Owl Newsletter 41111

Otsego

Mr. & Mrs. Yaris and Mrs. Castiglia take time a picture afterat Mrs. Polestino’s kindergarten students hadfor a great time a very successful PARP Assembly! their “Grown-Up Day” celebration.

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Students in class 1-CM are learning

Our librarian, Mrs. Castiglia, presents second within Our first graders campaign through the hallsgraders of Otsego certificates fortheir completing Summer Reading Program. about the symbols of our country! an effort to sway peers the to vote for their book!

Congratulations all of a Otsego’s student Otsego gives backtoduring our District FoodFestival!

Drive!

Our students had blast at theparticipants!

Fall Week of April 11, 2011

A Message from the Principal

This Week’s Agenda

Stacey Bernstein National Library Week is April 10-16th.

We would like to celebrate at Otsego with a special theme for each day of the week.

Please take note of the activities below and encourage your child to participate. (This information was also sent home on a school flyer.)

Wear yellow on Monday, April 11th to

show how books can brighten your day!

Tuesday, April 12th is Read a Shirt Day! Wear a shirt with appropriate writing on it.

Wednesday, April 13th is Love your Library Day! Wear school colors (blue and yellow) or Otsego Spirit Wear.

Visit the library and check out something new!

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Thursday, April 14 is Read a Hat Day! Wear a hat with appropriate writing on it.

Bring in a poem you can read and share on Friday, April 15th. Put a poem in your pocket in celebration of National Poetry Month.

Thanks for your cooperation in helping make our celebration special!

Monday, 4-11 BOE Meeting @ Chestnut Hill Wednesday, 4-13 PTA Zumba Night, 7-9pm in the Otsego gymnasium Thursday, 4-14–  Scholastic Book Fair Friday, 4-15 Scholastic Book Fair

PTA Spring Spectacular Future Otsego Happenings

2011

 Spring Recess o School Closed April 18th - April 25th o School will be in session on Tuesday, April 26th

Thank you to co-chairs Anita Campbell and Karla Hofsiss and the entire Spring Spectacular Committee for a wonderful event! It was an evening filled with great prizes, exciting entertainment, and laughter. The 70s and 80s theme was a lot of fun for all! Thanks to everyone who participated and supported our PTA!

Parent Talk

Hands-On Gardening and Nature Projects

Get your green thumb dirty with these outdoor experiments and activities.

Gardening and simple science projects show your child the way things work and teach responsibility, environmental awareness, and even how to handle disappointment, when that carefully planted bulb refuses to sprout. Here are some easy ways to have fun outdoors this spring: 

Set up a backyard weather station

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Plant your next jack-o'-lantern

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Make a dandelion salad

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Pound a posy

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Open a nestsupply store

Share the Outdoors With Your Kids Please click the link below to access the complete article from Scholastic.

Share the Outdoors With Your Kids

Share the Outdoors With Your Kids

Get out and soak up the spring season with your children.

The snow is melting, the soil is warming up, babbling brooks and streams are lively and full, and birds and butterflies are on the move. The days grow longer, and there's more time to play outside.

Everyone needs sturdy shoes or boots, a hat, sunscreen, binoculars, and water. Okay, now you're ready to get outdoors! 

Take a Day Trip There's probably a botanical garden or nature preserve nearby that you've never been to before. Visit its Web site, and see what activities are scheduled for spring. Plan to participate in one that sounds interesting, and put the date on your calendar to make sure it happens. If you take a walk in the woods, watch for baby animals but don't get too close to a mother and her young. Admire wildflowers, but don't pick them, so others can enjoy them too. During your visit, or even over time in your backyard or neighborhood, play springtime bingo. Make a card listing some of the birds and plants your child might spot (use pictures for smaller kids), and then mark them off as you encounter them.

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Closer to Home Shake off the winter cobwebs, and have a party for your friends and their dogs; dogs are always ready to celebrate.

Set up a small obstacle course — the kind you see in dog agility shows — and have each child run her dog through its paces on a leash. Or have relay races in the driveway. (Put boxes, bikes, or garbage cans across the end of the driveway so no one drives in.) Have kids create and bestow prize ribbons in various categories, so each dog gets recognized.

Categories can include cutest, best-behaved, liveliest, most laidback, most mature. Kids can think up more accolades on their own. As a parting gift, each person-and-pet team goes home with some dog biscuits in a plastic cleanup bag.

And be sure to try one of our backyard projects.