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Otte Middle School Students showed their appreciation to Blair School Board Members Jennifer Beck, Herta Bouvia, Amy Hansen, Brandi Peterson, and Molly Dahlgren with cards and words of appreciation during National School Board Recognition Week.  

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Parent Principal Communication (PPC):

Tuesday January 24^th  6:00-7:00 PM

Topics: Class Offerings/Master Schedule Review/Schedule Selections

Letter From Mr. Shaffer

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Congratulations to the following Otte Middle school students for their participation in the Otte Middle School Geography Bee: 3rd place is a tie with Seth Kobs and Caleb Sandall, 2nd place Tom Simonson, and the Otte Middle School Geography Bee Champion is Elliot Roth. Elliot will take a placement test to advance to the state geography bee in March. Congratulations to all participants and thanks to all teachers for their help!

Pictured here are the 1st and 2nd Place Winners, Tom Simonson and Elliott Roth. 

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Please join us on Tuesday, January 10th at 1 pm in the Otte Middle School Commons. The Top 4 Spellers will advance to the Washington County Bee on February 10th.  

8th Grade –Whitney Aman, Lexi Wulf, Collin Hoffman, Mason Goodman, Abby Cook, Allen Junker, Jacob Martens, and Dillon Smith
7th Grade – Makenzi Mantz, Laurel Lux, Hayley Kastrup, Elliot Roth, Maddi Thomas, Nate Rothlisberger, Jake Manchester, and Bailey Quick
6th Grade – Kailynn Jensen, Michaela Ott, Sydney Andreason, Mitchell Guynan, Lydia Hansen, Tanner Austin, and Karli Workman

WINNERS ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2011:

1ST PLACE -- KAILYNN JENSEN
2ND PLACE - HAYLEY KASTRUP
3RD PLACE - COLLIN HOFFMAN
4TH PLACE - JACOB MARTENS

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Congratulations to the following students who have qualified for the Otte Middle School Geography Bee.   The Bee will be held on Monday, January 9 at 8:15 am in the Otte Middle School Commons.    The winner at this level will take a qualifying test
to go to the State Geography Bee.

Seth Kobs, Tanner Larson, Michaela Ott, Elliot Roth, Caleb Sandall, Tom Simonson, Nick Deyen, Tori Fultz, Jacob Garder, Mason Goodman, Ian Kirwan, Zachary Nannen, Brett Petersen, Shelby Schumacher, Brooke Brewer, Tyler Coburn, Brandon Dyson, Ty Hipnar, Lily Johnson, Meg Lashier, Jake Manchester, Jaedyn Morris, Travis O'Dell, Keegan Olson, Creighton Ross, Justin Skeen, Loren Smith, and Alex Wing. 

Thank you -- Brett LeGrand

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Guest Author, Dianne Gray, a Nebraska native, presented recently to Otte Middle School students.  Her talks focused on the inspirations for her writing and her three historical fiction novels.  Her books have won numerous awards, including the Nebraska Golden Sower Awards.  Dianne resides in Rochester, Minnesota.

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