Warmer Weather on the Horizon

We ask your cooperation in helping your child to choose appropriate clothing and shoes while at school. The following items are not allowed at Otis:

• Hats-except for special occasions in classrooms

• Flip-flops or indoor footwear such as slippers

• Bandanas

• Shorts or skirts above ‘finger length,” this includes shorts for Health & Fitness

• Short shirts, showing mid-line

• Spaghetti strap shirts or dresses

• Open toed shoes must have heel strap

• Hoodies on sweatshirts may not be worn over the head in school

• Baggy pants that hang low and show under-garments

• Clothing depicting or alluding to violence, prejudice, alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, or with an inappropriate connotation.

Moving?

It is vital to be able to contact parents/guardians via phone, email and mail regarding student emergencies, behavior, progress, and other pertinent information. If your phone number or address changes during the year, please notify the school office at 509-924-9823 so that this information can be updated immediately. Thank you!

Otis Welcomes You!

For the safety and protection of the students and staff, all persons entering the building must report to the office and sign in to receive an identification badge. This badge is to be displayed while in the school. This includes parents, volunteers, and other district employees. At the end of the visit, visitors are to return to the office and sign out. All visitors are requested to enter and exit through the front of the building.

Are we home yet??

If there is a change in your students' transportation home, we ask that you please notify the office by 1:30. If you send a note with your student, please also call the office. If the office does not receive your message your student will be sent home via their daily means of transportation. Thank you!!

Ready, Set, Learn & Play

Otis loves, loves, loves for our students to participate in our after school clubs & sports, however, we ask that you please pick up your student at the designated ending time. Often times the office is already closed when students are dismissed, making it difficult to obtain contact information for parent pick up.

Kindergarten Registration is now open!!

Admission Requirements:

A child must be five (5) years old by August 31, 2019 to enter kindergarten
You will be required to provide proof of in-district residence. (Utility bill, rental agreement, or completed choice forms)
A certified birth certificate from the Bureau of Vital Statistics (this is not the hospital issued certificate)
Washington state law requires all students to be immunized before enrolling in school. Your child will not be assigned a classroom teacher until the immunization requirements are complete.

So Many Choices!!

Are you wishing to choice your student into Otis Orchards Elementary? Here are some helpful hints:

If you live within the East Valley school district but outside of Otis Orchards attendance area, you will need an Intra-Choice form
If you live outside of the East Valley school district and wish to attend an East Valley school, you will need an Inter-Choice form

Forms are available in the office and due to Ms. Savall by May 1, 2019

PTO (Parent Teacher Organization) Still Needs Your Help!!

Our Otis PTO is in dire need of parent participation. There are only four parents, each with an officer role, at each monthly meeting. The following are our immediate needs:

Chair or Co-chair for the upcoming Spring BBQ

Parents willing to volunteer for the BBQ, June 7

A treasurer and vice president for next year

Parents to attend monthly meetings – next meeting, May 7 at 6:30 p.m.

Parents willing to help with Otis Days Parade, June 1