lydia Archambo, Taylor Ashbaugh, Austin Cox, Victoria Curley, Alyssa Evans, Chad Evans, Raven Glenn, Mason Gonzales, Xavier Hackler, Bethany Horen, Reilly Jones, Anthony Kalell, Mary Kent, Madison Kregel, Zachary Lange, Darreck Lashaway, Adam Lewis, Natasha MacKay, Josiah May, Aubrey Mazey, Mercedes McNett, Darian Messer, Zoe Milios, Noah Platzke, Thomas Repolesk, Tabitha Streetman, Parker Vollmar, Brooke Whiteman, Victoria Wilson

4.0

Hailey Asmus, Erika Dibartolomeo, Leah Dubler, Edward Haynes, Joseph Konrad III, Jordyn Lenox, Louisa Pullins, Andrew Richardson, Stone Zimmerman, Luke Beach, Felicity Jinnings, Joseph McQuillin, Braeden Murphy, Dominic Serrato

3.5 – 3.99

Hunter Carrick, Dakota Clark, Ann Cousino, Zachary Davies, Marcus Easterwood, Evan Farley, Brooke Finch, Christina Gonzalez, Victoria Hale, Chase Hoepf, Tahira Kalell, Marissa Langley, Cassandra LaPlante, Dalton Limes, Heather Jogerst, Devin McKee, Hannah Poulin, Brock Snyder, Selena Hernandez, Hannah Snyder, Kelly McBride, Buehrer Martinez, Jaclyn Ghesquiere, Joshua Shawberry, Tyler Simpson, Makenzie Wilson, Tyler Cowdrey, Ashlynn Digby, Caleb Frank, Julianne Spencer, Keith Damschroder, Shane Tobar, Joseph Vershum, Nathaniel Digby, Isabella Bean, Nicholas Krabill, Erin Agan, Claire Wallace, Alexis Wiles, Gabrielle Wiles, William Varner

4.0

Madison Dzierwa, Conor Evans, William Gase, Levi Gonyer, Jacob Griffin, Hayle Grimmer, Sadie Helberg, Zachary Jones, Jenna Lewis, Austin Meier, Derek Michaelis, Alexandria Miller, Seth Pullins, Shelbey Spurlock, Connor Tumblin, Janae Vargo, Abigail Wilcox

3.5 – 3.99

Montgomery Alexander, Nathaniel Born, Adriana Caballero, Gabrielle Coon, Mitchell Downs, William Evans, Mikayla Farmer, Dominick Finkenbiner, Alyssa Goetz, Alayna Greenhagen, Ava Harper, Cheyenne Homanick, Sydney Mazey, Jenna Norman, David Silva, Kortney Sutter, Amber Underwood, Brittany Vollmar, Tessa Weber, Connor Wilson

4.0 & up

James Chase, Madeline Downey, Anna Greenhagen, Bryne Limes, Joseph Putnam, Noah Roseman, Hannah Smoyer, Kale Vollmar, Margaret Lehsten, Keegan Digby, Trey Battin, Spencer Odendahl, Jaden Junge, Gabriel Simpson

3.5 – 3.99

Katelyn Duncan, Joseph DiFeterici, Dane Creps, Olivia Jackson, Payton Jones, Kodey Miller, William Agan, Benjamin Gray, Alex Brown, Camryn Tussing, Thomas Dennis III, Paige Ferguson, Jason Jones, Jacob Premo, Stephanie Schmidt, Hope London, Jake Manley, Morgan Michael, Janelle Moser, Lillian Schermer,, Kylie Brinkman, Casey Brown, Abigail Cox, Blayk Sterling, Jenna Shawberry, Annalora Euler, Anne Glassford, Jesse Wright, Elizabeth Cox, Ian Wallace

Top 25 Readers

Bethany Horen, Hope London, Devin McKee, Joshua Shawberry, Alexia McNett, Matthew Hannewald, Stephanie Schmidt, Connor Wilson, Sarah Perdue, Terrance Portillo, Lilly, Schermer, Ava Harper, Evan Farley, Logan Propst, Blaine Kitchen, Janae Vargo, Tyler Swartz, Shannon Weihl, Caleb Frank, Jenna Norman, Taylor Grimm, Janelle Moser, Jared Little, Zoe Milios, Natasha Mackay

Wed. 11/2 - Parent Teacher Conferences, 4:00pm - 8:00pm

Wed. 11/2 - Sophomore Explore Penta Day all day.

Thurs. 11/3 - Parent Teacher Conferences, 10am - 8:00pm

Fri. 11/4 - No School

Sat. 11/5 - Athletic Boosters Reverse Raffle, 6:00pm

Mon. 11/7 - NHS Induction: 6:00pm

Mon. 11/7 - Fall Athletic Awards: 7:00pm

Wed. 11/9 - Thanksgiving Meal for students at HS

Thur. 11/10 - Family Knight - No after school activities.

Fri. 11/11 - Veterans Assembly

Wed. 11/16 - Student Safe Driving Assembly 1pm

Wed. 11/16 - Community Safe Driving Meeting TBD

Thur. 11/17 - Geiselman Benefit at LaRoe's

Tues. 11/22 - BOE Meeting, 6:00pm HS Library

Wed. 11/23 - Fri. 11/25 - NO SCHOOL-THANKSGIVING BREAK

Stay Informed - CLICK HERE

2016-2017 Otsego High School Staff Directory

Below are a few of the other ways to connect with us and to have access to updates and communications from us. Please remember that we desire two-way communication and encourage everyone to reach out to us and ask questions, voice concerns, and give feedback. Thank You.

1. High School Website The Otsego Local Schools site highlights what is important to us and the community. The website layout uses responsive design, meaning that it will adjust for tablets and mobile devices. We will keep the high school site updated with pictures, news articles, and other important information regarding the district and the building.

2. Remind 101 (Text to: 81010 Message: @otseg there is no "o" at the end just @otseg. Thats it. You will receive a message that says you've been added to our group. You will receive text messages straight to your mobile device). If you don't want to text, you can go to https://www.remind.com/join and just type in (otseg) as the class code.

3. Twitter (follow @otsegohsoffice or @KosheaOHS)

4. District App:

Click here to download on an apple device

Click here to download on an android device

Yearbook Page - Click Here

****Seniors and Senior Parents: Senior pictures are due by JANUARY 31st. Email your pictures to Mrs. Lockhart at clockhart@otsegoknights.org We have 10 yearbooks left for purchase!

Parents, you can access yearbook information on the Otsego High School website. The yearbook price is currently $65. Parents can purchase a 2016-2017 yearbook by sending a check for $65 made payable to: Otsego Yearbook. If you would like to order online click on the link. Online Ordering - Click Here

If you still want to purchase a 2015-2016 yearbook you will have to give a check to Mrs. Lockhart for the extended sales price of $70. All checks should be made out to: Otsego Yearbook. We currently have only 15 yearbooks available for sale. It is first come first serve basis. Get your yearbook! They are selling out fast!

Sign up to receive text messages from our Transportation Department!

High School & JH Buses (Bus Routes for grades 6-12 & Penta)

Text: @otsbus6-12

to: 81010

If you have questions please email our Transportation Director, Eva Vasher

The Business Club has put together a spirit wear order form through Team Sports .

All profits raised through the sale of spirit wear will go towards scholarships at the end of the year from the Business Department.

Link to the Spirit Wear Order From - The Deadline is November 13th. So Hurry.

Every Wednesday, ALL sports will wait until 3:00pm to start their practices. This will allow for students to seek out teachers after school for help with their school work and not feel as rushed to get out to practice as well as allow our athletes to possibly get involved in other clubs and organizations which will be allowed to meet after school during this time. Athletic teams may hold study tables after school on Wednesdays until 3:00pm.

The Athletics Department will also begin running a weekly eligibility list identifying all athletes that have either a "D" or "F" in a class and notify coaches and players. Coaches will be expected to work with their athletes to get these kids off the eligibility list.

‘Otsego Athletics’ is on Twitter and Facebook. Follow for high school scores and other athletic department information.

***For the most up to date Schedules please go to the main HS Website, these only get posted once per week and may not reflect changes. High School Website with updated Dates

2016-2017 Lunch and Breakfast Schedules

If you have questions please email our Food Service Director, Jeanie Jeffers

Reminder from the cafeteria:

If your child was on the free or reduced meal program for last year, the grace period has expired. Any charges that are occurring are your responsibility. You may still apply for free or reduced meals for this school year. But the charges must be paid.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Jeanne Jeffers at 419-823-4381 ext:1104 or email, jjeffers@otsegoknights.org

Otsego FFA Chapter participated in the county job interview contest on Nov 2nd.

7 members competed. Members who competed were:

Division 1: Trey Battin and Maggie Lehsten

Division 2: Jacob Caris and Seth Pullins

Division 3: Selena Hernandez and Lucy Pullins

Division 4: Ryan Lashaway

Ryan and Maggie placed 1st, Lucy placed 2nd and all three will advance to the district contest on Nov 17th.

Ryan, Maggie, and Lucy all advance to the district job interview contest on Nov 17th at Penta Career Center. Good Luck!

There is still time to take advantage of the Fall "Early Bird Special" Sign up by October 31 to get big discounts on All Star classes running the rest of 2016. To register, please call 734 665 7374 or visit www.allstarde.com

Click Here

Mark your calendars for 2 upcoming shows presented by Horizon Youth Theatre: The Great Cross Country Race (Or the Tortoise and the Hare) and The Fabulous Fables of Aesop. Both shows include a few students from Otsego elementary or junior high schools as well as other area community schools and home schooled students. Tickets are $5 and available online or at the door. horizonyouththeatre.org

Q: Where do crayons go on vacation?

A: Color-ado, Duh!

Have a Great Week.

2016-2017 Otsego High School Staff Directory

Email: Koshea@otsegoknights.org
Website: http://highschool.otsegoknights.org/
Location: Otsego High School, Tontogany Creek Road, Bowling Green, OH, United States
Phone: (419) 823-4381
Twitter: @KosheaOHS

Email: tferdig@otsegoknights.org
Website: http://highschool.otsegoknights.org/
Location: Otsego High School, Tontogany Creek Road, Bowling Green, OH, United States
Phone: (419) 823-4381

Email: jclark@otsegoknights.org
Location: 18505 Tontogany Creek Road, Bowling Green, OH, United States
Phone: (419) 823-4381
Twitter: @CounselorClark

Email: dfryling@otsegoknights.org
Location: 18505 Tontogany Creek Road, Bowling Green, OH, United States
Phone: (419) 823-4381

Email: broberts@otsegoknights.org
Location: 18505 Tontogany Creek Road, Bowling Green, OH, United States
Phone: (419) 823-4381
Twitter: @OtsegoHSOffice

Email: bruckstuhl@otsegoknights.org
Location: 18505 Tontogany Creek Road, Bowling Green, OH, United States
Phone: (419) 823-4381