Welcome to Ogden Elementary School

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Welcome to Ogden Elementary School!

• Tammy Bruestle, Principal
• Marguerite Martin, Assistant Principal

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Fast Facts

• Honor School Of Excellence
• Met High Growth
• Met 11 out of 111 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
• 100 Highly Qualified Teachers
• 21 of Teachers with Advanced Degrees
• 9 National Board Certified Teachers

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Safety at Ogden

• Staff assigned to morning, dismissal and lunch
  duties.
• Students are supervised at ALL times.
• Monthly Safety Drills
• Anti-bullying program
• Guidance groups
• Keyless entries on all exterior doors
• Safety Team

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School Pride

• Mascot is the Stingray
• Colors are Blue White
• Tee-shirt Days
• School Spirit Days
• PTA Functions

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School-wide Expectations

• Students are expected to be
• Respect
• Responsible
• Safe
• Kind

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Positive Behavior Support

• In order to develop a school culture at Ogden
• that Promotes Positive Behavior Support, staff
• members implement the following components
• of a PBS system
• Define school-wide expectations
• Deliver behavior instruction
• Reinforce and recognize positive behavior
• Respond to behavior violations

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Important Times

• 715 Bus and Car Drop-off starts
• Breakfast starts
• Students may go to classrooms
• 730 Ideal time to arrive at school
• 745 Tardy Bell rings Instructional Day
  starts
• 215 Dismissal

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Bus Drop-offstarts at 715

• Bus students will be dropped off in the parking
  lot behind the school.

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Car Drop-off starts at 715

• Turn into the parking lot off Middle Sound
  Loop Road closest to Market Street. When you
  enter our campus. follow the traffic flow around
  to the back of the parking circle away from the
  school. This will keep traffic off the loop. When
  arriving to the drop off area place your vehicle
  in park before allowing your child to exit your
  vehicle.
• Watch for the staff members signal to depart
  the traffic loop.

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Walking students to class

• Parents may walk their children to class the
  first few days of school. After that we
  encourage you to drop them at the front office
  and allow them to be independent.

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Students are Tardy at 745

• Parents/Guardians MUST accompany their child to
  the office.
• Parents/guardians must check their child in.
• Students must receive a tardy slip from the
  secretary before going to the rooms. Students
  will not be admitted into their rooms without the
  tardy slip.

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Morning Announcements at 745
Announcements
PBS Announcement
Pledge of Allegiance
Moment of Silence
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Instructional Information

• NC Standard Course of Study
• Differentiation for all students
• Deliver instruction using best teaching practices
• Use a variety of instructional materials to
  support and deliver the curriculum
• Handwriting Without Tears Science Kits
• Accelerated Math Leap Frogs/Light Spans
• Study Island Computer Programs
• Supplemental books/materials Etc.

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Enhancements classesonce a week
Music
Art
PE
Library
Computer Lab
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Support Services

• School Counselor
• Academically/Intellectually Gifted Program
  (AIG)
• Exceptional Childrens Services
• School Social Worker
• School Nurse
• School Psychologist
• ESL Services
• Etc.

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Lunch 1020-135Parents may set up an account
for their child with the cafeteria staff or
online.Students can buy a hot lunch or bring
their lunch.
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Check-ins Check-outs

• Please stop at the office to check in or
  check-out your child.
• For check-outs the office will call down to the
  classroom for your child.

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Dismissal beginsat 205

• Students riding daycare vans and cars will be
  dismissed first.

Cars will not be allowed in the bus parking lot
at dismissal.
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Car Dismissal

• The pick-up line will
• be in the traffic loop
• in front of the school.
• Staff will walk
• students out at 205.

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Car Rider Signs

• Please be sure to display
• your car sign(s) on your
• dashboard to facilitate
• student pick-up.
• Each car student will receive two car signs.

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Visitors Volunteers

• For the safety of
• the children, all
• visitors are required
• to sign-in at the
• office and receive a visitors badge.

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Active PTA Volunteering is alive and well at
Ogden!

• OFFICERS
• COMMITTEE CHAIRS
• YEARBOOK
• WAYS AND MEANS
• COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING
• VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
• FALL CARNIVAL
• ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
• GROUNDS
• NEW FAMILY BUDDY PROGRAM
• STAN THE STINGRAY
• BINGO SOCIAL

• OTHER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
• Baking
• Media Center Helper
• Computer lab help
• Classroom Parent
• Junior Achievement instructor
• PASS Tutor
• Classroom volunteer

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What you can do to help your child be successful

• Encourage your child to use their Take-home
  Folder/Student Planner
• Monitor progress reports (not just report cards)
• Check school and teacher websites
• Be involved at school (volunteer opportunities,
  school functions)
• Establish routines
• Assist with time management (academics vs.
  extracurricular)

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Communication
Planners
Meetings
conferences
Telephone
Take-Home Folders
E-MAIL
Classroom Newsletters
WEB PAGE
PTA Newsletters